The Ballislife All-American Game is an annual American all-star game featuring high school basketball players. It was founded in 2011 by Ballislife.com to provide a stage for West Coast players who were not selected to other All-American games.[1] At the time, few players from the region were selected for the McDonald's All-American Game in Chicago or the Jordan Brand Classic in New York.[1][2] Over time, the Ballislife game evolved to include top players throughout the nation.[3][4] A girl's game was added in 2023.[5]

A slam dunk contest is also held in conjunction with the game.[4]

Game results

Year Result Venue City
2011 Navy 106, White 107[6] Titan Gymnasium Fullerton, California
2012 Black 139, White 140[6] Darling Gymnasium Fullerton, California
2013 Blue 135, White 116[6] Long Beach City College Hall of Champions Long Beach, California
2014 Black 124, Red 127[6] Long Beach City College Hall of Champions Long Beach, California
2015 Gray 107, Orange 114[6] Long Beach City College Hall of Champions Long Beach, California
2016 Black 133, White 150[6] Long Beach City College Hall of Champions Long Beach, California
2017 Blue 153, White 134[6] Long Beach City College Hall of Champions Long Beach, California
2018 Black 143, White 146[6] Cerritos College Norwalk, California
2019 Team Elite 123, Team Future 122[7] Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, California
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8] Cerritos College Norwalk, California
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[9][10]
2022

Game MVPs

Following are the most valuable players (MVP) from each year:

Year Players Ref
2011 Amir Garrett, Keaton Miles [11]
2012 Gabe York, Prince Ibeh
2013 Elijah Brown, Jordan Bell
2014 Shaqquan Aaron, Stanley Johnson
2015 Thon Maker, Skal Labissière
2016 Mustapha Heron, Lonzo Ball
2017 Collin Sexton, Brandon McCoy [12]
2018 Moses Brown, Emmitt Williams [13]
2019 Isaiah Mobley, Jahmi'us Ramsey [7]

Slam dunk champions

Zach LaVine won the dunk contest in 2013, and used the same moves as a professional to win the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend.[4]

Year Players Ref
2011 Amir Garrett [14]
2012 Anthony January [15]
2013 Zach LaVine [16]
2014 Iziahiah Sweeney [17]
2015 Derrick Jones [18]
2016 Terrance Ferguson [4]
2017 Jaylen Hands [19]
2018 Mac McClung [20]
2019 Terry Armstrong [21]

Year-by-year rosters

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Source[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Mejia, Stephanie (May 2, 2013). "2013 BallisLife All-American Game Preview". Slam. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Lonzo Ball among stars on final rosters for Ballislife All American Game". USA Today. April 12, 2016. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Flores, Ronnie (April 5, 2016). "2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30". CalHiSports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Guardabascio, Mike (April 30, 2016). "Lonzo Ball earns MVP honors at Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach". Long Beach Press–Telegram. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Ticket Info / Location". Ballislife. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "All-Time Box Scores". ballislifeallamerican.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Wells, Adam (May 5, 2019). "Team Elite Wins BallisLife All-American Game; Isaiah Mobley, Jahmius Ramsey MVPs". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Flores, Ronnie (May 7, 2020). "2020 Ballislife All-American Game Selections". BallIsLife.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Flores, Ronnie (May 8, 2021). "2021 Ballislife All-American Game Selections". BallIsLife.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Flores, Ronnie (June 2, 2022). "2022 Ballislife All-American Game Selections". BallisLife. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "Individual Records". BallisLife.
  12. ^ Ugland, Devin (May 7, 2017). "BallIsLife All-American Game: Collin Sexton again shows Alabama what it's getting". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "McClung wins slam dunk contest and scores 20 in all-star game". Bristol Herald Courier. May 6, 2018.
  14. ^ Rodriguez, Matt S. (September 20, 2011). "Crazy High School Dunk Contest W/ Amir Garrett, Jahi Carson & Nick Johnson; Presented By Y & R". BallisLife. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  15. ^ Arek (April 9, 2012). "Anthony January & Glenn Robinson III Shut Down Deuce Brand Dunk Contest! Best High School Dunk Contest of the Year!?". BallisLife. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012.
  16. ^ Arek (May 6, 2013). "UCLA Committ [sic] Zach Lavine Wins Ballislife Dunk Contest". BallisLife. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  17. ^ Arek (May 8, 2014). "2014 Ballislife All American Dunk Contest Feat. Stanley Johnson, Iziahiah Sweeney, Isaac Copeland & More!". BallisLife. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  18. ^ Arek (May 3, 2015). "Derrick Jones Shuts Down Ballislife AA Dunk Contest Presented BY Eastbay!!". BallisLife. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
  19. ^ Ugland, Dan (May 7, 2017). "Jaylen Hands' ridiculous 360 windmill clinches BallIsLife All-American dunk contest". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017.
  20. ^ "VIDEO: Mac McClung won the BallisLife All-America Game Slam Dunk Contest, and that was just the beginning". 7 May 2018.
  21. ^ Goldberg, Rob (May 5, 2019). "Terry Armstrong Tops Cassius Stanley in BallisLife All-American Dunk Contest". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  22. ^ Flores, Ronnie (April 30, 2019). "Teams Announced for 2019 Ballislife All-American Game presented by Eastbay!". ballislife.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.

External links

Boys' high school basketball awards (United States)
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