Seventeen high school athletes have been named to the 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Ozarks boys basketball teams.
Five Springfield area players are named first-team selections, and 12 more are named to the second team.
This season’s first team is full of floor leaders who were all on district championship teams in their respective classes.
The ALL-USA Ozarks boys basketball teams are selected by the News-Leader staff based on a set of criteria that includes a player’s value to his team, statistical production, success in high-pressure games, leadership, sportsmanship and the overall betterment of basketball in the Ozarks.