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Arizona commit Caleb Holt wins McDonald’s All-American co-MVP honors

Arizona Wildcats top recruit Caleb Holt won co-MVP honors at the 2026 McDonald's All-American Game.

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Arizona Wildcats commitment and 5-star prospect Caleb Holt won co-MVP of the McDonald’s All-American Game on Tuesday night.

Holt closed with 11 points, four assists and five rebounds as his Team West defeated Team East, 102-86, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

The 6-foot-5 guard went 4-for-8 overall and 2-for-5 from 3-point range.

He shared MVP honors with Missouri commit Jason Crowe Jr., a point guard who scored 16 points and added five assists.

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Holt is the highest-ranked recruit Tommy Lloyd has landed in his Arizona tenure as the top shooting guard in the 2026 recruiting class and No. 4 player overall.

He is one of two commitments to Lloyd’s Wildcats for the 2026 class and is joined by Goodyear Millennium High School guard Cameron Holmes, who is a 4-star prospect.

They will have a runway to contribute immediately with the likely departure of freshman shooting guard Brayden Burries, whose NBA stock continues to rise as Arizona prepares to play in the Final Four this weekend.

More McDonald’s All-American Game local flavor

In the McDonald’s game, Holt was teamed with power forward Cameron Williams, a Phoenix Saint Mary’s Catholic High School product and Duke Blue Devils commitment who is the No. 3-ranked player in the 2026 class.

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Williams scored nine points to go with three rebounds in the 2026 McDonald’s All-American Game, the first to take place in Arizona.

Bruce Branch III, who played for Team East, is a former Gilbert Perry High School player who transferred to Prolific Prep in Florida. The 5-star forward and No. 6 player nationally scored seven points on Tuesday.

For the girls’ side, the Gilbert Mesquite High School coaching staff of head coach Candice Gonzales led the West team.

On that roster was Jerzy Robinson, a former Desert Vista High School player who now plays for Sierra Canyon in California. The No. 3-ranked player and South Carolina commit went 1-of-11 in the game for three points.

Kevin Zimmerman ArizonaSports.com editor

Kevin Zimmerman is ArizonaSports.com's and KTAR.com's digital content manager and co-host of Arizona Sports' Empire of the Suns podcast. The Mesa native has covered the Suns on-and-off since graduating the University of Arizona in 2011 and also spent… Read more

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