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Tyler Lewis Named McDonald’s All-American

ssmith — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:57:28 +0000

Senior PG Tyler Lewis

The Warriors senior point guard Tyler Lewis has been selected to participate in this year’s McDonald’s All-American game. Tyler becomes the 28th Warrior to be named a McDonald’s All-American!

This year’s game will be played March 28th at the United Center in Chicago. You can purchase tickets here. The game will air on ESPN at 9:30pm ET.

Congratulations Tyler from your Oak Hill family!

Quinn Cook Named McDonald’s All-American

ssmith — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:21:05 +0000

Congratulations to OHA Senior and Duke signee Quinn Cook! Cook has been named Oak Hill’s 27th McDonald’s All-American.

The game will air live on ESPN March 30th at 10pm EST.

Click here for more detailed event info from the McDonald’s All-American site.

From Warriors to NBA All-Stars

ssmith — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:48:00 +0000

Congratulations to 2010 NBA All-Stars and former Oak Hill Academy Warriors Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Durant!

OHA Class of 2002

Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets will make his third All-Star game appearance as a starter for the Western Conference. Melo leads the league in scoring (30 ppg) and the Nuggets lead the NW Division.

OHA Class of 2004

Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics, an Eastern Conference reserve, is the second NBA All-Star from the Draft class of 2006. Rondo currently leads the Eastern Conference in both assists and steals. He’s averaging career highs in points (14.2), assists (9.7), steals (2.54) and field-goal percentage (.534).

OHA 2005

Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a Western Conference reserve, is the league’s third-leading scorer and a first-time All-Star.

The All-Star Game will be broadcast live on TNT February 14, 2010 from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

MaxPreps.com: Brandon Jennings

ssmith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:46 +0000

MitchMash: Diener saw Brandon Jennings show coming

by Mitch Stephens
MaxPreps.com

(excerpt)

“I’m OK, it’s just that. … You can’t believe. … He made another! … It’s this kid I covered in high school. … He just. … Wow! … He did it again!. … They can’t stop him. … Oh no he didn’t!”

I was hyperventilating over Brandon Jennings, of course, and his third-quarter cremation of an entire NBA franchise.

Brandon Jennings averaged more than 38 ppg at Oak Hill Academy.

He made 12 consecutive shots and scored 29 points from every spot on the court — driving right-hand spin shots (he’s left-handed), pull-up jumpers from the foul-line, an assortment of 3-point bombs — fadeaways, catch-and-shoots and pull-ups.

The 6-foot-1 rookie point guard for the Bucks did much of the same in the fourth quarter and, despite going scoreless in the first, finished with 55 points, three off the rookie record held by the most dominant player in league history, Wilt Chamberlain. Yes, that Wilt who once averaged 50.4 points per game.

Anyway, while my girls rolled their eyes and went to catch an episode of “iCarly,” I just kept gushing and spitting superlatives to no one in particular.

While doing so, I retraced my life back to Milwaukee — not where the Bucks play — but where the 2008 McDonald’s All-American contest was held. I was fortunate enough to cover the game and three practices preceding.

Jennings, the MaxPreps Player of the Year that season, was one of five native Golden State guards in the game whom I featured, and West co-coach Tom Diener gushed over his heart, handles and hoop sense.

Diener didn’t need to know that Jennings shattered the single-season scoring mark by averaging 38.7 points per game his senior year at Oak Hill Academy, a place that helped produce NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Stephen Jackson, Jerry Stackhouse and Rod Strickland, to name a few. He didn’t need to see the Oak Hill alumni list, either, to make a comparison to a future NBA Hall of Famer.

“He’s Allen Iverson with a great attitude,” he said that week.

I remember thinking at the time that Diener, who led Vincent High School to five Wisconsin state titles, was full of cheese. But watching Jennings slice through the Warriors like a slab of Swiss, I realized I didn’t know jack. Jennings showed the confidence, poise and savvy of an NBA veteran — just like Diener projected.

“No, really,” he told me 18 months ago. “He’s probably the best guard I’ve seen at this level.”

(Read the complete story at MaxPreps.com.)

Jennings Named McDonald’s All American, Hits for School Record 63 Points in Bonner Game

Oak Hill Hoops — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:28:53 +0000

Congrats to Brandon Jennings for being the 23rd Oak Hill Warrior to be named a McDonald’s All American. Brandon will represent Oak Hill at the 31st McDonald’s AA game on Wed., March 26th at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI.

The game will be televised live at 9:30pm EST on ESPN. The same day as the formal announcement, Brandon hit for a Oak Hill single game record 63 points in a 123-58 victory over Bonner Academy (NC). He broke the existing record of 61 points set by Calvin Duncan 27 years ago. He has scored 1,265 is point total to date, besting Josh Smith’s previous record of 980 (see item below).

In the Bonner game, Jennings shot 25 of 40 from the field, making 13 of 21 three-pointers, and added seven assists and five steals. He was pulled from the game with just under five minutes to go. (Arizona Daily Star story)