SoCal High School & Prep Report

Full Listing of Best in the West Selections--(November 22, 1997)

The Long Beach Press-Telegram has released the full Best in the West Selections. We've already reported on the first team, but didn't put up the details of all the teams and rankings. Here they are.

FIRST TEAM

Player / Ht. / Wt. / Pos. / Pts. / City(School)
Richard Jefferson /6-7 / 210 / F / 460 / Phoenix Moon Valley
Ray Young / 6-4 / 205 / G-F / 458 / Alameda St. Joseph-Notre Dame
Tayshaun Prince / 6-8 / 180 / G-F / 456 / Compton Dominguez
Doug Wrenn / 6-6 / 215 / F-G / 453 / Seattle O'Dea
Tony Bland / 6-4 1/2 / 180 / G / 411 / Los Angeles Westchester
Ricky Anderson / 6-8 1/2 / 205 / F / 392 / Long Beach Poly
Luke Walton / 6-8 / 200 / F / 363 / San Diego University
Ruben Douglas / 6-4 / 200 / G / 358 / Burbank Bell-Jefferson
Freddie Jones / 6-4 / 205 / G / 339 / Gresham, Ore., Barlow
Matt Barnes / 6-7 / 215 / F / 333 / Fair Oaks, Ca., Del Campo
David Hamilton / 6-9 / 225 / F-C / 332 / Compton
David Bluthenthal / 6-7 / 215 / F / 277 / Los Angeles Westchester
Senque Carey / 6-4 / 200 / G / 238 / Mountain View, Ca., St. Francis
Chris Jefferies / 6-7 / 205 / F / 227 / Easton, Ca., Washington Union
Jason Thomas / 6-4 / 225 / F / 209 / Compton Dominguez

No. 1 prospect votes: Richard Jefferson 24, Tayshaun Prince
20, Ray Young 18, Doug Wrenn 13, Luke Walton 2, Ricky
Anderson 1, Brandon Armstrong 1, Tony Bland 1, David
Hamilton 1, Matt Barnes 1/ 2, Ruben Douglas 1/ 2.

SECOND TEAM

Player / Ht. / Wt. / Pos. / Pts. / City(School)
Vincent Okotie / 6-6 / 210 / F / 185 / La Mesa Grossmont
Caleb Gervin / 6-0 / 165 / G / 160 / Cathedral City
DeAndre Moore / 5-8 / 150 / G / 146 / Compton
Andrew Gaulden / 6-8 / 200 / F / 142 / Anaheim Canyon
Craig Lewis / 6-3 / 170 / G / 140 / Portland Benson Tech
Brandon Armstrong / 6-4 1/2 / 185 / G / 137 / Vallejo
Phil Cullen / 6-10 / 200 / C / 132 / Chelan, Wash.
Gary Colbert / 6-1 / 165 / G / 98 / Etiwanda
Ferron Morgan / 6-9 / 205 / C / 98 / Denver East
Darrell Tucker / 6-8 / 190 / F / 98 / Oakland McClymonds
Albert Miller / 6-2 1/2 / 185 / G / 94 / Los Angeles Westchester
Tyson Johnston / 6-10 / 215 / C / 92 / Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Mark Bigelow / 6-6 / 205 / F / 89 /Olympia, Wash.
Brandon Granville / 5-8 / 165 / G / 83 / Los Angeles Westchester
Nick Mohr / 6-5 / 190 / F-G / 82 / Littleton, Colo., Columbine

THIRD TEAM

Player / Ht. / Wt. / Pos. / Pts. / City(School)
Grant Leep / 6-6 / 200 / F / 76 / Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Vance Lawhorn / 6-6 / 205 / F / 75 / Las Vegas Western
Wesley Wilson / 6-10 / 210 / C / 75 / Vallejo
Tim Johnson / 6-10 / 245 / C / 74 / Hillsboro, Ore., Glencoe
Kevin Burleson / 6-2 / 170 / G / 72 / Seattle O'Dea
Bradley Jackson / 5-8 / 160 / G / 70 / Inglewood
David Abramowitz / 5-10 / 155 / G / 63 / San Diego University
Chris McMillian / 5-10 / 170 / G / 62 / Brea Brea-Olinda
Flinder Boyd / 6-0 / 165 / G / 45 / Los Angeles Fairfax
Tony Giovacchini / 6-1 / 165 / G / 45 / Salt Lake City Memorial
Mark Arrington / 6-4 / 190 / F-G / 42 / Edmonds, Wash.,Woodway
Myron Epps / 6-5 / 195 / F / 41 / Tulare, Union
Damon Jackson / 6-3 / 190 / G / 40 / Perris
Jeffrey Berokoff / 6-2 / 190 / G / 38 / La Habra Sonora
Kenny Crandall / 6-5 / 190 / G / 36 / Mesa, Ariz., Mountain View

HONORABLE MENTION

Player / Ht. / Wt. / Pos. / Pts. / City(School)
Michael Carson / 6-5 / 170 / G / 33 / Compton Dominguez
Walter Small / 6-5 / 215 / F / 31 / Compton Dominguez
Greg Jefferson / 6-4 1/2 / 210 / F / 29 / Los Angeles Fairfax
Phil Jackman / 6-5 / 195 / F / 26 / Danville San Ramon Valley
Daniel Bobik / 6-5 / 180 / G / 25 / Newbury Park
Ronnell Mingo / 6-8 / 205 / F-C / 24 / Los Angeles Fremont
Nick Gosserand / 6-10 / 225 / C / 23 / Riverside J.W. North
Josh Davis / 6-8 / 200 / F / 20 / Salem, Ore., Academy
Glenn Summerall / 6-4 / 185 / F / 19 / Fontana
Mike McIntyre / 6-1 / 185 / G / 17 / Long Beach Poly

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