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UNC Basketball: Tar Heels commit earns McDonald’s All-American honors

By Blake Cockrum

COLUMBUS, OHIO - MARCH 22: Rameses, the North Carolina Tar Heels mascot, is seen as they take on the Iona Gaels during the first half of the game in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OHIO - MARCH 22: Rameses, the North Carolina Tar Heels mascot, is seen as they take on the Iona Gaels during the first half of the game in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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UNC basketball program will be represented by Deja Kelly at women’s 2020 McDonald’s All-American Game

In her first recruiting cycle as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Courtney Banghart managed to secure a McDonald’s All-American.

Deja Kelly, a 5-foot-8 guard from the class of 2020, was originally committed to the University of Texas. She made headlines when she committed to the Longhorns as a seventh-grader, but decommitted and reopened her recruitment in 2018. She committed to North Carolina in mid-November, giving first-year head coach Courtney Banghart her second 5-star recruit since arriving in Chapel Hill.

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Kelly announced her commitment to North Carolina just three days after scoring a career-high 46 points in an 85-43 win over McKinney High School. She shot 18-for-25 from the floor in that game, including 7-for-11 from three-point range.

She averaged 16 points per game last season, as Duncanville won the District 8-6A title and finished with a record of 31-6. She was subsequently named to SportsDay’s Preseason All-Area Team for the 2019-20 season. ESPN ranks Kelly as the No. 17 player in the class of 2020. She’s ranked fifth among players at her position, and third in the state of Texas.

Kelly joins a recruiting class of five that includes 5-star forward Anya Poole, 4-star guard Kennedy Todd-Williams, and 3-star forwards Alyssa Ustby and Alexandra Zelaya. With a handful of seniors on the current UNC roster, expect the Tar Heels’ incoming freshman class to get plenty of playing time next season.

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