University of Tennessee basketball signee Jaden Springer is set to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game.
The contest will take place May 1 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and will be televised by ESPN.
Springer is a 6-foot-4, 195-pound shooting guard from Charlotte, N.C. and is attending IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
UT press release:
Tennessee basketball signee Jaden Springer was among 24 elite high school seniors selected Thursday to compete in the 2020 McDonald’s All-American Game.
Springer becomes the ninth Tennessee signee to earn McDonald’s All-American acclaim. This is the first time since 1997 and 1998 that the Vol signees have earned this honor in back-to-back years, as current UT freshman Josiah-Jordan James was a McDonald’s All-American last year.
The Toyota Center in Houston hosts the 43rd McDonald’s All-American Game on May 1 on ESPN.
Springer is a 6-4 guard from Charlotte, North Carolina, who is attending IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is rated as a top-20 prospect nationally.
Last year, Springer played a key role in leading IMG Academy to the 2019 Geico High School National Championship while averaging 18.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
Just last week, Springer—along with fellow UT signee Keon Johnson—was named to the 25-man 2020 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Boys High School Midseason Team, qualifying each of them as finalists for the Naismith High School Boys Player of the Year Award.
Head coach Rick Barnes has now signed 17 McDonald’s All-Americans.
Tennessee’s previous McDonald’s All-American signees were Doug Roth (1985), Allan Houston (1989), Charles Hathaway (1996), Tony Harris (1997), Vincent Yarbrough (1998), Scotty Hopson (2008), Tobias Harris (2010) and James (2019).