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Frank Burlison's Summer
"Top 15" Lists--(Aug. 21, 1999)

In case you missed it (and you might have easily unless you have a print subscription to the Orange County Register, and even then you might not have spotted it), Frank Burlison published his Summer "Top 15" lists, including players from the "National" scene and purely "SoCal" players. These lists are based solely on summer performances, and not college-level potential. In other words, these are the guys Frank believed had really good summers, not necessarily those who will become big-time college players. We can't say we disagree with any of them. We might add a few to the list, but we can't think of anyone he's listed who doesn't really belong on either list. Here they are:

Top 15 high school players nationally

Player Ht. Class School/City
Andre Barrett 5-8 Sr. Rice/Manhattan, N.Y.
Taliek Brown 6-0 Sr St. John's Prep/Astoria, N.Y.
Omar Cook 5-11 Sr. Christ The King/Middle Village, N.Y.
Eddy Curry 6-11 Jr. Thornwood/South Holland, Ill.
Chris Duhon 6-1 Sr. Salmen/Slidell, La.
Eddie Griffin 6-8 Sr. Roman Catholic/Philadelphia
Jared Jeffries 6-8 Sr. South/Bloomington, Ind.
Darius Miles 6-7 1/2 Sr. Lincoln/East St. Louis, Ill.
Zach Randolph 6-8 Sr. Marion/Marion, Ind.
DeShawn Stevenson 6-4 Sr. Washington Union/Eastin, Ca.
Marcus Taylor 6-1 Sr. Waverly/Lansing, Mich.
Marcus Toney-El 6-5 Sr. Seton Hall Prep/West Orange, N.J.
Kelvin Torbert 6-4 Jr. Northwestern/Flint, Mich.
Gerald Wallace 6-6 Sr. Childersburg/Childersburg, Ala.
Dajuan Wagner 6-1 Jr Camden/Camden, N.J.

Top 15 high school players in the West

Player Ht. Class School/City
Travon Bryant 6-7 1/2 Sr. Jordan/Long Beach
Tyson Chandler 7-0 Jr. Dominguez/Compton
Josh Childress 6-6 Jr. Mayfair/Lakewood
Amaury Fernandez 6-8 Jr. Artesia/Lakewood
Isaiah Fox 6-8 Jr. Crossroads/Santa Monica
Andre Hazel 6-0 Sr. Artesia/Lakewood
Teyo Johnson 6-5 Sr. Mariner/Lynwood, Wash.
Russell Lakey 6-0 Sr. Harvard-Westlake/N. Hollywood
Jack Martinez 6-6 1/2 Jr. Artesia/Lakewood
Brian Morrison 6-1 Sr. Lake Washington/Kirkland, Wash.
Luke Ridnour 6-0 Sr. Blaine/Blaine, Wash.
Aerick Sanders 6-7 1/2 Sr. Serra/Gardena
Jonathan Sanders 6-6 1/2 Sr. Belleview Christian/Westminster, Colo.
DeShawn Stevenson 6-4 Sr. Washington Union/Eastin, Ca.
Wesley Stokes 5-9 Sr. Poly/Long Beach

We might have added a few more guys like Brandon Brooks (6'-0" Sr. PG) from Portland Jefferson, Antone Jerrell (6'-6" Sr. SF/SG) also from Portland Jefferson, Branduinn Fullove (6'-5" Sr. SG) from Simi Valley, Al Williams (6'-4" Sr. SG) from Bakersfield, and several others, but by and large, Frank's list is pretty good.