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Three With Ames Ties - Barnes, McDermott, White - Among Nation's Elite
Ames High Graduates Doug McDermott and Harrison Barnes and ISU's Royce White recognized as the best basketball players in 2011-12.
2010 graduate Doug McDermott, who now plays for Creighton University, was named first team All American by the Associated Press for the 2011-12 season, a Des Moines Register blog said.
Ames Native Harrison Barnes, who played with McDermott and graduated the same year and ’s Royce White were listed as honorable mentions.
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McDermott has decided to stay in school, but White has announced he will enter the NBA draft and Barnes, who now plays at UNC, a decision.
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