Over 70 Washington prep grads playing in D-1

Much has been written about the talent level of high school basketball players in the State of Washington in the past year. But just how many former prep ballers from the state are playing Division-1 basketball and what high schools are producing the talent?

Well we can tell you this, nobody has more D-1 players than Rainier Beach. The Vikings have six grads balling with the big boys this year.

Franklin and Seattle Prep are tied for second place second with four each while Bethel, Garfield, Kentwood and Olympia have three D-1 players each.

Our research, we checked a ton of rosters, found that there are over 70 former Washington prep ballers from 49 different high schools playing in Division-1.

Listed below, in alphabetical order by high school, are the guys we tracked down.

Bellarmine Prep (1) – Jacob Manning (New Orleans).

Bethel (3) – Corey Belser (U San Diego), Alex Tiefenthaler (Portland), Brandon Moore (EWU).

Bothell (1) – Ryan Rourke (Cornell).

Brewster (1) – David Pendergraft (Gonzaga).

Capital (1) – Mike Fey (UCLA).

Central Kitsap (1) – Brice Brooks (Sacred Heart).

Cheney (1) – Rhett Humphrey (EWU).

Chief Sealth (1) – Erroll Knight (Gonzaga).

Clarkston (1) – Josh Heytvelt (Gonzaga).

Curtis (2) – Curtis Terry (UNLV), Carlton Weatherby (Stanford).

Eastlake (2) – Nick Livi (EWU), Chase Griffin (Pepperdine).

Eisenhower (1) – Branden Johnson (Montana State).

Federal Way (1) – Virgil Matthews (Montana).

Ferris (1) – Sean Mallon (Gonzaga).

Franklin (4) – Aaron Brooks (Oregon), Lyndale Burleson (Nevada, Richie Phillips (Nevada), Kellen Williams (EWU).

Garfield (3) – Brandon Roy (UW), Anthony Washington (Portland State), Marcellus Kemp (Nevada).

Hanford (1) – Hussein Pistoljevic (Longwood).

Hudson Bay (1) – Sean Smith (Portland State).

Inglemoor (2) – Danny Nwaelele (Air Force), Steve Campbell (WSU).

Interlake (1) – Bryce Brigham (Navy).

Issaquah (2) – Hans Gasser (UW), Garrison Carr (American).

Juanita (1) – Micah Downs (Kansas).

Kennedy (1) – Aaron Fitzgerald (UC Irvine).

Kent- Meridian (1) – Steffan Johnson (Pacific).

Kentridge (1) – Joey Henley (Sacred Heart).

Kentwood (3) – Rodney Stuckey (EWU), Mike Jensen (UW), Jason Mgebroff (Lehigh).

Lake Washington (1) – Aaron Haskins (Cal Poly).

Lynden Christian (1) – Paul Hafford (Portland State).

Mark Morris (1) – Josh Wilson (Northern Arizona).

Mead (1) – Adam Morrison (Gonzaga).

Medical Lake (1) – Paul Butorac (EWU).

Mercer Island (2) – Brandon Burmeister (UW), Brayden Billbe (American).

Mountain View (1) – Derek Raivio (Gonzaga).

O’Dea (2) – Mitch Johnson (Stanford), Conor Mullen (Cornell).

Olympia (3) – Kelly Golob (Northern Arizona), Jason Briggs (Princeton), Ben Devoe (Utah Valley State).

Pasco (1) – Kris Groce (Sacramento State).

Rainier Beach (6) – C.J. Giles (Kansas), Rodrick Stewart (Kansas, Lodrick Stewart (USC), Terrence Williams (Louisville), Randy Green (WSU), James Morgan (USF).

Renton (1) – Vershan Cottrell (Cal State Fullerton).

Roosevelt (1) – Marcus Williams (Arizona).

Seattle Prep (4) – Erik Bond (St. Mary’s), Chad Troyer (Miami-Ohio), Jeffrey Day (Creighton), Tavio Hobson (Sacred Heart).

Shadle Park (1) – Danny Pariseau (Santa Clara).

Skyline (1) – Matt  Nelson (Boise State).

Snohomish (2) – Jon Brockman (UW), Ryan Sommer (Portland State).

South Kitsap (1) – Jake Beitinger (EWU).

Sprague-Harrington (1) – Colin Floyd (Gonzaga).

Stanwood (1) – Ryan Appleby (UW).

Toledo (1) – Artem Wallace (UW).

West Valley (Yakima) (1) – Andrew Strait (Montana).

Wilson (1) – Kevin Field (Portland).