Wolverine Signee McKenney Named McDonald's All-American
1/27/2025 7:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's basketball signee Trey McKenney was named a McDonald's All-American on Monday (Jan. 27), marking the 24th Wolverine honoree in program history.
McKenney, a 6-4 guard, was selected to the East team and is the first player from the state of Michigan to earn a roster spot since Kobe Bufkin.
McKenney is the program's first incoming recruit to be selected as an All-American since 2021, which saw three different Wolverines named to the squads: Bufkin, Moussa Diabate, and Caleb Houstan -- all of whom are currently playing in the NBA. The contest in 2021 did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so McKenney could become the first U-M signee to play in the All-Star game since Daniel Horton in 2002.
Currently rated the 17th overall recruit in the nation and a five-star recruit, McKenney is the highest-rated in-state prospect in the 2025 class. Despite battling injuries this season, he is a frontrunner for Michigan's Mr. Basketball. This year, he broke Orchard Lake St. Mary's all-time leading scorer record of 1,688 points, including a 37-point, standout performance in a narrow loss to IMG Academy (Fla.).
As a junior, McKenney was named the 2024 Michigan Associated Press Division 1 Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight year, averaging a double-double of 22.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game en route to winning the Division 1 State Championship. In the championship game, he had 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
On the international front, McKenney averaged a team second-best 10.8 points per game for Team USA at the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup, helping lead the team to a gold medal.
The McDonald's All-American Game will take place in the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 1.
Michigan's McDonald's All-Americans
Tim McCormick (1980)
Eric Turner (1981)
Richard Rellford (1982)
Antoine Joubert (1983)
Gary Grant (1984)
Rumeal Robinson, Terry Mills (1986)
Sean Higgins (1987)
Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber (1991)
Bobby Crawford (1993)
Willie Mitchell, Jerod Ward (1994)
Louis Bullock, Robert Traylor, Albert White (1995)
LaVell Blanchard (1999)
Daniel Horton (2002)
Kobe Bufkin, Moussa Diabate, Caleb Houstan (2021)
Trey McKenney (2025)
