The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball signees Justice Carlton and Jordan Lee named McDonald’s All-Americans
01.23.2024 | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's basketball signees Justice Carlton and Jordan Lee have been selected among the top 24 players in the country for the prestigious 2024 McDonald's All-American game. UT women's basketball now has 29 players that have been selected as McDonald's All-Americans.
Carlton, a 6-1 forward from Katy, Texas, is the No. 7 ranked recruit in the 2024 class by ESPN. Carlton averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds a game in the 2022-23 season and earned All-State honors as well as Offensive Player of the Year and Naismith Honorable Mention All-America accolades. Carlton holds seven school records at Seven Lakes including points in a game (46), points in a season (1020), rebounds in a game (23), blocks in a game (10), blocks in a season (115), career blocks (167) and single game free throw percentage (1.000, 7-of-7). Carlton's club team, Nike CyFair Elite participated in the Mamba Cup in California and was able to meet and play against Kobe Bryant's team, Mamba.
Lee, a 6-0 guard from Stockton, Calif., is the No. 8 ranked recruit in the 2024 class by ESPN. Lee averaged 20.1 points per game, 2.7 assists per game and 7.4 rebounds per game in the 2022-23 season and earned First Team All-State honors. Lee was a 2022-23 First Team Junior All-American and her team was the 2022-23 Norcal D1 GBB runner-up. Lee earned MVP honors at the 2022 Curry Camp. Lee also exceled in track and field as a two-time USA Junior Nationals Track and Field All-American. Lee won back-to-back 1600-meter and 800-meter state championships on the track. Lee also achieved academically at Saint Mary's high school with a 4.4 GPA and membership in the National Honor Society.
This makes six McDonald's All-America that Texas head coach Vic Schaefer has recruited to the Longhorns. Carlton and Lee will become the 28th and 29th players in UT program history to play in the McDonald's All-American Game.
The McDonald's All-American games will take place in Houston on April 2, where the top 24 high school girls and top 24 high school boys will square off at the Toyota Center, the home of the Houston Rockets.
All-Time List of McDonald's All-Americans who played at Texas
2002 Nina Norman
2003 Tiffany Jackson
2005 Erika Arriaran
2005 Earnesia Williams
2006 Brittainey Raven
2008 Ashley Gayle
2009 Cokie Reed
2010 Tiffany Moore
2011 Cassie Peoples
2012 Imani McGee-Stafford
2014 Ariel Atkins
2014 Brooke McCarty
2014 Jatarie White
2015 Lashann Higgs
2015 Jordan Hosey
2015 Kyra Lambert
2016 Joyner Holmes
2016 Sug Sutton
2017 Rellah Boothe
2017 Destiny Littleton
2017 Chasity Patterson
2018 Charli Collier
2019 Celeste Taylor
2021 Rori Harmon
2021 Aaliyah Moore
2021 Kyndall Hunter
2023 Madison Booker
2024 Justice Carlton
2024 Jordan Lee
