MacArthur's Odyssey Sims Selected for McDonalds All-American Team

Odyssey Sims, senior at MacArthur High School, has been selected to participate in the 2010 McDonald’s All-American High School Basketball Games.

 

Sims will attend a send-off celebration at 7 p.m. March 23 at the McDonald’s located at 5722 West Lovers Lane in Dallas. Selected to play on the Girls West Team, Sims will be joined locally by two other high school seniors. Tiffany Moore, senior at Frisco High School, will also play on the Girls West Team. Selected to play on the Boys East Team is Perry Jones III, senior at Duncanville High School. Cathy Self-Morgan, girls’ basketball head coach at Duncanville High School, will serve as co-head coach the Girls West Team. Elesha Walker, Duncanville junior-varsity girl's basketball coach and varsity assistant, will serve as Girls West assistant head coach.

 

Sims was named 2010 State Farm/WBCA High School Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, and was featured on the cover of the December 2009 issue of ESPN’s RISE Magazine. She was named 2009-2010 UIL District 7-5A Most Valuable Player and has earned Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association all-state recognitions. Sims has signed a national letter of intent to attend Baylor University and play basketball.

 

The McDonalds All-American High School Basketball Games will be played March 31 at the Value Center Arena in Columbus, Ohio. McDonalds All-American participants represent the top 48 high school basketball players in the nation and are selected from 2,150 nominees.