EA SPORTS and Sonny Vaccaro Name the 2001 EA SPORTS All-America High School Basketball Teams; Honorees to play in the Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic

Business Wire, March 6, 2001

News Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001

EA SPORTS(TM) and Sonny Vaccaro are pleased to announce the 2001 EA SPORTS All-America high school basketball team. The East and West All-America teams will participate in the Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic; Monday, April 9 at 8PM/CT (9PM/ET) at Northwestern University's Welsh Ryan Arena. This year's broadcast will be produced by Intersport, Inc. and will air live on ESPN2. adidas is the official footwear and apparel provider for the Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic.

                  2001 EA SPORTS(TM) ALL-AMERICANS /
   SONNY VACCARO 2001 EA SPORTS(TM) ROUND BALL CLASSIC PARTICIPANTS

                         East All-Americans

Name            Pos.Ht.  Hometown          High School      College

John Allen      SG  6-4  Coatsville (PA)   Coatsville       Seton Hall
Brandon Bender  PF  6-10 Ballard (KY)      Ballard          Undecided
Kwame Brown     C   6-11 Brunswick (GA)    Glynn Academy    Florida
Eddy Curry      C   6-11 Thornwood (IL)    Thornwood        DePaul
*Desagana Diop  C   7-2  Senegal, Africa   Oak Hill Academy Undecided
*Najeeb Echols  PF  6-7  Chicago (IL)      Whitney Young    Missouri
Billy Edelin    PG  6-1  Silver Spring (MD)Oak Hill Academy Syracuse
Terrance Ford   PG  6-0  Sugarland (TX)    Willowridge      Texas
Jonathan
 Hargett PG         6-0  Richmond (VA)     National Academy West
                                                             Virginia
Julius Hodge    SG  6-6  Bronx (NY)        St. Raymond's    NC State
Greg Tinch      SF  6-5  Albany (GA)       Westover         Louisville
James White     SF  6-7  Derwood (MD)      Hargrave Academy Florida
Coach: TBD

                         West All-Americans

Will Bynum      SG  5-11 Chicago (IL)      Crane            Arizona
Ousmane Cisse   PF  6-8  Montgomery (AL)   St. Jude Academy Undecided
Daniel Ewing    SG  6-4  Sugarland (TX)    Willowridge      Duke
Quemont Greer   SF  6-6  Milwaukee (WI)    Berkshire        DePaul
                                            Academy
Dennis Latimore PF  6-9  Halstead (KS)     Halstead         Arizona
Jackie Manuel   SF  6-6  W. Palm Beach (FL)Cardinal Newman  North
                                                             Carolina
Jamal Sampson   C   6-11 Santa Ana (CA)    Mater Dei        California
Julian Sensley  PF  6-8  Honolulu (HI)     St. Thomas More  California
Chris Thomas    PG  6-1  Indianapolis (IN) Pike             Notre Dame
Kelvin Torbert  SG  6-4  Flint (MI)        Northwestern     Michigan
                                            Edison           State
Maurice
 Williams       PG  6-1  Jackson (MS)      Murrah           Alabama
Coach: TBD

* - Injured and will not play in EA SPORTS Roundball Classic

"EA SPORTS is very excited to announce the first annual EA SPORTS All-America team," said EA SPORTS director of marketing Glenn Chin. "We know athletes love video games and play them at home and on the road. We believe the EA SPORTS All-American program is a natural progression for these athletes and us. Our goal is that high school seniors set out at the beginning of each season with the desire to be named EA SPORTS All-American and to play in the most unique and hippest all-star game around; Sonny Vaccaro's EA SPORTS Roundball Classic. Recipients of this honor will be the first in a long line of high school basketball stars that will carry with them the label `EA SPORTS All-American' during what will no doubt be illustrious college, and for many professional, careers."

Tickets for the Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic will be available through Ticketmaster at (312) 559-1212 with proceeds benefiting a select group of children's charities in the Chicago area. The Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic will be a celebration of the nation's best high school basketball players together with music and technology.

Joining EA SPORTS for the Sonny Vaccaro 2001 EA SPORTS Roundball Classic as official footwear and apparel provider is long-time event partner adidas. Intersport, a Chicago-based production company known as an industry leader in the creation of the newest ideas in sports will produce the 36th installment of the Roundball Classic.

About Electronic Arts (EA)

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of more than $1.4 billion for fiscal 2000. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM) and EA.COM(SM). EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling franchises and games include FIFA soccer, John Madden Football(TM), NHL(R) hockey, Knockout Kings(TM), NBA LIVE basketball, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(R) Golf, Triple Play Baseball(TM) NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) and NASCAR(R). EA SPORTS is also very active in the amateur sports, having been affiliated in the past with the Great Eight, the EA SPORTS Las Vegas Bowl, the 2000 Sonny Vaccaro Roundball Classic, as well as it's own high school basketball all-star contest, Prep Live `99. EA SPORTS is dedicated to remaining the leader in interactive sports software and becoming a leader in developing and implementing programs for amateur athletics.