Sierra Canyon’s Bronny James and Juju Watkins selected as McDonald’s All-Americans

As buzz round Bronny James’ school dedication continues to develop, the Sierra Canyon boys’ basketball senior checked off a significant highschool honor on Tuesday, tabbed to play within the McDonald’s All-American sport March 28 at Houston’s Toyota Middle.

James joined Sierra Canyon women’ star Juju Watkins as Trailblazers represented amongst a bunch of 48 complete named to the lads’s and girls’s rosters — the primary time, in response to traditionally out there rosters, {that a} Los Angeles-area faculty has named All-Individuals on the women and men’s aspect in the identical 12 months. Corona Centennial four-year senior Jared McCain was additionally tabbed for the lads’s sport.

James follows within the footsteps of 4 Sierra Canyon boys chosen as All-Individuals prior to now three years: now-UCLA guard Amari Bailey and USC massive Kijani Wright in 2022, and NBA sophomores BJ Boston and Ziaire Williams in 2020. After injury-plagued seasons at Sierra Canyon spent taking part in a complementary function to prime expertise, James has extra usually stepped into the limelight this season, a gradual catalyst on each ends of the ground who offers the 18-5 Trailblazers a relentless transition identification.

Watkins was a no-doubt choice, the consensus prime ladies’s basketball prospect within the nation authoring a traditionally nice senior season for an undefeated Sierra Canyon program. The USC commit is averaging 26.1 factors, 14.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and a pair of.6 steals a sport.

It’s simply the most recent award in a stacked trophy case, as she’s earned back-to-back Los Angeles Occasions women’ basketball participant of the 12 months awards, was chosen the Gatorade state participant of the 12 months final 12 months and gained a gold medal for USA basketball final summer season.

McCain, in the meantime, will cross off one of many remaining objects on a board of highschool objectives he’s been creating for years. A senior guard who’s helped Corona Centennial win back-to-back state championships, McCain was named the Gatorade state participant of the 12 months final season and has performed a good greater function on a 20-3 Huskies squad this season.

La Jolla Nation Day’s Jada Williams and Breya Cunningham, a degree guard-big connection that galvanizes the Torreys, had been additionally named to the ladies’s roster to spherical out illustration from Southern California.