Blue Devils DeShields Picked for USA Today High School Basketball Team
The Norcross High senior shooting guard is part of a 10-player national team.
The USA Today High School Sports Preseason American Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls High School Basketball Team has unveiled its 10 players, and two players are from Gwinnett County, including one from Norcross High. Diamond DeShields, a senior at Norcross and a 6-1 shooting guard, is the only returning player from the 2011-2012 team. Committed to the University of North Carolina, DeShields was named to the 2011 ALL-USA second team as a junior. She led her team to a 26-6 record and a state semi-final finish with an average of 21.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last year. In August, DeShields was named the MVP of the USA Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship in the tournament that led the team to win the gold. The other…
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