Blackmon Becomes 28th McDonald's All-American for Indiana
1/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana men's basketball signee James Blackmon Jr., became the 28th Hoosier to be named a McDonald's All-American, the committee announced on ESPNU on Wednesday, Jan. 29. It marks the fourth consecutive year that an Indiana signee has received the honor (Cody Zeller, Kevin Yogi Ferrell, Noah Vonleh, Blackmon)
Blackmon (Marion, Ind./Marion High School), a 6-4 guard, was recently selected to the USA Basketball Junior National Select team and is averaging 36.3 points per game as a senior. He has scored 40 or more points in a game on three occasions and even surpassed 54 points in his first game of the season. For his career, he has scored over 2,000 points and is among the top 10 in scoring all-time in Indiana high school basketball. Blackmon's father was also named a McDonald's All-American in 1983.
The 2013 McDonald's All-America game will take place on April 2 at the United Center in Chicago, and will air on ESPN at 9:30 p.m. ET. Blackmon will play on the East squad.
IU's All-Time List of McDonald's All-Americans
Tom Baker - 1977

Ray Tolbert - 1977

Landon Turner - 1978

Isiah Thomas - 1979

John Flowers - 1981

Daryl Thomas - 1983

Delray Brooks - 1984

Ricky Calloway - 1985

Jay Edwards - 1987

Eric Anderson - 1988

Greg Graham - 1989

Pat Graham - 1989

Damon Bailey - 1990

Alan Henderson - 1991

Sherron Wilkerson - 1993

Andrae Patterson - 1994


Neil Reed - 1994

Jason Collier - 1996

Luke Recker - 1997

Dane Fife - 1998

Jared Jeffries - 2000

Bracey Wright - 2002

D.J. White - 2004

Eric Gordon - 2007

Cody Zeller - 2011

*Kevin (Yogi) Ferrell - 2012
*Noah Vonleh - 2013
James Blackmon Jr. - 2014
*Current Hoosiers
