McLEAN, Va. -- LeBron James is USA Today's high school basketball player of the year.

As expected, James heads the newspaper's All-USA team, which was announced Tuesday and includes two players headed for the University of Arizona.

Dru Joyce II, James' coach at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, was USA Today's coach of the year.

The other players honored were Ndudi Ebi of Westbury Christian in Houston; Mustafa Shakur of Friends Central in Wynnewood, Pa.; Brian Butch of Appleton (Wisc.) West; and Luol Deng of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.

Ebi and Shakur are headed to Arizona, Butch to Wisconsin, and Deng to Duke.

James is expected to be the No. 1 choice in this year's NBA draft. He averaged 30.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.9 steals in leading his school to its third state championship in four years.

James has other options, though.

He was the 18th player picked in the U.S. Basketball League draft last week, taken in the second round by the Brevard (Fla.) Blue Ducks. The No. 1 choice was Bingo Merriex of TCU, who was selected by the Texas Rim Rockers.