Incoming Spartan Madison Williams Named McDonald's All-American

Feb. 12, 2010

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Recent Michigan State women's basketball signee Madison Williams was selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game, as announced Thursday night on ESPNU. Williams will become the second Spartan to compete in the prestigious game, which will be held on March 31 at 5:30 p.m. ET in Columbus, Ohio.

It's a tremendous honor for Madison to be named to the McDonald's All-American team," said Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant. "She is a very talented player that has worked hard to put herself in a position to be amongst the best high school basketball players in the country. We are thrilled she chose to be a Michigan State Spartan and couldn't have a better person or player represent our university."

Williams, a 6-7 senior center from Detroit Country Day, was one of 24 high school girls picked and will compete for the West team. In the nine years of the event for the girls, Williams joins Tiffanie Shives (2005) as the only other incoming Spartan to have been selected to the game.

Williams was one of two incoming Big Ten signees on the team, joining Maggie Lucas of Narberth, Pa., who signed a NLI with Penn State.

The game, played at Ohio State's Value City Arena, can be seen live on ESPNU.