ATLANTA, Ga. — University of Tennessee women’s basketball signee Jordan Horston was named the MVP of the 2019 McDonald’s All-American Game on Wednesday evening at State Farm Arena.
The product of Africentric Early College in Columbus, Ohio, who is ranked as the No. 1 guard and the No. 2 overall player in the 2019 signing class as rated in the HoopGurlz/espnW Top 100, scored 14 points and added four rebounds, three steals and an assist in 22 minutes of action.
The 6-foot-2 standout was in the starting lineup fittingly wearing a No. 23 jersey, helping the East team to an 83-68 victory over the West. She was the 35th Lady Vol signee to participate in the game and the sixth to earn MVP distinction.
Horston, who led her high school to its second straight state title in 2019, earned WBCA and Naismith All-America honors and was a finalist for Naismith Player of the Year. She was named Gatorade Ohio Player of the Year and made the Columbus Dispatch All-Metro Team for the third season in a row, earning co-player of the year honors from that publication in 2019.
As a senior, she averaged more than 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists per contest. She tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in the state title game despite battling a 102-degree fever.
Horston is a member of a three-player UT signing class ranked No. 8 nationally by HoopGurlz/espnW. Her Lady Vol classmates include 6-foot-5 center Tamari Key of Cary, N.C. (Cary H.S.) and 6-foot-5 forward/center Emily Saunders of Mullens, W.Va. (Wyoming East H.S.). Key is ranked 46th in the HoopGurlz/espnW 100 and No. 50 by ProspectsNation.com. Saunders, meanwhile, is ranked No. 88 by ProspectsNation.com.
-UT Athletics
