KU commitment Carlton Bragg earns McDonald’s All-American invite

Villa Angela-St. Joseph’s Carlton Bragg (31) goes up for a shot between Lima Central Catholic’s Jake Williams (40) and Dantez Walton (32) during the first quarter of the OHSAA Division III boys’ high school basketball championship game on March 22, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio.

Fort Worth, Texas ? Future Kansas University basketball power forward Carlton Bragg will play in the 2015 McDonald’s All-America basketball game on April 1 at Chicago’s United Center.

Bragg, a 6-foot-9 senior from Villa Angela-St. Joseph High in Cleveland, who picked KU over Kentucky , on Wednesday was named a member of the 12-player West team, to be coached by Robert Smith of Chicago’s Simeon High.

“Blessed to be a McDonald’s All-American,” Bragg wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

Several prospects who are considering KU will also be competing in the game.

Joining Bragg on the West squad are KU targets Brandon Ingram, 6-8, small forward, Kinston (North Carolina) High; Malik Newman, 6-3 guard, Callaway High School, Jackson, Mississippi; Ivan Rabb, 6-10 power forward, Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland, California and Stephen Zimmerman, 7-0 center, Bishop Gorman High, Las Vegas.

KU targets playing for the East: Jaylen Brown, 6-7 small forward, Wheeler High, Marietta, Georgia and Cheick Diallo, 6-9 power forward, Our Savior New American School, Centereach, New York. The East will be coached by Bruce Kelley, Bullis School, Potomac, Maryland.

Bragg becomes the 37th McDonald’s All-American in KU history, joining, among others, Kelly Oubre (2014), Cliff Alexander (2014), Wayne Selden Jr. (2013) and Perry Ellis (2012) from this year’s team. Coach Bill Self has corralled 17 McDonald’s All-Americans in 12 seasons at KU.

2015 McDonald’s All-American Rosters:

EAST TEAM

Dwayne Bacon, SG, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – Florida State

Antonio Blakeney, SG, Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) – LSU

Isaiah Briscoe, PG, Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) – Kentucky

Jaylen Brown, SF, Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) – Undecided

Thomas Bryant, C, Huntington Prep (Huntington, W.Va.) – Undecided

Cheick Diallo, PF, Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) – Undecided

Henry Ellenson, PF, Rice Lake (Rice Lake, Wis.) – Marquette

Jawun Evans, PG, Justin F. Kimball (Dallas) – Oklahoma State

Luke Kennard, SG, Franklin (Franklin, Ohio) – Duke

Dedric Lawson, PF, Hamilton (Memphis, Tenn.) – Memphis

Ben Simmons, F, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) – LSU

Diamond Stone, C, Dominican (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) – Undecided

WEST TEAM

Carlton Bragg, PF, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) – Kansas

Jalen Brunson, PG, Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) – Villanova

Deyonta Davis, PF, Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) – Michigan St.

P.J. Dozier Jr., PG, Spring Valley (Columbia, S.C.) – South Carolina

Brandon Ingram, SF, Kinston (Kinston, N.C.) – Undecided

Chase Jeter, C, Bishop Gorman, (Las Vegas) – Duke

Malik Newman, SG, Callaway (Jackson, Miss.) – Undecided

Ivan Rabb, C, Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) – Undecided

Malachi Richardson, SF, Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton, N.J.) – Syracuse

Caleb Swanigan, C, Homestead (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – Undecided

Allonzo Trier, SG, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) – Arizona

Stephen Zimmerman, C, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – Undecided

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