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| Date | April 1, 2009 | ||||||||||||
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| Venue | BankUnited Center, Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Skylar Diggins, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Marc McClenney Ron Leddington Tina Harrington | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,981 | ||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| McDonald's All-American | |||||||||||||
The 2009 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the BankUnited Center in Miami, Florida, home of the University of Miami Hurricanes. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2009. The game was the 8th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002.
The 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.
Proceeds from the 2009 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of South Florida and its Ronald McDonald House program.