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Trio of Oregon recruits named 2023 McDonald’s All-Americans

Oregon recruits Kwame Evans and Mookie Cook were named McDonald’s All-Americans along with Oregon’s Sofia Bell.

The 46th annual McDonald’s All-American Game will once again feature some of the very best high school basketball players in the country.

Oregon Ducks fans have plenty of reasons to tune in to both the men’s and women’s games, as a trio of Oregon recruits are set to participate in this year’s event.

On the men’s side it is clear Dana Altman’s work as a recruiter has paid off, with two members of Oregon’s 2023 class getting selected for the event in Kwame Evans and Mookie Cook.

Evans comes in at No. 11 overall in 247Sports 2023 class ranking, while Cook is only a few spots behind at No. 22. Jackson Shelstad, the third heralded member of Altman’s 2023 class, did not make the cut despite putting together a monster performance for West Linn at the Les Schwab Invitational this year.

Oregon may have a third member in the men’s game before too long, however, as Bronny James was the only non-committed player selected for the event. James is reportedly down to Oregon, Ohio State, and USC, and there is some belief that he will end up in Eugene next year.

On the women’s side Sofia Bell is the lone representative for Kelly Graves’ recruiting class. Bell is from nearby Jesuit High School and has a 95 grade on ESPN’s recruiting evaluation.

The event will take place on March 28, 2023, in Houston, Texas.

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‘I’m so proud of him;’ Dana Altman reacts to Jackson Shelstad’s remarkable tournament run at West Linn

Oregon Ducks head coach Dana Altman had some high praise for Jackson Shelstad after his recent tournament run at West Linn.

It’s been a frustrating start to the basketball season for Dana Altman and the Oregon Ducks, who ended the 2022 calendar year with an 8-6 record, suffering abysmal home losses to both UC Irvine and Utah Valley. They’ve been dealing with injuries from the very start, missing key contributors like Nate Bittle, Jermain Couisnard, Keeshawn Barthelemy, and Brennan Rigsby for a good portion of the year.

With all of those negatives going on in the program, you’ve got to try and take the positives where you can get them. So when 4-star Oregon signee Jackson Shelstad went on a remarkable run in the Les Schwab Invitational Tournament over the past week, averaging 33 points per game and upsetting No. 16 Sierra Canyon and No. 1 Duncanville to win the tournament championship, it definitely qualifies as good news for the Ducks.

“Well there’s a positive thing that we can talk about,” Dana Altman said on Saturday night after Oregon’s win over Oregon State. “Wow. He really had a great tournament. He played his tail off.”

The Ducks signed Shelstad earlier this year as part of the 2023 recruiting class that ranks No. 8 in the nation, also including 5-star KJ Evans and 5-star Mookie Cook. Shelstad is currently getting all of the attention, though, drawing comparisons to Oregon legend Payton Pritchard, who also had a stand-out career at West Linn before setting records with the Ducks and going on to a solid contributor for the Boston Celtics.

“He’s a competitive young man, I’ve liked him since he was coming to our camp in seventh and eighth grade with the West Linn team, he was just so little,” Altman said of Shelstad. “Now he’s grown up and he battled his tail off against two really good teams. I definitely was following the games the last two nights. So proud of him. I just love his competitiveness. I don’t know what it is about the water at West Linn, but him and Payton (Pritchard) are two guys that really compete. And I don’t want to always compare him to Payton because that’s not fair to him or anybody else but his work ethic, his love of the game. I’m just really looking forward to working with him.”

At the moment, Shelstad is rated as the No. 8 PG in the 2023 class and No. 49 overall player in the nation. With how well he’s been playing this season, though, it wouldn’t be a major shock to see those rankings take a bump up in the near future.

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WATCH: Oregon commit Jackson Shelstad catches fire; West Linn upsets No. 1 team in nation

Oregon’s 4-star PG Jackson Shelstad averaged 33 ppg, leading West Linn to wins over No. 1 ranked Duncanville, as well as Bronny James and Sierra Canyon.

When it comes to the recruiting world, the majority of our coverage focuses on the sport of football. However, something happened over the past couple of days in the world of prep basketball that should have caught every Oregon Duck fan’s eye.

4-star Oregon commit Jackson Shelstad went on a tear, leading the West Linn Lions to being crowned the Les Schwaab Invitational champions in Portland.

It’s not just that Shelstad, a 4-star signee in the 2023 class, got hot and led his team to some victories over a few pretty good schools in route to a championship. It’s that Shelstad put up some unbelievable numbers while leading the Lions, an unranked national team, to victories over Bronny James and No. 16 Sierra Canyon in the semi-finals, as well as Duncanville, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, in the championship game.

As you would expect, social media went pretty crazy at the sight of the two upsets, and Duck fans got incredibly excited about what’s to come. While Shelstad may be the lowest-rated signee in the 2023 class — 5-star Mookie Cook and 5-star KJ Evans are also part of the class — it’s clear that the Ducks got an incredible player staying home in Oregon and coming to Eugene next season.

Here are some of the best highlights and social media reactions to Shelstad’s run with West Linn over the pasts few days.

‘We’re still the University of Oregon;’ Dana Altman breaks down No. 7 ranked 2023 recruiting class

Dana Altman signed the No. 7 class in the nation on Wednesday, and went into detail on what each one offers the Ducks.

With the No. 7 ranked recruiting class in the nation putting pen to paper on Wednesday, Oregon Ducks head coach Dana Altman was free to discuss the additions that his team made to the roster this week, and what the incoming players — 5-star KJ Evans, 5-star Mookie Cook, and 4-star Jackson Shelstad — would offer to the team.

With Cook and Shelstad growing up in Oregon, Altman has been recruiting them for a long time, and was finally able to make the addition official this week. As for Evans, one of the top-ranked players in the nation, it was a signing that has been in the works for a couple of years.

When talking to the media on Thursday about the class, Altman broke down what he liked about each player and a little bit about how the recruitment for each one went. He also broke down some of the new recruiting landscape, touching on the impact that NIL has.

Here is everything Altman had to say about recruiting on Thursday:

SIGNED: Dana Altman’s Ducks put pen to paper on No. 7 ranked recruiting class in nation

A lot of talent coming to Eugene with three top-50 players in the 2023 class, including two top-12 players in the nation.

The newest class of Oregon Ducks put pen to paper on Wednesday afternoon, making it official that they will be coming to Eugene to play for Dana Altman next season.

The early period of national signing for college basketball started on Wednesday, which saw the Ducks add 5-star PF Kwame Evans, 5-star SF Mookie Cook, and 4-star PG Jackson Shelstad. The group of new Ducks ranks as the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation during the 2023 cycle.

The 2023 recruiting cycle is far from over, as recruits have until May 17, 2023, to commit and sign. At the moment, though, the Ducks should feel extremely confident about who they are bringing into the fold.

Let’s take a closer look at who the Ducks are getting in the three prospects:

With Dana Altman’s blessing, 4-star Jackson Shelstad to play football at West Linn this year

Oregon Ducks 2023 point guard Jackson Shelstad will play football at West Linn for his senior season, lining up at wide receiver.

Four-star point guard and Oregon Ducks basketball commit Jackson Shelstad announced he will play football at West Linn High School for his senior season, after receiving a blessing from Oregon head coach Dana Altman.

“I regret not playing the last two years, and watching on Friday nights makes me really miss football, so since this is my last chance to play, I really wanted to,” Shelstad told SBLive’s Andrew Nemec.

Shelstad will line up at receiver for West Linn, where he played as a freshman before taking the last two years off to focus on football.

Shelstad was a top-tier football player even as a freshman, and it is possible he would have achieved a similar amount of attention as a college football prospect had he stuck with the sport.

Altman and the Ducks will be watching closely to see how Shelstad does both on the football field and basketball court this year before he heads to Eugene to begin his college career in 2023.

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4-star PG Jackson Shelstad announces commitment to Oregon for 2023 class

The Ducks just picked up a 4-star recruit for the 2023 class with the commitment of Jackson Shelstad, the No. 1 PG in Oregon.

After signing a trio of highly-touted recruits earlier this week, it appears that Dana Altman added another blue-chip prospect to his bag, with 4-star point guard Jackson Shelstad announcing that he will be coming to Oregon for the 2023 season.

Shelstad, the No. 68 player in the nation and No. 1 player in Oregon for the 2023 class, is a 6-foot point guard from West Linn who chose the Ducks over Arizona State. He is now a staple in Oregon’s 2023 recruiting class, and will likely take over the PG role for Oregon a year after we expect Dior Johnson to make his jump to the NBA.

It’s hard to project what a team will look like a couple of years down the road, but grabbing a player like Shelstad and locking him down for the future is never a bad thing.

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