Former Washington Prep Ballers in Big Dance

Its time to head down the road to the Final Four and there will be plenty of local flavor this year as 39 former Washington prep basketball players will be playing in the 2004 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Those 39 players are from 11 different Division-1 teams that have played their way into the big dance.

Here are the local ballers who will be in the field.

Air Force

Derek Groth, Eisenhower

Danny Nwaelele, Inglemoor

Boston College

Tavio Hobson, Seattle Prep

BYU

Mark Bigelow, Olympia

Terry Nashif, Evergreen (Vancouver)

Eastern Washington University

Mark Axton, Foss

Alvin Snow, Franklin

Brendon Merritt, Bellarmine Prep

Josh Love, Rainier Beach

Matt Nelson, Skyline

Danny Pariseau, Shadle Park

Brett Weisner, Shadle Park

Khary Nicholas, Foss

Rachi Wortham, Foss

Josh Barnard, Bethel

Paul Butorac, Medical Lake

Stanford

Carlton Weatherby, Curtis

Florida

Ryan Appleby, Stanwood

Gonzaga

Adam Morrison, Mead

Sean Mallon, Ferris

Kyle Bankhead, Walla Walla

Derek Raivio, Mountain View

Colin Floyd, Sprague-Harrington

Erroll Knight, Chief Sealth

Lehigh

Jason Mgebroff, Kentwood

Kevin Tempest, Mercer Island

Dayne Mickelson, Woodinville

Nevada

Marcelus Kemp, Garfield

Pacific

Miah Davis, Bremerton

University of Washington

Brandon Roy, Garfield

Will Conroy, Garfield

Tre Simmoms, Garfield

Anthony Washington, Garfield

Mike Jensen, Kentwood

Brandon Burmeister, Mercer Ilsand

Hans Gasser, Issaquah

Nate Robinson, Rainier Beach

Curtis Allen, Wilson

Alex Johnson, Bellevue