ORANGE COUNTY ALL-STAR GIRLS’ BASKETBALL : Sullivan, McDaniel to Lead North, South Teams

Jennifer Sullivan, a two-time Sunset League most valuable player, and Aimee McDaniel, the Orange League’s most valuable player and an All-American, head the list of players chosen for the Orange County All-Star girls’ basketball game April 28 in Titan Gym.

Sullivan, a 6-foot-3 senior who averaged 17.3 points and 14.7 rebounds for Ocean View, will try to lead the North to the title for the first time since 1987. Seven of her 15 teammates on the North squad are from the Sunset League.

Amy Jalewalia, La Quinta’s 6-1 guard/forward/center, is from the Garden Grove League, but she will team with Sullivan to provide the North with some height. Jalewalia, who will attend UCLA in the fall, led the Southern Section in scoring with 33 points a game and set the county single-game scoring record (60 points).

Even with Jalewalia, the North team is sorely lacking in height at center and forward. The team is loaded with guards.

The South, on the other hand, has plenty of forwards and centers with good height. McDaniel, who will play guard, led Brea-Olinda to its second appearance in the state 3-A basketball finals and is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,845 points. She will attend Pepperdine in the fall.

Ocean View’s Ollie Martin and assistant Steve Rochford will coach the North. Tustin’s Rick Falk and his assistant Lisa MacNamee will coach the South, which has won the past two seasons and leads the series 9-3.

The team rosters:

NORTH

Tracy Wolfe (Ocean View); Amy Jalewalia (La Quinta); Jenny Newsome (Rancho Alamitos); Melisa Sortino (Marina); Debbie Fischer (Edison); Stacie Kosaka (Cypress); Karen Jensen (Katella); Christa Yorke (Marina); Julie Workman (Fountain Valley); Jennifer Barbaro (Fountain Valley); Francesca Rumps (Santa Ana Valley); Jackie Boxley (Savanna); Gracie Lopez (Santa Ana); Jennifer Leonard (Loara).

SOUTH

Sara Bone (El Toro); Karie Yoshioka (El Toro); Aimee McDaniel (Brea-Olinda); Allison Bickel (Brea-Olinda); Erin Schimeneck (Dana Hills); Jennifer Harney (Esperanza); Kim Kordik (Esperanza); Jennifer Rohrig (Mission Viejo); Stacie Giem (Newport Harbor); Nicole Champion (Orange); Denise Gandara (University); Leslie Rathbun (Woodbridge); Holly Keeton (Valencia); Jennifer Coombs (Tustin); Heather Schaer (Tustin).