2018-19 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason Girls Basketball Team

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By: USA TODAY High School Sports | November 20, 2018

USA TODAY High School Sports is unveils the American Family Insurance ALL-USA preseason boys basketball team for the 2018-19 season with the selection of 25 players.

The team was selected by USA TODAY Sports’ Jason Jordan in consultation with the USA TODAY High School Sports staff and various recruiting analysts and high school coaches.

Statistics are from last season, except where otherwise noted. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

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Click through the gallery to meet the players:

School: Rock Island (Ill.) Position: Wing Ht: 6-foot-0 Year: Senior College: South Carolina Beal became the fourth player to win back-to-back Miss Basketball awards in Illinois, according to <a href="https://247sports.com/college/louisville/Article/Top-15-Louisville-womens-target-Breanna-Beal-has-the-Cardinals-in-her-final-five-120782086/">247 Sports</a>, after averaging 21.9 points and 10.2 rebounds as a junior, per the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/ct-spt-ms-basketball-brea-beal-rock-island-20180330-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a>. If she can win it again, she’ll join WNBA star Candace Parker as the only player to have three. Photo: USA Basketball

School: McKinley (Canton, Ohio) Position: Guard Ht: 6-foot-1 Year: Senior College: Ohio State Known to many in Ohio as “She-Bron,” per <a href="http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/25228337/a-z-guide-2018-ncaa-early-signing-period-women-basketball">ESPNW</a>, Bell averaged 33.4 points, 10 rebounds and 5.1 steals per game last season as she won the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year award. Photo: Scott Heckel, The Canton Repository

School: Whitfield (Berkeley, Miss.) Position: Guard Ht: 6-foot-0 Year: Senior College: Missouri Fresh off a <a href="https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/womens/b/blackwell-aijha.aspx">USA Basketball</a> showing over summer in which she started four games, averaged 9.3 points per game and helped the team win gold, Blackwell will try to take another leap forward after averaging 24.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and two steals per game as a junior. Photo: Whitfield School

School: Appomattox Regional Governor's Arts & Tech (Petersburg, Va.) Position: Forward Ht: 6-foot-2 Year: Senior College: Marquette You like triple-doubles? How about triple-doubles that include blocks? Look no further than Boyd, who had <a href="https://www.richmond.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/all-metro-basketball-player-of-the-year-jada-boyd-commits/article_7e1a41d7-947c-5dca-b83c-73ed241edf92.html">11 triple-doubles</a> last season – three of them coming in a <a href="http://www.progress-index.com/sports/20180208/3-triple-doubles-99-total-points-this-week-for-jada-boyd">single week</a> – as she compiled season averages of 35.9 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.5 blocks per game. Photo: Jody Demling/Cardinal Authority, 247Sports

School: Worcester Academy (Mass.) Position: Post Ht: 6-foot-4 Year: Senior College: Undecided Since leaving the Virgin Islands to move to Massachusetts at the age of 12, according to <a href="http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/24811694/elite-prospect-aliyah-boston-strikes-gold-usa-basketball-leaving-paradise-behind">ESPNW</a>, Boston has emerged as a star. She had led Worcester to a 42-2 record over the last two seasons and averaged 21.2 ppg and 14.0 rpg to go along with a dominant 6.2 blocks and 2.2 steals per contest, per <a href="https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/womens/b/boston-aliyah.aspx">USA Basketball</a>. Photo: Shannon Power Photography

School: Bishop McNamara (Temple Hills, Md.) Position: Wing Ht: 6-foot-0 Year: Senior College: NC State A dominant player on the volleyball and basketball court alike, Brown-Turner averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game <a href="https://usatodayhss.com/2018/2017-18-all-usa-maryland-girls-basketball-team">last season</a>. She is <a href="http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/228897">ESPN’s</a> No. 4 wing in the class of 2019. Photo: Chris Thompkins Photography

School: William Monroe (Standardsville, Va.) Position: Forward Ht: 6-foot-2 Year: Senior College: Notre Dame Brunelle averaged almost twice as many points per game last year as she did rebounds – and she averaged 15.6 boards per contest. That, to go along with her 30 ppg and 3 bpg, earned her the Virginia <a href="https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/samantha-brunelle/36512">Gatorade Player of the Year</a> award. Photo: Brian Mellott

School: Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) Position: Point guard Ht: 5-10 Year: Junior College: Undecided The No. 1 point guard in the 2020 class averaged a well-rounded 24.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists while swiping 3.7 steals per game last season – as a sophomore. She’s back as an upperclassman after playing with Team USA over summer. Photo: John Sherman, Sun Newspapers

School: Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines, Iowa) Position: Point guard Ht: 5-foot-11 Year: Junior College: Undecided An excellent shooter, dribbler and playmaker, Caitlin Clark averaged 27.1 points per game as a sophomore, according to the <a href="http://www.amestrib.com/sports/20180728/attack-point-guard-coveted-by-entire-nation---including-isu">Ames Tribune</a>. She’s the No. 4 overall player in the class of 2020, according to <a href="http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/225153">ESPN</a>. Photo: Rodney White/The Register