Notre Dame signee Kate Koval makes 2024 McDonald’s All-America team
Notre Dame women’s basketball has an extensive history of signing McDonald’s All-Americans. Add Brookville (N.Y.) Long Island Lutheran center Kate Koval to the list. She was named to the 2024 McDonald’s All-American team on Tuesday.
The No. 5 overall player in the country per ESPN’s recruiting rankings, Koval was the 2022-23 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year with 15.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game. She shot 60.7 percent from the floor. She’s currently Notre Dame’s only signee in the class of 2024.
Koval is one of three players from Long Island Lutheran named to the McDonald’s All-American team in the same year. It’s the first time that’s ever happened. She’s joined by Syla Swords and Kayleigh Heckel.
Koval is joining a Notre Dame roster, meanwhile, that has six current players previously named McDonald’s All-Americans; KK Bransford, Sonia Citron, Hannah Hidalgo, Emma Risch, Kylee Watson and Maddy Westbeld.
The 2024 girls McDonald’s All-American Game will take place at the Toyota Center in Houston on April 2. The East team will take on the West team at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
East
- Mikayla Blakes (G): Rutgers Preparatory School (N.J.), Vanderbilt
- Kendall Dudley (G): Sidwell Friends School (Washington D.C.), UCLA
- Joyce Edwards (F): Camden High School (S.C.), South Carolina
- Kayleigh Heckel (G): Long Island Lutheran High School (N.Y.), Southern California
- Zamareya Jones (G): North Pitt High School (N.C.), NC State
- Kate Koval (C): Long Island Lutheran High School (N.Y.), Notre Dame
- Madisen McDaniel (G): Bishop McNamara High School (Maryland), South Carolina
- Olivia Olson (G): Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minnesota), Michigan
- Zania Socka-Nguemen (F): Sidwell Friends School (Washington D.C.), UCLA
- Sarah Strong (F): Grace Christian School (N.C.), Uncommitted
- Syla Swords (W): Long Island Lutheran High School (N.Y.), Michigan
- Berry Wallace (W): Pickerington High School Central (Ohio), Illinois
West
- Imari Berry (G): Clarksville High School (Tennessee), Clemson
- Jaloni Cambridge (G): Montverde Academy (Florida), Ohio State
- Justice Carlton (F): Seven Lakes High School (Texas), Texas,
- Morgan Cheli (G): Archbishop Mitty High School (California), UConn
- Avery Howell (G): Boise High School (Idaho), Southern California
- Jordan Lee (W): Saint Mary’s High School (California), Texas
- Alivia McGill (G): Hopkins High School (Minnesota), Florida
- Me’Arah O’Neal (C): Episcopal High School (Texas), Florida
- Mackenly Randolph (F): Sierra Canyon School (California), Uncommitted
- Arianna Roberson (F): Clark High School (Texas), Duke
- Kennedy Smith (W): Etiwanda High School (California), Southern California
- Allie Ziebell (G): Neenah High School (Wisconsin), UConn
