Meet The Huskies

Meet The Huskies

W A S H I N G T O N H U S K I E S 2008-09 M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L42

jon BROCKMANForward

6-7 • 255 lbs • SeniorSnohomish, Wash.

(Snohomish)

Fast FactsFull Name ...................... Jonathan Rodney BrockmanMajor ........................................Architectural Studies/ Construction ManagementFamily ........Father ........................ Gordy Brockman Mother ...................... Becky Brockman Siblings ................Adam, Kirsten, Paul

•Preseason All-America selection and candidate for the John Wooden Award.

•Nation’s leading returing rebounder.

•Two-time All-Pac-10 honoree.

•McDonald’s All-America as a prep.

•Enters 2008-09 with 40 career double-doubles.

•Father, Gordy, played collegiately at Seattle Pacific. Sister, Kirsten, lettered on the UW women’s basketball team in 2002.

Favorite Book: The Bible

Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski

Favorite Television Show: Man vs. Wild

Biggest influences: My parents, brothers and sister

Toughest Player Ever Faced: Leon Powe

Favorite Quote: “Dream Big”

Childhood Sports Hero: Michael Jordan

Favorite Toy As A Child: Bike

Favorite Video Game: Call of Duty 4

Song that Best Describes His Game: “Fuel” by Metal-lica

Favorite Class at UW: History of the U.S. Military

Cannot Do Without: Food

Most Memorable Win: 69-65 at UCLA as a freshman

Chose Jersey Number Because: Sister, Kirsten, wore it as a player at UW

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Seahawks

The nation’s leading returning rebounder and the Pac-10’s

top active career scorer

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Preseason All-America selection and a candidate for national Player of the Year honors . . . Nation’s leading returning rebounder . . . Called the best rebounder in the nation by Jay Bilas of ESPN .com . . . Twice Pac-10 and three-time school rebounding leader . . . Enters 2008-09 needing just 159 rebounds to become the UW all-time career leader (enters season with 892) . . . Among school’s top-20 and Pac-10’s active career leader in scoring (1,299 pts) . . . has 40 career double-doubles . . . Looking to become first player to ever lead UW in rebounding four-straight seasons .

2007-08 (Junior) — Led the Pac-10 and third nationally with a 11 .6 rebounding average . . . League’s 6th in scoring with 17 .8 points per game and 3rd in field goal pct . with .536 . . . First-team all-district by Basketball Times, NABC and the USBWA . . . Second-team all-Pac-10 selection . . . honorable mention Pac-10 all-defensive team . . . Registered league-leading 23 double-doubles and scored in dougle-figures in all 32 games . . . three-time league Player of the Week . . . Set career-highs with 31 points and 18 rebounds against Utah . . . blocked career-best six shots against then-16th ranked Texas A&M . . . grabbed 17 rebounds against Washington State and UCLA . . . Played 35 minutes or more in 12 games. 2006-07 (Sophomore) — A first-team All-Pac selection . . . Started all 32 games . . . Led all Pac-10 players with an average of 9 .6 rebounds per game . . . Led league with 15 double-doubles (double-figure points & rebounds) . . . Ranked third among Pac-10 players in field goal percentage (55 .0%) . . . Ranked 12th among Pac-10 players and second on the team in scoring (14 .2 ppg) . . . Amassed 19 points and 14 rebounds against LSU and helped hold Glen Davis under 10 points for the first time in 49 games . . . Voted the Feb . 12 Pac-10 Player of the Week after a pair of double-doubles helped UW sweep California and No . 25 Stanford at home . . . Tallied double-figure points in 26 games . . . Led all Husky rebounders on 24 occasions, including 18 double-digit rebound games . 2005-06 (Fresh-man) — Played all 33 games, starting every one except the final home game against California when Jamaal Williams started on senior night . . . Voted to the All-Pac-10 Freshman Team by the league’s coaches . . . Had a spectacular debut with a 17-point,

10-rebound double-double against Morgan State . . . Received the MVP award of the BCA Classic after 21-point, 10-rebounds against Air Force . . . Led the Huskies and 7th in Pac-10 with 6 .5 rebounds per game . . . Led the team and ranked second in the conference with a 51 .8-percent field goal accuracy . . . Led all Huskies in rebounds during 12 games . . . Amassed 215 rebounds, the second-highest total by a UW freshman behind only the record of 234 set by Mark Pope in 1992 . . . Listed No . 7 among all-time UW freshmen with 278 points, No . 2 in steals with 35 and No . 6 in minutes with 794 .

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2005 graduate of Snohomish (Wash .) High School . . . No . 1 prospect in the Best of the West poll compiled by the Long Beach Press-

Telegram, previous top picks were Jason Kidd, Paul Pierce, and Richard Jefferson . . . Listed No . 15 overall nationally and No . 4 among power forwards by TheInsiders .com . . . Amassed career-high 51 points on Feb . 17, 2005 against Stanwood . . . Rated No . 17 overall nationally and No . 5 among power forwards by FutureStars . . . Ranked as the na-tion’s 19th best prep prospect by Basketball News . . . Ranked as the top power forward prospect in the West and No . 20 overall nationally and No . 5 among power forwards by Scout .com . . . Four-year letterman at Snohomish High School . . . Averaged 30 .2 points and 14 .0 rebounds as a senior after posting junior totals of 22 .4 points, 13 .0 rebounds, 1 .5 blocked shots and 2 .0 steals . . . A 2004 all-state and all-league selection . . . Received high honorable mention All-America accolades in Street & Smith’s magazine . . . Listed 31st overall and No . 7 among power forwards in the Class of 2005 by Rivals .com . . . Played two years alongside older brother, Paul, who is currently at Bellevue (Wash .) Community College . . . Sister, Kirsten, played on the Husky women’s basketball team in 2002 and 2003 . . . College decision came down to a choice between Washington and Duke .

DAWG BYTES:“His relentless work ethic and his leader-ship may be his top strengths. He is, obvi-ously, a great rebound-er. But, his character and work ethic is what drives him to be a great player. He really earns the respect of those around him.”— Lorenzo Romar


Brockman’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2005-2006 33/32 794 24.1 116–224 .518 0–0 .000 46–69 .667 85–130 215 6.5 84–2 24 46 3 35 278 8.42006-2007 32/32 921 28.8 175–318 .550 0–0 .000 103–156 .660 117–190 307 9.6 90–2 35 84 4 24 453 14.22007-2008 32/31 1009 31.5 237–442 .536 0–0 .000 94–181 .519 141–229 370 11.6 94–2 35 76 8 21 568 17.8

TOTALS 97/95 2724 28.1 528–984 .537 0–0 .000 243–406 .599 353–549 892 9.2 268–6 94 206 15 80 1299 13.4

Brockman’s 2006-07 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•Pepperdine 23 11-16 0-0 3-5 12 3 2 3 0 1 25•NichollsState 25 5-8 0-0 2-4 10 2 3 4 0 0 12•NorthernIowa 18 2-6 0-0 3-4 4 5 0 5 0 2 7•SacramentoSt. 24 6-9 0-0 1-2 9 4 2 4 0 1 13•EasternWash. 25 4-7 0-0 3-5 8 3 0 2 0 1 11•Idaho 26 3-9 0-0 1-4 14 2 1 3 0 2 7•SouthernUtah 24 3-3 0-0 1-4 12 2 0 3 1 1 7•atGonzaga 27 6-9 0-0 1-4 12 4 2 2 1 1 13•PortlandState 20 1-4 0-0 7-8 4 3 0 2 0 1 9•LSU 32 8-17 0-0 3-4 14 3 1 1 0 1 19•WeberState 27 7-14 0-0 4-6 12 2 0 1 0 3 18•atUSC 26 1-5 0-0 2-3 11 5 1 1 0 1 4•atUCLA 35 5-8 0-0 3-4 10 2 2 3 0 1 13•Arizona 37 6-9 0-0 4-6 8 1 1 1 0 1 16•ArizonaState 34 4-8 0-0 8-9 10 1 1 1 0 0 16•atStanford 37 11-18 0-0 1-2 10 3 1 3 0 0 23•atCalifornia 32 5-10 0-0 1-6 6 3 0 1 0 0 11•atWashingtonSt. 32 6-13 0-0 1-2 8 2 2 1 0 0 13•Oregon 31 4-9 0-0 6-6 8 1 1 0 0 0 14•OregonState 25 9-12 0-0 7-8 8 4 1 3 0 2 25•atArizonaState 32 5-7 0-0 5-6 12 2 1 3 1 0 15•atArizona 17 4-9 0-0 2-2 2 4 0 2 0 1 10•California 33 8-13 0-0 6-9 14 2 0 5 0 0 22•Stanford 30 4-11 0-0 6-10 10 1 0 3 0 1 14•WashingtonSt. 37 7-15 0-0 1-4 14 2 4 4 1 1 15•atPittsburgh 27 6-13 0-0 1-2 9 4 1 5 0 0 13•atOregonState 33 5-9 0-0 4-6 14 4 1 3 0 1 14•atOregon 26 3-5 0-0 2-2 2 4 2 2 0 0 8•USC 27 7-9 0-0 3-3 9 4 2 1 0 0 17•UCLA 37 7-13 0-0 6-6 13 2 1 5 0 0 20•vsASU(Pac-10) 27 6-11 0-0 4-9 10 4 1 2 0 1 16•vsWSU(Pac-10) 35 6-9 0-0 1-1 8 2 1 5 0 0 13•denotesgamesstarted

Brockman’s 2005-06 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•MorganState 21 7-10 0-0 3-7 10 1 4 2 0 4 17•UW-GreenBay 19 4-6 0-0 0-0 8 4 2 1 0 0 8•AirForce 29 8-10 0-0 5-6 10 3 0 2 0 0 21•American 29 6-9 0-0 4-5 6 1 1 2 0 2 16•Idaho 24 3-8 0-0 5-5 8 2 2 2 1 1 11•LoyolaMarymount 15 4-6 0-0 3-3 7 4 1 0 0 2 11•Gonzaga 33 3-5 0-0 3-4 6 2 0 0 0 2 9•vsNewMexico 21 2-7 0-0 1-1 6 2 0 1 0 0 5•Eastern Wash. 24 6-9 0-0 4-6 10 1 1 2 0 3 16•Lehigh 18 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0•ArizonaState 21 3-7 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 2 1 6•Arizona 21 2-3 0-0 0-0 9 5 0 1 0 0 4•Cornell 22 8-11 0-0 1-2 12 1 0 1 0 1 17•WashingtonSt. 19 0-3 0-0 1-4 5 1 1 0 0 1 1•atUSC 22 4-8 0-0 1-4 7 2 0 1 0 0 9•atUCLA 23 6-11 0-0 0-0 6 1 1 0 0 1 12•OregonState 27 4-12 0-0 3-4 7 2 2 1 0 1 11•Oregon 27 3-6 0-0 0-0 10 4 1 2 0 2 6•atCalifornia 30 3-8 0-0 1-2 10 3 0 3 0 0 7•atStanford 33 5-9 0-0 1-1 8 3 1 1 0 1 11•at Washington St. 31 2-6 0-0 2-4 6 5 0 2 0 0 6•USC 22 1-4 0-0 0-0 5 4 2 4 0 1 2•UCLA 29 3-6 0-0 1-2 5 3 0 5 0 0 7•atOregon 29 7-11 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 1 0 0 14•atOregonSt. 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 1 4•Stanford 21 1-4 0-0 3-4 3 3 1 0 0 2 5California 32 2-4 0-0 0-0 8 3 0 1 0 0 4•atArizonaSt. 26 6-10 0-0 1-1 4 1 2 1 0 1 13•atArizona 29 4-10 0-0 0-0 8 3 1 2 0 1 8•vsOregon(Pac-10) 23 3-8 0-0 0-0 4 4 0 0 0 3 6•vsUtahSt.(NCAA) 22 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0•vsIllinois(NCAA) 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0•vsUConn(NCAA) 26 4-6 0-0 3-4 4 4 0 2 0 2 11•denotesgamesstarted

Brockman’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•NewJerseyTech 21 4-8 0-0 4-7 9 3 1 2 0 1 12•Utah 37 11-23 0-0 9-11 18 1 2 2 0 0 31•EasternWash. 28 13-19 0-0 0-1 8 3 0 0 0 1 26•vs.TexasA&M 38 9-21 0-0 3-5 15 3 2 6 0 1 21•vs.Syracuse 21 3-9 0-0 4-6 9 5 1 3 0 0 10•LongBeachSt. 36 6-10 0-0 1-5 9 3 2 3 0 2 13•atOklahomaSt. 37 9-14 0-0 4-6 13 2 0 3 0 0 22•Pittsburgh 35 8-18 0-0 1-3 12 2 3 1 0 0 17•Portland 31 3-6 0-0 5-10 5 5 0 3 0 0 11•PortlandState 32 11-13 0-0 2-4 12 3 1 4 0 2 24•CSNorthridge 35 8-12 0-0 5-7 10 2 3 4 1 0 21•atLSU 34 6-11 0-0 3-7 12 3 2 3 0 2 15•IdahoState 26 8-12 0-0 5-6 11 2 0 2 0 0 21•WashingtonSt. 39 6-18 0-0 2-4 17 2 2 1 0 0 14•atUCLA 35 7-14 0-0 2-4 8 2 2 2 0 1 16•atUSC 34 7-12 0-0 2-4 10 2 0 1 0 0 16•Oregon 34 7-10 0-0 7-14 16 2 2 2 1 3 21•OregonState 35 11-19 0-0 4-5 14 4 2 4 0 1 26•atArizonaSt. 33 9-15 0-0 3-5 16 3 0 2 0 0 21•atArizona 27 12-19 0-0 0-0 6 3 0 2 0 0 24•Stanford 34 4-12 0-0 5-11 13 3 0 4 1 1 13•California 24 7-11 0-0 1-4 4 4 2 0 0 1 15•USC 37 5-16 0-0 3-7 14 2 1 2 1 0 13•UCLA 29 5-11 0-0 2-4 17 3 2 2 0 0 12•atOregon 28 6-12 0-0 1-2 11 3 1 2 0 0 13•atOregonSt. 22 7-12 0-0 1-5 10 4 0 2 2 0 15•Arizona 31 6-9 0-0 3-11 15 4 0 1 0 1 15•ArizonaState 36 8-17 0-0 5-6 15 2 1 3 1 0 21•atStanford 34 9-19 0-0 2-5 14 4 1 3 0 0 20•atCalifornia 23 5-12 0-0 0-2 4 4 0 2 0 2 10•atWashingtonSt. 38 8-15 0-0 1-2 11 4 0 4 1 0 17•vs.California 38 8-15 0-0 1-2 11 4 0 4 1 0 17Valparaiso 26 9-13 0-0 4-8 12 2 2 1 0 2 22•denotesgamesstarted

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Single-Game Career Highs

Points – 31, vs. Utah, Nov. 14, 2007

Rebounds – 18 vs. Utah, Nov. 14, 2007

Assists – 4, twice, last vs. Washington State, Dec. 14, 2007

Blocks–6vs.TexasA&M,Nov.21,2007

Steals – 4, vs. Morgan State, Nov. 13, 2005

FG Made – 13 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 18, 2007

FG Attempted – 23 vs. Utah, Nov. 14, 2007

3-Pt. FG Made – None

3-Pt. FG Attempted – None

FT Made – 9 vs. Utah, Nov. 14, 2007

FT Attempted–14vs.Oregon,Jan.17,2008

Minutes – 39, vs. Washington State, Jan. 5, 2008

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Fast FactsFull Name ....................Tyreese Eugene BreshersFamily ..Father ..........Toby Breshers Mother ........Vickie Breshers Siblings ......Brandon, Tori

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2008 graduate of FrederickK.C.PriceIIIHighSchoolinLos Angeles ... ranked as the a top-100 overall prospect nationally by Scout.com and Rivals.com ... led the Knights to a 31-4 overall record and a perfect 10-0 mark in the Harbor League ... team advanced to theDivisionIIIAACIFSouthernSectionfinals where it lost to Campbell Hall ... a first-team all Southern Section honoree ... honorable mention all-state by MaxPreps.com...averaged17points,11reboundsandastate-bestsixblockedshots per game as a junior.

Favorite Book: “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

Favorite Television Show: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Favorite Movie(s): BadBoys1&2,GloryRoad,RushHour1,2&3

Most Memorable Win: State title game as a freshman in high school

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Los Angeles Dodgers

Favorite Quote: “Every team needs a hero. Every hero needs a team.”

Favorite Song: “Public Service Announcement” by Jay-Z


Favorite Toy As A Child : Legos

Toughest player I ever played against: Jon Brockman

DAWG BYTES:“Tyreese’s combination of strength, quickness and athleticism is rare, particularly among college freshmen. He has great quickness, particularly for his size, and that really gives him an advantage in-side.”— Lorenzo Romar

tyreese BRESHERS

Compared while in high school to former NBA

forward Charles Barkley

33Forward6-7 • 260 lbs • Freshman

Los Angeles, Calif. (K.C. Price)


matthew BRYAN-AMANING

11Forward6-9 • 235 lbs • Sophomore

London, England(St. Dunstan’s College, England/

South Kent School, Conn.)

Fast FactsFull Name ..................MatthewOseiBryan-AmaningMajor ......... ................................................. UndeclaredFamily ........Father .......................Samuel Amaning .......................Mother ...........................Brenda Bryan .......................Brother .........................................Jake

• Scored41pointsagainsttheCzechRepublicasamemberoftheGreat Britain U20 national team at Euro Championships.

• The 2007 Gatorade Connecticut State Player of the Year award receipient.

• Ranked No. 34 overall by USA Today in the recruiting class of 2007.

Favorite Television Show: Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Favorite Movie: Love and Basketball, He Got Game

Favorite Book:Angels&Demons

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Arsenal

Most famous person I ever met: Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Debbie Allen

My childhood sports heroes were: Michael Jordan and AllenIverson

Favorite Class at UW: Communications, Psychology

I chose to wear No. 11 because:That’stheageIplayedmyfirst official basketball game

Toughest player I competed against: Luol Deng

Most Memorable Win: 71-61 win over #4 UCLA

Led Great Britain at the 2008 U20 European Championships

and dropped an eye-opening 41 on the Czech Republic.

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2007-08 (Freshman) — Saw action in all 33 games and started three as a true freshman ... Earned starts againstSyracuse,LongBeachStateandOklahomaState... Scored a season-high 12 points twice, both against OregonState...GrabbedninereboundsatOregonState,seven of which were offensive ... averaged 16.9 points and 7.3 rebounds in eight games for Team Great Britain at the U20 European Championships in the summer of 2008 ... Ranked fourth among all all players in the “B” division at the Euros in blocked shots with 1.6 per game ... Scoring output was 12th, rebounding was 13th ... registered three double-doubles ... Scored 41 points with 11reboundsagainsttheCzechRepublic...grabbed10

rebounds against Macedonia and Norway.

HIGH SCHOOL — A2007graduateofSouthKent(Conn.)School... A native of London, England who played three years at South Kent School ... The 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year from

Connecticut ... Rated the nation’s No. 34 recruit by USA Today ... Ranked 10th among power forwards, No. 44 overall by Rivals.com ... Averaged 20.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game his final season at South Kent School ... Three-year letterwinner and one year team captain ... Participated in the Jordan All-American Classic Regional All-Star Game in April of 2007 ... Amassed 24 points and 10 reobounds for the Suburban team in that game ... Attended Nike Camp twice and played in the Nike Camp All-Star Game once ... Also participated in the Jordan Classic ... Averaged 14 points and nine rebounds per game as a junior at South Kent in 2005-06 ... As a sophomore, averaged eight points per game and five rebounds ... First played basketball at age four, but didn’t officially play any games until he was 11.

Bryan-Amaning’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TPNew Jersey Tech 16 4-8 0-0 0-2 3 2 1 1 0 2 8Utah 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Eastern Wash. 24 0-4 0-0 2-6 7 1 1 2 2 0 2vs.TexasA&M 13 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 1 1 0 6•vs.Syracuse 23 4-11 0-0 0-2 5 2 0 2 0 0 8•LongBeachSt 25 4-8 0-0 3-5 4 3 0 1 2 0 11•atOklahomaSt 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 4 0 0 2Pittsburgh 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Portland 15 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 2 1 2 6Portland State 16 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 1 0 1 4CS Northridge 13 0-4 0-0 4-8 6 1 1 1 0 3 4at LSU 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0IdahoState 14 1-4 0-0 2-6 5 2 0 1 0 1 4Washington St 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0at UCLA 18 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4at USC 17 2-6 0-0 1-2 6 4 0 2 1 0 5Oregon 20 3-9 0-0 0-0 3 3 1 0 1 0 6OregonState 18 6-10 0-0 0-0 7 4 0 1 1 0 12atArizonaSt 16 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2atArizona 11 0-1 00 0-2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0Stanford 13 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0California 6 0-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0USC 9 3-5 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 3 1 0 7UCLA 18 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 1 2 6atOregon 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0atOregonSt 23 6-9 0-0 0-0 9 2 1 2 2 0 12Arizona 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 1 1 0 5ArizonaState 13 0-3 0-0 1-3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1at Stanford 18 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6at California 20 3-8 0-0 0-0 5 2 2 0 0 0 6at Washington St 26 3-6 0-0 1-3 6 3 0 2 0 1 7vs. California 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2Valparaiso 12 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 2 0 2 1 2 2•denotesgamesstarted

Bryan-Amaning’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2007-2008 33/3 482 14.6 61–160 .407 0–0 .000 16–46 .348 50–54 104 3.2 60–0 12 39 18 21 138 4.2

TOTALS 33/3 482 14.6 61–160 .407 0–0 .000 16–46 .348 50–54 104 3.2 60–0 12 39 18 21 138 4.2

DAWG BYTES:“Matthew’s best attri-bute is is 7-foot, 4-inch wingspan. He is quick and strong and came into the preseason more confident and ag-gressive. His experi-ence over the summer really helped him a great deal.”— Lorenzo Romar


FG Attempted – 11, vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23,

2007


3-Pt. FG Attempted – None

FT Made – 4, vs. CS Northridge, Dec. 22, 2007

FT Attempted – 8, vs. CS Northridge, Dec.

22, 2007

Minutes – 26, at Washington St, Mar. 8, 2008

Points –12,twice(lastatOregonSt,Feb.16,2008)

Rebounds –9,atOregonState,Feb.16,2008

Assists – 2, at California, Mar. 1, 2008

Blocks – 2,threetimes(lastatOregonSt,Feb.

16,2008)

Steals – 3, vs. CS Northridge, Dec. 22, 2007

FG Made – 6,twice(lastatOregonSt,Feb.16,

2008)


justin DENTMON

5Guard5-11 • 185 lbs • Senior

Carbondale, Ill.(Carbondale/The Winchendon School,

Mass.)

Fast FactsFull Name ............................ JustinLorenzoDentmonNickname .................................................J.D. and J-5Major ..............................................InterdiscipliaryArtFamily ........Mother .................. Stephine Dentmon Siblings ......................... Bruce, Keyon, Keyon’ta, Jaleesa, Steven

•OneofnineplayersinUWhistorytoregistertwo100-plusassistseasons.

•Enters the season fifth on the UW career chart for assists and steals.

•Converted20consecutivefreethrowsduringasix-gamespanfromNov. 25 to Dec. 29, 2005.

•First-team 2006 All-Pac-10 Freshman Team member.

• Rated the No. 10 point guard nationally in the class of 2005 by Rivals.com.

•Afirst-teamAll-Illinoisstatepickin2004.

•Leadingscoreratthe2004Illinoisstatetournamentwith78pointsinthreegames,24morethanthenextclosestplayer.

Favorite Movie: Friday, Coming to America, Above The Rim


Something Few People Know: Writes poetry, played volleyball, has 11 siblings

Favorite Toy as a Child:G.I.Joe

Favorite Class at UW: Art

Biggest Influence: Mother

Favorite Lorenzo Romar Quote: “OnTheLine.”

Most Memorable Win: Making final two free throws in win over East St. Louis.

Favorite Non UW Basketball Team: UW Women’s Volleyball

Favorite Quote: “...greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” – 1 John 4:4

Song That Describes His Game: “IBelieve ICanFly.”–R.Kelly

The veteran in the UW backcourt who is poised to move up the UW

career charts for steals, assists and scoring.

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• Three-year letterman with team-high 98 appear-ances entering his senior season ... Has 67 starts in his first three years ... Enters the season 80 points shy of becoming the 33rd playing in school history to surpass 1,000 career points ... Tied for fifth on the school’s career steals chart with 127 and fifth inassistswith315(thirdamongactivePac-10careerleaders)...OneofnineplayersinHuskyhis-tory to record two 100-assist seasons ... 2007-08 (Junior) — Played in all 33 games and started eight, including the first seven contests of the season ... also started the Jan. 10 game at UCLA ... Scored 22 points against Long Beach State and UCLA - both off

the bench ... Shot 9-of-15 from the field and 4-of-6 from behind the three-point line against the49ers...Went7-of-8fromthefreethrowlineatOklahomaStateandLSU...handed-outa season-high seven assists against Eastern Washington ... Averaged 11.6 points per game during the Huskies five-game tour of Greece prior to the beginning of the school year. 2006-07 (Sophomore) — Played all 32 games, starting 27 of them ... Voted the MVP of the Basketball Travelers Classic ... RankedNo.7amongPac-10playersinfreethrowaccuracy(79.8%)andNo.8inassists(3.6)...Oneoffivedouble-figurescorersontheteam,averaging10.1pointspergame ... Led the team with 115 assists ... Distributed a career-high 11 assists against Southern Utah...Talliedcareer-high24pointsversusOregon...Postedonedouble-doublewith11pointsand11assistsagainstSouthernUtah...Registeredsixgameswithfive-or-moreassists...Led all Husky scorers on four occasions ... Was UW’s top assister a team-high 16 times ... His 1.20assist-turnoverratio(115-96)ranked10thamongPac-10players.2005-06 (Freshman) — Played all 33 games, starting 32 of them ... Voted to the All-Pac-10 Freshman Team by the league’s coaches ... Twice was honored as the Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week, onDec.12andMar.20...Scoredaseason-high17pointsagainstGonzaga,11oftheminthefinal9:40ofthewinoverthesixth-rankedBulldogs...RegisterednineassistsversusLoyolaMarymountandhadeightintwoothergames...GrabbedeightreboundsagainstArizona...LedtheHuskiesandrankedNo.4amongPac-10playersinbothsteals(52)andfreethrowper-centage(81.4%)...Rankedsecondontheteamandeighthintheconferencewith3.76assistspergame...His1.41assist-turnoverration(124/88)wasthesixthbestamongPac-10players... The team’s fifth-leading scorer with 8.3 points per game ... Led all Huskies in assists during

15 games ... Had one of the most productive freshman campaigns in school history ... Distributed 124 assists to break the 21-year-old school freshman record ... Listed No. 1 among all-time UW freshmen with 52 steals, No. 3 with 913 minutes played, No. 5 with an 81.4-percent free throw accuracy and No. 8 with 274 points ... Converted 20 consecutive free throws during asix-gamespanfromNov.25toDec.29...Helpedthe Huskies to a 26-7 record and their second straight Sweet 16 berth.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2005 graduate of The Winchendon (Mass .) School . . . A McDonald’s All-America top-150 selection ... Listed 70th overall and No. 10 among point guards in the Class of 2005 by Rivals.com ... Enrolled at The Winchendon School in Massachusetts for the 2005 school year after graduating fromCarbondale (Ill.)HighSchool ...RankedNo.155

nationally in the prep class of 2005 by Athlon’smagazine...Atop-125nationalrecruitintheScout.comrankings...Four-yearlettermanatCarbondale...First-teamAll-Illinoisstateselectionin2004... Averaged 21.7 points per game during his senior season at Carbondale High School in 2004 ...LedtheTerrierstoa28-7recordandathird-placefinishatthe2004Illinoisstatetournament... Was the top scorer in the 2004 state tournament in Peoria with 78 points in three games, 24 morethanthenexthighestindividual...Averaged17.2pointsand7.8assistspergameduringhisjuniorseasonin2003...Alsoletteredinfootballandtrack&field.

DAWG BYTES:“Justin’s experience is his strength. He has worked hard to devel-op a nice shot and he continued to improve every aspect of his game during his career here. He’s played a lot of basketball as a Hus-ky and he has been a key part of some really good teams here.”— Lorenzo Romar

DAWG BYTES:““He’s so tough. He’s probably the strongest guy in our league. When you watch him on film, everybody else is flying and he is holding his ground. He plays with great intensity and passion and he’s very, very physical.”—UCLA coach Ben Howland


Dentmon’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2005-2006 33/32 913 27.7 79–193 .409 20–70 .286 96–118 .814 40–77 117 3.5 84–2 124 88 5 52 274 8.32006-2007 32/27 928 29.0 109–267 .408 23–73 .315 83–104 .798 47–82 129 4.0 79–4 115 96 1 39 324 10.12007-2008 33/8 799 24.2 109–256 .426 27–85 .318 77–109 .706 20–56 76 2.3 52–0 76 53 4 36 322 9.8

TOTALS 98/67 2640 26.9 297–716 .415 70–228 .307 256–331 .773 107–215 322 3.3 215–6 315 237 10 127 920 9.4

Dentmon’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•NewJerseyTech 26 1-5 1-3 0-2 2 0 4 1 0 2 3•Utah 34 4-9 1-3 7-9 2 1 1 3 0 0 16•EasternWash. 32 5-13 2-7 4-4 5 1 7 2 1 3 16•vs.TexasA&M 33 3-12 0-4 4-6 2 3 4 1 0 1 10•vs.Syracuse 30 7-14 0-3 2-2 5 4 5 1 0 0 16•LongBeachSt 33 9-15 4-6 0-4 2 2 2 2 0 1 22•atOklahomaSt 34 5-12 0-3 7-8 1 1 3 3 0 1 17Pittsburgh 24 2-6 1-3 4-6 3 1 2 1 0 0 9Portland 12 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 0 2 0 0 3Portland State 18 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2CS Northridge 29 5-7 2-3 6-8 5 1 3 1 0 1 18at LSU 23 1-4 0-1 7-8 3 1 4 1 0 1 9IdahoState 22 3-8 2-6 2-2 3 0 2 1 0 1 10Washington St 25 2-2 1-1 1-2 0 0 1 3 0 2 6*at UCLA 16 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 4at USC 20 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 2 4Oregon 14 1-4 1-3 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 1 4OregonState 23 3-4 1-2 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 9atArizonaSt 23 1-6 0-2 1-2 2 1 4 3 0 1 3atArizona 25 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 1 6Stanford 25 2-8 0-1 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 1 5California 16 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5USC 27 5-12 0-3 0-0 2 2 3 2 1 1 10UCLA 26 7-12 1-2 5-9 1 1 1 1 0 1 20atOregon 24 6-11 1-3 3-3 4 4 0 4 0 1 16atOregonSt 21 7-11 3-4 0-0 2 2 6 1 0 1 17Arizona 23 0-10 0-4 6-6 1 4 2 1 0 1 6ArizonaState 27 4-7 0-1 3-5 4 1 1 4 0 2 11at Stanford 23 5-9 1-2 1-2 3 4 1 2 0 1 12at California 21 4-7 1-3 3-4 2 3 3 0 1 0 12at Washington St 25 1-6 0-1 3-4 1 0 1 3 0 0 5vs. California 19 1-5 1-2 2-2 2 3 3 0 0 2 5Valparaiso 26 4-10 2-3 1-3 5 1 1 2 0 3 11•denotesgamesstarted

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Dentmon’s 2006-07 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•Pepperdine 26 4-11 3-7 2-2 4 1 3 4 0 0 13•NichollsState 22 5-6 4-5 2-2 3 2 6 4 1 2 16•NorthernIowa 33 5-10 1-4 6-6 6 3 3 2 0 1 17•SacramentoSt 28 3-7 0-2 1-2 2 2 6 4 0 0 7•EasternWash. 31 7-12 1-3 8-8 5 5 2 6 0 2 23•Idaho 24 2-7 0-2 0-0 3 0 4 0 0 0 4•SouthernUtah 32 5-9 0-1 1-2 4 2 11 3 0 3 11•atGonzaga 32 2-14 0-6 3-3 5 3 6 4 0 2 7•PortlandSt 26 6-10 1-1 5-6 9 1 3 2 0 2 18•LSU 30 2-10 0-1 3-4 0 2 9 3 0 3 7•WeberState 21 3-5 0-1 2-2 5 4 2 1 0 0 8•atUSC 28 4-8 1-3 0-0 1 5 3 4 0 2 9•atUCLA 33 2-8 1-3 1-3 3 3 4 4 0 1 6Arizona 14 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 2 0 1 4ArizonaState 19 1-4 0-0 3-4 3 2 4 5 0 0 5at Stanford 24 7-9 0-0 1-1 5 2 1 3 0 1 15at California 37 5-16 0-1 2-4 9 4 4 3 0 2 12at Washington St. 30 1-6 1-1 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5•Oregon 34 8-15 0-1 8-10 6 2 7 6 0 3 24•OregonState 26 5-9 0-0 7-8 7 5 3 4 0 2 17•atArizonaSt 37 5-13 0-2 3-5 5 1 3 4 0 0 13•atArizona 30 3-8 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7•California 34 3-4 0-1 6-6 5 1 5 3 0 2 12•Stanford 19 0-4 0-2 3-4 3 2 0 2 0 0 3•WashingtonSt 34 2-12 2-6 3-4 4 3 4 1 0 1 9•atPittsburgh 35 2-4 1-1 1-2 6 2 2 4 0 0 6•atOregonSt 27 2-8 0-2 1-2 5 4 2 6 0 1 5•atOregon 32 2-7 0-1 0-0 6 4 3 3 0 1 4•USC 33 4-7 3-6 1-2 0 1 2 0 0 1 12•UCLA 34 1-7 0-2 3-4 4 1 3 2 0 2 5•vsASU(Pac-10) 33 5-7 3-4 0-1 4 2 3 2 0 2 13•vsWSU(Pac-10) 30 1-5 0-1 5-5 3 5 3 2 0 2 7•denotesgamesstarted

Dentmon’s 2005-06 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•MorganState 24 3-8 0-1 3-6 5 2 8 1 0 2 9•UW-GreenBay 20 1-3 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 1 0 2 4•AirForce 31 3-5 2-4 4-6 4 1 4 5 0 1 12•American 27 2-5 1-2 3-3 3 3 2 2 1 2 8•Idaho 23 2-5 0-1 4-6 5 2 4 3 0 2 8•LMU 30 2-4 1-1 2-2 4 2 9 3 0 1 7•Gonzaga 30 4-9 0-3 9-9 4 2 6 1 0 2 17•vs.NewMexico 31 3-8 1-3 3-3 6 3 2 3 0 2 10•EasternWash. 20 2-3 0-0 1-1 4 4 6 1 0 3 5Lehigh 22 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 2 0 0 4•ArizonaState 35 3-10 0-2 5-5 5 3 4 0 0 2 11•Arizona 31 3-6 0-2 1-2 8 5 6 4 0 2 7•Cornell 30 4-4 0-0 7-8 2 1 2 3 0 0 15•WashingtonSt 37 2-6 2-4 6-6 2 2 5 2 0 2 12•atUSC 36 2-7 0-3 2-2 6 4 6 7 0 3 6•atUCLA 21 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 4 4 0 0 2•OregonState 28 2-7 0-3 4-5 6 4 8 4 0 4 8•Oregon 24 2-7 0-1 0-0 7 2 6 6 0 1 4•atCalifornia 15 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 4 0 1 2•atStanford 28 1-6 0-1 2-3 5 2 0 2 0 0 4•at Washington St 35 5-9 1-3 5-6 4 3 2 4 0 1 16•USC 28 4-6 0-1 4-4 1 4 2 2 0 1 12•UCLA 35 5-9 1-3 5-6 4 3 2 4 0 1 16•atOregon 31 1-5 0-2 3-4 3 1 1 5 0 1 5•atOregonSt 24 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 3 5 2 1 0 5•Stanford 28 0-4 0-2 3-4 3 2 1 0 0 1 3•California 24 3-4 2-3 2-2 1 2 3 2 1 0 10•atArizonaSt 23 1-4 1-4 0-0 3 3 6 2 1 1 3•atArizona 26 4-7 3-6 2-2 2 4 3 6 1 3 13•vsOregon(Pac-10) 20 2-5 0-0 2-3 1 4 1 2 0 3 6•vsUtahSt(NCAA) 32 3-6 3-4 2-2 2 1 4 0 0 2 11•vsIllinois(NCAA) 30 2-9 1-4 8-12 6 2 4 0 0 2 13•vsUConn(NCAA) 34 2-9 0-3 4-5 4 5 3 3 0 2 8


Points –24,vs.Oregon,Jan.25,2007

Rebounds – 9, vs. Portland State, Dec. 16, 2006

Assists – 11, vs. Southern Utah, Dec. 4, 2006

Blocks – 1,10times(lastatCal.,Mar.1,2008)

Steals – 4,vs.OregonState,Jan.19,2007

FG Made – 9, vs. Long Beach State, Nov. 26, 2007

FG Attempted – 16, at California, January 13, 2007

3-Pt. FG Made – 4,twice(lastvs.LongBeachState,Nov.

26, 2007

3-Pt. FG Attempted – 7,twice(lastvs.LongBeachState,

Nov.26,2007)

FT Made – 9,vs.Gonzaga,Dec.4,2005

FT Attempted – 12,vs.Illinois,Mar.18,2006

Minutes – 37,threetimes,lastatArizonaState,Feb.1,

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Fast FactsFull Name ......................... Darnell Niikwaatei GantFamily Mother ............ DeborahMayez Grandparents Earlie, Louise Brother ........... DeVonteMendez

2007-08 (Freshman) — Sat out the entire season and will have four years of eligibility remaining.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2007 graduate of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles ... The top-rated power forward on the West Coast according to Scout.com ... Ranked as the nation’s 50th best recruit by USA Today ... Listed No. 12 in Best in the West rankings compiled by the Long Beach Press-Telgram ... Averaged 22 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots per game his senior season, helping Crenshaw to a 19-8 record ... During his senior year, also contributed 4.3 assists per game, 5.6 blocks per game and 3.0 steals per game ...Afirst-teamAll-StateDivisionIselectionbyCalHi Sports ... The same publicaton picked him to the third-team all-state squad for all divisions ... A two-time all-city selection out of Los Angeles’ talent-laden Coliseum League ... Hails from the same high school that produced former Pac-10 standouts Marques Johnson and Tremaine Fowlkes ... Ranked No. 85 nationally by PrepStars and No. 93 in the SI.com Hot 100 Seniors ratings ... Helped lead Crenshaw to a 21-5 record in 2006, with a 9-1 league mark ... Two-year letterwinner and three year team captain ... Led JV team to a 12-0 season finishing first in League and District ... As a sophomore and junior, named an all-state Underclassman Team ... Named to the all-city second Team his junior year and all-city first Team his senior year ... Was named the 2007 Team MVP ... Participated in the ABCD camp in New Jersey where he was second among California rebounders ... Participated in the Dream Vision All-American game as a senior where he was the Slam Dunk Champion ... Competed in the Collision All-Star game in Gardena, Calif. ... Took part in the Pangos All-American Camp, scoring 30 points with eight rebounds, 5.6 assists and three blocks ... Also lettered in track and field and volleyball.


Favorite Television Show(s): FamilyGuy,Martin,TheJamieFoxxShow

Biggest Influence: Grandmother

Would Like To Meet & Visit With: Ray Charles

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: New England Patriots

Favorite Quote:“IcandoallthingsthroughChristwhichstrengthensme”-Philip-pins 4:13

Song That Describes His Game:“WalkItOff”byLil’Wayne


Favorite Toy As A Child : NinjaTurtles&PowerRangers

Toughest player I ever played against: James Harden

darnell GANT

Sat out the 2007-08 season and has four years of eligibility

remaining.

44Forward6-8 • 210 lbs • Sophomore

Los Angeles, Calif. (Crenshaw)

DAWG BYTES:“Darnell has a nice, soft shooting touch and he brings a great energy to the floor. He is a very good athlete, is very quick and can have quite an impact on the game.”—Lorenzo Romar


justin HOLIDAY

22Forward6-6• 170 lbs • Sophomore

Chatsworth, Calif.(Campbell Hall)

Fast FactsFull Name ..................................Justin Alaric HolidayFamily ........Father .......................... Shawn Holiday Mother ............................Toya Holiday Siblings ................Jrue, Aaron, Lauren

• Helped lead Campbell Hall High School to a 33-1 record andthe2007CaliforniastateClassIVchampionship.

• Listed No. 23 in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

• Averaged 19.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots as a senior at Campbell Hall High School.

Favorite Television Show: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air


Favorite Movie(s): Transformers,DarkKnight, IronMan, 300, Hancock, Wanted

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Husky football and volleyball

Favorite Song: “Closer” by Goapele

Greatest Sports Memory: Winning state twice.

Biggest Influence: God

Favorite Toy As A Child: Power Rangers and Bat-man

Something People Might Not Know: First sport was soccer; Played high school football and was recruiting to play college

Chose Number 22 Because: Emmitt Smith wore it fortheDallasCowboyswhenIwasyounger

Toughest Ever Completed Against: My dad

Hobbies & Interests: Playing piano, singing and playing the drums

Lorenzo Romar frequently compares Justin to former Husky standout Bobby

Jones for his defensive intensity.

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2007-08 (Freshman) — Appeared in 19 games during his true freshman season ... Registered double-figures in minutes during the first four games of the year ... Playedaseason-high16minutesagainstTexasA&Min the Preseason NIT in Madison Square Garden ...Season-best was a three-point effort against California in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament ... also scored on six other occasions during the season ...registered two steals against Utah and USC ... grabbed sixreboundsinjust11minutesduringhisdebutagainstNew Jersey Tech.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2007 graduate of Campbell Hall High School in North Hollywood, Calif. ... Listed No. 23 in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... Averaged 19.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks as a senior ...Afirst-teamall-stateDivisionIVselectionbyCalHi Sports ... Led Campbell Hall to a 33-1 record

andthestateClassIVchampionship...Scored15pointsin a 70-34 triumph over Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa that tied for the most lopsided margin in California state boy’s championship game history ... Amassed 30 points, fiveassistsandeightstealsina99-34winoverOaksChristian on Feb. 20, 2007 ... Played alongside his younger brother, Jrue, who is currently a senior at Campbell Hall ... Averaged 20.0 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks as a junior, helping the team to a 26-6 record and a perfect 10-0 mark in league play ... Topped the league with 373 rebounds as a junior and his 106 blocks were 60 more than any other player ... As a sophomore, led team to an undefeated 32-0 record ... Also lettered in football at Campbell Hall ... Attended the Adidas Superstar Camp in Atlanta ... brother, Jrue, plays at UCLA.

DAWG BYTES:“Justin has a great feel for the game and under-stands how the game is played. He makes things happen on both ends of the floor - whether it is making a defensive stop, get-ting an offensive re-bounds or finishing on a break.”— Lorenzo Romar

Holiday’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TPNew Jersey Tech 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 6 2 2 0 1 0 2Utah 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2Eastern Washington 15 0-2 0-1 1-2 3 2 1 1 1 0 1vs.TexasA&M 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0vs. Syracuse 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Long Beach State 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Portland State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0CS Northridge 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0IdahoState 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at UCLA 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0at USC 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0atArizonaState 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0atArizona 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2Stanford 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0California 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0USC 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2UCLA 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0vs. California 8 1-2 0-0 1-3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3Valparaiso 5 0-0 0-0 102 1 1 0 1 0 0 1•denotesgamesstarted

Holiday’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2007-2008 19/0 125 6.6 5–17 .294 0–4 .000 3–7 .429 8–17 25 1.3 14–0 8 7 5 4 13 0.7

TOTALS 19/0 125 6.6 5–17 .294 0–4 .000 3–7 .429 8–17 25 1.3 14–0 8 7 5 4 13 0.7



3-Pt. FG Attempted – 1,fourtimes(lastvs.

Stanford,Jan.31,2008)

FT Made – 1,threetimes(lastvs.Valparaiso,

Mar.19,2008)

FT Attempted – 3, vs. California, Mar. 12,

2008)

Minutes – 16,vs.TexasA&M,Nov.21,2007

Points – 3, vs. California, Mar., 12, 2008

Rebounds – 6, vs. New Jersey Tech, Nov. 13, 2007

Assists – 2,twice(lastatArizona,Jan.26,2008)

Blocks – 1,fivetimes(lastvs.UCLA,Feb.10,2008)

Steals – 2,twice(lastvs.USC,Feb.7,2008)

FG Made – 1,fivetimes(lastvs.California,Mar.

12,2008)

FG Attempted – 3, vs. New Jersey Tech, Nov. 13,

2007


venoy OVERTON

1Guard5-11 • 180 lbs • Sophomore

Seattle, Wash. (Franklin)

Fast FactsFull Name ..................................... VenoyLeeOvertonNickname ............................................................ V.O.Major ..........................................................UndeclaredFamily ........Mother ........................... Rhonda Riley Sisters ....Nicole, Tina, Johnetta, Keka

• Honorable mention all-Pac-10 freshman team in 2008.

• The 2007 state Class 4A Player of the Year.

• Averaged 21.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.0 steals his senior season at Franklin High School.

• Listed No. 25 in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

• Hails from the same high school that produced former Pac-10standoutsJasonTerry(Arizona)andAaronBrooks(Oregon).

Favorite Book: “Cat in The Hat” by Dr. Suess

Favorite Television Show:ILoveMoney

Favorite Movie: Friday

Favorite Non-Basketball Team:BostonRedSox

Greatest Sports Memory: Hitting a game-winner in fifth grade

Something Few People Know: Loves Cats, Likes School

Favorite Coach Romar Saying: “I’veGotA Feel-ing”

Favorite Thing About This Team: Has a lot of heart

Toughest Player Ever Faced: Jon Brockman

Person I most admire: My mother, Rhonda, and my Uncle Skip

Favorite Toy As A Child: A tennis ball

45 steals in 2007-08 ranks as the second-highest total for a UW freshman – behind Justin Dentmon and ahead

of Jon Brockman.

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2007-08 (Freshman) — Appeared in all 33 games during the season and started 26, including the final 18 ... finished the season ranked 7th in the Pac-10 in assist/turnover ratio(1.62)andeighthinsteals(1.36)...His45stealsranks as the second-highest total for a Husky freshman behind teammate Justin Dentmon’s 52 in 2005 and just ahead of Jon Brockman’s 35 that same season ... an honorable mention all-Pac-10 freshman team selection ... averaged 4.9 points and a team-leading 3.2 assists per game ... led the team in assists 17 times ... scored indouble-figuresfivetimeswithahighof19points(ledtheteam)in just19minutesagainstArizona...went5-for-9 from the field and 9-for-9 from the free throw

lineagainsttheWildcats...hisninefreethrowsagainstArizonatiedwithJonBrockmanforthemost in a single game during the season ... scored 14 points against Cal State Northridge, going a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line ... grabbed seven rebounds andhandedoutsixassistsatWashingtonState.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2007 graduate of Franklin High School in Seattle ... The Washington state Class 4A Player of the Year as a senior ... Listed No. 25 in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... Averaged 21.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.0 steals during his senior season ... Led the Quakers to a 24-3 record in 2007 with a 14-0 league mark and third-place state finish ... Helped guide Franklin to the 2006 Class 4A state championship, scoring 20 points in a 70-51 win over Central Valley in the title game ... Averaged 18.1 points per game as a junior, 17.6 as a sophomore and 6.0 as a freshman ... Graduate of Seattle’s Franklin High School, which also producedformerPac-10standoutsJasonTerry(Arizona)andAaronBrooks(Oregon).

DAWG BYTES:“Venoy’s strengths are his speed and his pass-ing as well as his abil-ity to really defend the ball. He gives us some great options in the backcourt, both offen-sively and defensively, with regard to our vari-ous lineups and per-sonnel decisions.”— Lorenzo Romar

Overton’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•NewJerseyTech 20 1-3 0-2 202 2 3 6 3 0 0 4•Utah 31 2-8 0-2 5-6 2 4 6 3 0 3 9•EasternWash. 24 2-4 1-3 0-0 2 3 3 4 0 3 5•vs.TexasA&M 28 2-6 0-2 0-2 5 5 6 2 0 4 4•vs.Syracuse 28 4-10 2-5 1-2 6 5 5 1 0 2 11•LongBeachSt 24 2-3 1-2 2-6 1 2 6 6 0 2 7•atOklahomaSt 28 0-6 0-2 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 4•Pittsburgh 13 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0Portland 18 0-1 0-1 5-6 1 2 2 2 0 0 5Portland State 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0CS Northridge 24 5-5 4-4 0-0 1 3 3 1 0 2 14at LSU 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0IdahoState 21 3-5 2-4 2-2 1 4 3 2 1 0 10Washington St 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0at UCLA 22 0-6 0-1 1-2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1•atUSC 19 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 3 1 4 0 1 3•Oregon 27 3-9 0-2 5-6 4 2 5 4 0 1 11•OregonSt 25 1-5 0-1 3-6 1 1 7 3 0 3 5•atArizonaSt 19 0-2 0-0 3-5 1 3 3 3 0 0 3•atArizona 15 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2•Stanford 16 0-1 0-0 3-4 1 3 2 3 0 2 3•California 26 1-3 0-1 2-2 3 0 5 0 0 1 4•USC 16 2-7 0-3 0-0 4 2 2 2 0 2 4•UCLA 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 2 4 0 1 2•atOregon 18 2-3 0-1 0-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 4•atOregonSt 19 0-2 0-1 2-4 1 0 6 1 0 3 2•Arizona 19 5-9 0-1 9-9 1 5 2 0 0 1 19•ArizonaSt 21 2-5 0-1 1-2 3 2 2 0 0 0 5•atStanford 19 0-2 0-0 1-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 1•atCalifornia 19 1-3 0-0 2-4 4 2 3 1 0 3 4•atWashingtonSt 35 2-7 0-0 1-3 7 3 6 5 0 1 5•vs.California 16 1-6 1-3 5-6 1 2 1 0 0 2 8•Valparaiso 24 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 1 0 1 4•denotesgamesstarted

Overton’s UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2007-2008 33/26 678 20.5 46–136 .338 11–44 .250 60–91 .659 17–46 63 1.9 78–3 107 66 1 45 163 4.9

TOTALS 33/26 678 20.5 46–136 .338 11–44 .250 60–91 .659 17–46 63 1.9 78–3 107 66 1 45 163 4.9


3-Pt. FG Made – 4 vs. CS Northridge, Dec.

22, 2007

3-Pt. FG Attempted – 5, vs. Syracuse, Nov.

23, 2007

FT Made – 9,vs.Arizona,Feb.21,2008

FT Attempted – 9,vs.Arizona,Feb.21,2008

Minutes – 35, at Washington St, Mar. 8, 2008

Points –19,vs.Arizona,Feb.21,2008

Rebounds – 7, at Washington St, Mar., 8, 2008

Assists – 7vs.OregonSt,Jan.19,2008

Blocks – 1,vs.IdahoSt,Dec.31,2007

Steals – 4,vs.TexasA&M,Nov.21,2007

FG Made – 5,twice(vs.Arizona,Feb.21,2008)

FG Attempted – 10, vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23, 2007


20quincy PONDEXTER

Forward6-6 • 210 lbs • Junior

Fresno, Calif.(San Joaquin Memorial)

DAWG BYTES:“Quincy is a very athletic player and one of his strengths is his ability to get to the basket. He has a great deal more confidence this year and he’s earned that because he has worked so har. He is also a much better passer than I think he is given credit for.”—Lorenzo Romar

Fast FactsFull Name ................................QuincyCoePondexterNickname ..............................................................“Q”Major ............................................................Sociology Family ........Father ......................RoscoePondexter Mother ........................DorisPondexter Siblings .........................Jason, Myisha

• Averages 24 minutes per game over his first two seasons.

• An honorable mention All-Pac-10 Freshman Team selection in 2007.

• Listed as the nation’s No. 27 recruit in the class of 2006 and the No. 7 small forward by Scout.com.

• The No. 5 prep prospect in the Best in the West poll conducted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

•Father,Roscoe,anduncle,Cliff,playedforLuteOlsonatLongBeachState. Roscoe was drafted by the Boston Celtics and played 10 years overseas. Cliff had a three-year NBA career with the Chicago Bulls.

Favorite Television Show: Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Favorite Book: “Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?” by Charles Barkley

Favorite Movie: Love and Basketball, Disturbia, The 6th Man

Song That Best Describes His Game: “Champion” by Kanye West

Favorite Class at UW: Swahili

Would Like To Meet:Jesus,BarackObama

Biggest Influence: Father

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Lasagna

Childhood Sports Hero: Kobe “Bean” Bryant

Team I would add to the schedule: Fresno State

Favorite Quote: “You win some, you lose some, but you live,you live to fight another day.”

Something Few People Know: He is shy

Favorite Thing About This Team: The team’s determination to win

Averaged 15.2 points and 6.4 rebounds and shot 42 percent

from the field in his last five games of 2007-08.

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2007-08 (Sophomore) — Appeared in all 33 games and registered nine starts ... averaged 9.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game during the season as well as 1.9 assists ... averaged 15.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in his last five outings of the season ... shot 52 percent from the field and hauled-in nine steals during that period ... scored in double figures on 17 occasions ... grabbed 13 rebounds to go with 20 points against Syracuse in Madison Square Garden and 11 at USC ... scored 23 points in 32 minutes against California in the Pac-10 Tournament ... also grabbed nine rebounds and shot 9-for-15 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line against the

Bears ... handed out four assists on five occasions ... started the first seven games of the sea-son and the last two ... averaged 11.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game during the Huskies’ five-game tour of Greece from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7, 2007. 2006-07 (Freshman) — Played all 32 games, starting 22 ... honorable mention selection to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team ... Twice registeredacareer-high25points,againstArizonaandIdaho...oneoffiveHuskieswhoaver-ageddouble-figurepointsfortheseason...thirdontheteaminbothscoring(10.7ppg)andfieldgoalpercentage(49.8%)...tallieddouble-figurepoints15times,includngfour20-pointperformances ... distributed five assists against California.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2006 graduate of San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, Calif. ... Averaged23points,sevenreboundsandsixassistspergamehisseniorseason...PowerfulprepsquadatSanJoaquinwasnationallyrankedandincluded7-foottwinsBrookandRobinLopezwhoareenrolledatStanford...Losta68-67doubleovertimedecisiontoHorizonofSanDiegointhe2006SouthernCaliforniaDivisionIVchampionshipgame...SanJoaquinfinishedwitha33-4 record and was one game shy of playing for a state title ... A first-team All-California state selectionin2006andtheDivisionIVPlayeroftheYear...The2006NorthYosemiteLeagueMVPand the district Player of the Year ... The No. 5 prospect in the Best in the West poll compiled by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... Averaged 20.3 points and 5.8 rebounds his junior season ... Scout.com No. 27 recruit in the nation and the No. 7 small forward ... The nation’s No. 34 prep prospect in the Bob Gibbons’ All-Star Report ... Listed as the No. 42 recruit in the country according to The Sporting News ... The Rivals.com No. 50 recruit in the country and the No. 16 small forward ... All-Star game starter at the 2004 and 2005 Adidas Superstar Camp in Atlanta ... Named MVP of the 2005 Pangos All-American Camp in Los Angeles ... All-tournament team selection at the 2005 Adidas Super 64 Tourney in Las Vegas ... Father, Roscoe, played college basketball for Lute OlsonatLongBeachStatebeforebeingdraftedinthethirdroundofthe1974NBADraftbytheBostonCeltics,the53rdpickoverall...Uncle,CliffPondexter,alsoplayedatLongBeachStateprior to a three-year NBA career with the Chicago Bulls ... Cliff was a first-round pick in the 1974 NBA Draft, the 16th player selected.

Pondexter’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•NewJerseyTech 24 4-8 0-0 3-5 5 3 2 3 0 1 11•Utah 26 3-5 1-2 2-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 9•EasternWash. 27 3-10 1-3 2-3 6 2 1 3 0 0 9•vs.TexasA&M 10 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 5 0 2 0 1 2•vs.Syracuse 30 8-19 0-4 4-6 13 5 3 4 0 1 20•LongBeachSt 27 3-5 2-3 2-3 6 1 2 0 0 0 10•atOklahomaSt 29 4-8 0-1 1-1 4 1 1 2 0 0 9Pittsburgh 25 3-8 2-2 0-0 5 2 4 4 1 1 8Portland 21 3-6 0-2 1-3 3 1 0 1 0 0 7Portland State 22 3-7 1-3 3-4 5 0 2 2 0 0 10CS Northridge 15 1-5 0-1 0-1 2 3 3 0 0 0 2at LSU 26 8-15 0-1 1-1 5 2 1 3 1 0 17IdahoState 19 1-4 0-2 2-3 1 1 4 1 0 0 4Washington St 26 4-8 0-2 0-0 5 3 3 1 0 0 8at UCLA 25 3-10 1-3 3-4 0 3 1 1 0 2 10at USC 29 4-17 2-5 1-2 11 2 3 2 1 0 11Oregon 24 1-3 1-2 0-0 5 3 1 1 1 0 3OregonState 23 4-5 0-1 4-7 2 2 3 1 0 2 12atArizonaSt 29 3-6 1-2 5-6 2 2 4 2 0 0 12atArizona 25 2-4 0-1 3-3 5 2 2 0 0 0 7Stanford 28 3-5 1-1 8-12 8 1 1 0 0 0 15California 21 3-7 1-2 1-2 3 4 2 4 0 0 8USC 15 1-3 0-1 0-0 6 2 0 2 0 0 2UCLA 21 4-9 0-1 3-5 1 4 2 3 1 1 11atOregon 23 1-7 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 1 0 0 4atOregonSt 22 5-7 0-1 2-2 4 4 3 1 0 0 12Arizona 27 4-8 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 2 0 1 9ArizonaState 26 3-6 0-0 3-4 7 2 0 4 0 0 9at Stanford 29 8-11 0-0 3-4 5 1 3 1 0 1 19at California 31 4-9 0-0 4-7 7 0 4 1 0 0 12at Washington St 21 3-7 0-0 6-6 5 5 0 3 0 2 12•vs.California 32 9-16 1-3 4-4 9 2 1 2 9 9 23•Valparaiso 28 4-11 0-1 2-5 6 5 4 2 0 1 10•denotesgamesstarted

Pondexter’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2006-2007 32/22 764 23.9 124–249 .498 18–48 .375 76–100 .760 49–79 128 4.0 83–3 49 65 6 21 342 10.72007-2008 33/9 806 24.4 118–261 .452 15–52 .288 76–111 .685 71–86 157 4.8 75–4 63 59 5 15 327 9.9

TOTALS 63/31 1570 24.2 242–510 .475 33–100 .330 152–211 .720 120–165 285 4.4 158–7 112 124 11 36 669 10.3

Pondexter’s 2006-07 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•Pepperdine 25 9-14 0-1 3-5 7 4 3 1 1 1 21•NichollsState 21 6-9 2-4 0-0 4 2 1 1 0 2 14•NorthernIowa 29 2-6 0-1 2-3 5 2 0 2 0 0 6•SacramentoSt 25 6-11 2-2 8-11 9 2 4 1 1 0 22•EasternWash 32 3-13 0-2 9-12 8 3 2 3 2 1 15•Idaho 24 9-14 2-3 5-6 8 1 0 1 0 1 25•SouthernUtah 29 4-7 0-1 4-6 4 2 2 4 0 2 12•atGonzaga 28 5-7 2-3 1-2 0 3 1 3 0 0 13•PortlandState 23 6-9 1-3 3-4 4 3 2 5 0 0 16•LSU 27 6-12 2-3 1-2 5 2 1 0 0 2 15•WeberState 22 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 3 3 0 1 0 6•atUSC 26 1-7 1-3 2-2 6 5 1 3 0 0 5•atUCLA 24 5-7 1-1 0-0 4 2 0 5 0 0 11Arizona 26 10-16 1-2 4-4 4 2 0 1 0 1 25ArizonaState 18 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 4 1 3 0 1 3at Stanford 22 2-10 0-2 5-6 3 2 0 0 0 0 9at California 14 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 2 3 1 0 0 1at Washington St. 28 4-10 2-3 6-6 5 2 1 2 0 0 16Oregon 18 1-2 0-0 2-4 3 3 3 1 0 1 4OregonState 19 2-3 0-0 4-4 4 2 3 4 0 2 8atArizonaState 22 4-6 0-2 0-0 1 2 2 5 0 1 8atArizona 20 3-5 0-0 1-2 5 2 2 3 0 0 7•California 19 1-5 0-2 0-0 2 2 5 2 1 0 2•Stanford 20 4-7 0-1 0-1 4 2 1 3 0 3 8•WashingtonSt. 19 1-4 0-1 2-2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4•atPittsburgh 17 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 4 0 1 0 1 4•atOregonState 30 6-11 1-2 0-0 5 5 1 2 0 1 13•atOregon 22 6-8 0-1 1-1 4 5 0 1 0 0 13•USC 19 3-5 1-2 2-2 1 4 3 0 0 1 9UCLA 26 3-9 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 3 0 0 6•vsASU(Pac-10) 34 2-4 0-1 2-3 2 1 0 1 0 0 6•vsWSU(Pac-10) 36 6-14 0-1 3-4 6 2 1 2 0 0 15•denotesgamesstarted


3-Pt. FG Made – 2,9times(lastvs.atUSC,

Feb.7,2008)

3-Pt. FG Attempted – 5, at USC, Jan. 12, '08

FT Made – 9, vs. Eastern Wash, Nov. 18, 2007

FT Attempted – 12,twice(lastvs.Stanford,

Jan.31,2008)

Minutes – 36, vs. Washington St, Mar. 8, '07

Points –25,twice(lastvs.Arizona,Jan.4,2007)

Rebounds – 13, vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23, 2007

Assists – 5, vs. California, Feb. 8, 2007

Blocks – 2, vs. Eastern Wash, Nov. 24, 2006

Steals – 3, vs. Stanford, Feb. 11, 2007

FG Made – 10,vs.Arizona,Jan.4,2007

FG Attempted – 19 vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23, 2007


15scott SUGGS

Guard6-6 • 190 • Freshman

Washington, Mo.(Washington)

Fast FactsFull Name ....................Scott SuggsFamily ..Father ..........Ron Suggs Mother ........Cassandra Siblings ......Cason, Ronnie, Skyler

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2008 graduate of Washington(Mo.)HighSchool...rankedas the 11th best shooting guard by Scout.com a top-100 overall prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com ... named the Mr. Show-Me Basketball award as the state’s top player ... also earned the state’s “Mr. Basketball” award from the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association ... led Washington HS to the Class 5 state sec-tional finals and a 20-7 overall record as a senior ... averaged 22.5 points as well as a Gateway Athletic Conference-leading 9 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots per game as a senior ... also shot 52 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free throw line ... selected to participate in the McDonald’s RiverWar All-Star Game pitting the top players from Missouri against theirIllinoiscounterparts...scored12pointstogowith11reboundsandfiveassists...scored26pointsintheMBCAAll-StarGame...alsoplayedintheWestplexBasketball Challenge all-star game ... scored 28 points in the district title game lead-ing Washington to its first championship in 28 seasons ... broke the school’s career scoring record with 1,774 points ... poured-in 42 points in a sectional loss to Parkway South in his final game ... averaged 19 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior ... averaged 19 points as a sophomore and 12 as a freshman ... a 16-time Junior Olympictrackmedalistinthemile,twomile,1,500-metersand800-meters...rananestimated 30-40 miles a week of training as a youth ... underwent foot surgery at age 12 and switched to basketball.


Favorite Movie(s): Hancock,IronMan,Transformers,Batman

Favorite Television Show(s): Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Biggest Influence: Parents

Something You Might Not Know: Played the trumpet for 5 years

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: UW Volleyball Team

Favorite Video Game: NBA 2K9

Best Thing About This Year’s Huskies: Team Chemistry

Can’t Do Without: Cell Phone

Toughest Player Ever Faced: Donte Greene

Named Mr. Basketball in the state of Missouri as a senior

and broke a 55-year-old school scoring record

DAWG BYTES:“Scott has good size for a guard and can play any of the perimeter positions. He is a good ball handler, shooter and scorer. He is an ac-tive player who generally puts himself in the best possible position to make a difference.”—Lorenzo Romar

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Fast FactsFull Name ....................IsaiahJamarThomasFamily ..Father ..........James Thomas Mother ........Bettina Baldrtrip Siblings ......Chyna, Jasmine, Laquisha, Por-che

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2008 graduate of South Kent School in Mass. ... ranked as the number 23 shooting guard by Scout.com and a top-100 overall prospect nationally by Scout.com and Rivals.com ... attended Curtis High School in University Place, Wash., near Tacoma, through 11th grade ... transferred to South Kent School for two years ... led South Kent School to the New England Preparatory School AthleticCouncil(NEPSAC)championshipsemifinals, losing to Brewster for the second-straight year ... state Class 4A state player of the year as a junior ... set eight state tournament scoring records in leadingCurtistoasixth-placestatefinishin2006...registeredarecord51-pointperformanceinan80-76semifinallossto(currentteammateVenoyOverton’s)Franklin High School, surpassing the previous record that was set in 1955 ... scored 36 second-half points in a second round game against Mount Tahoma ... set state tournamentrecordsfor-pointsinagame(51),pointsinatournament(162),pointsinastatetournamentcareer(241),tournamentscoringaverage(40.5),fieldgoalsmade(53),fieldgoalsattempted(103),three-pointersmade(23),andthree-pointersattempted(56)....alsoaveragedsixassistspergameinthetourney...averaged26.2points as a sophomore and 31.2 as a junior ... participated in the Rbk U All-American Camp in 2007 and was named to the camp all-star game ... petitioned the school district to allow him to play varsity as a ninth grader but was denied ... named after theformerIndianaandNBAall-starguardIsaiahThomaswhenhisfather,James,lost a friendly wager on a Lakers vs. Pistons playoff game in 1989 ... the name was approved by his mother since she desired a biblical name.

Favorite Book: “Forty Million Dollar Slaves” by William C. Rhoden

Favorite Movie(s): He Got Game, Friday, Hoop Dreams

Favorite Television Show: Law&Order

Most Memorable Win: Beating Jamal Crawford in 1-on-1

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: Denver Broncos

Favorite Quote: “Sacrifice Now, Succeed Later”

Why Attended Washington:ToStayHome&DoItBig

Can’t Do Without:TextMessaging

Favorite Toy As A Child : BuzzLightyear

Toughest Player Ever Faced: Jamal Crawford

isaiah THOMAS

3Guard5-8 • 170 • FreshmanTacoma, Wash (Curtis/

South Kent School, Mass.)

Scored 51 points in the 2006 state semifinal game against

current teammate Venoy Over-ton’s Franklin HS

DAWG BYTES:“Isaiah’s best strength is his passion to be the best. He is a fierce competitor. he has the ability to create, whether it be a pass to a teammate or a basket for himself. He has a great knack for making plays.”—Lorenzo Romar


Fast FactsFull Name ....................Elston Howard Turner, Jr.Family ..Father ..........Elston Turner Mother ........Louise Sisters ........Taylor

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2008 graduate of ElkinsHighSchoolinMissouriCity,Texas... rated as the nation’s #14 shooting guard by ESPN ... listed as number 23 shooting guard and a top-100 overall prospect nationally by Scout.com ... first-teamall-stateselectionbytheTexasAssociation of Basketball Coaches ... led Elkins HS to a 31-4 record and #9 state ranking by the TABC in his only season at the Houston-area school ... Knights won district title and advanced to state quarterfinals ... first-team all-district 23-5A ... second-team all-Greater Houston area by the Houston Chronicle ... participated in the Rbk U All-American Camp in 2007 and was named to the camp all-star game ... called one of the camp’s top players by hoopscooponline.com ... scored 21 points in the Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game ... attended Roseville(Calif.)HighSchoolnearSacramentoforthreeseasonspriortomovingtoHouston ... started at point guard all three seasons, including his freshman year ... averaged 22.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior and was a second-team all-Metro League selection ... father, Elston Turner, Sr., spent eight years as a guard in the NBA and played in the CBA and in Europe ... father is currently an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets.


Favorite Movie(s): RushHour,Transformers,IronMan

Favorite Television Show: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sanford and Son

Biggest Influence(s): Parents

Favorite Non-Basketball Team: UW Volleyball

Would Like To Have Met: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Something People Might Not Know: Isablackbelt inkarateandheplaysthe trumpet.

Favorite Song: “Phone Home” by Lil Wayne

Favorite Toy As A Child : Power Rangers

Toughest player I ever played against: Paul Pierce

31elston TURNER

Played high school basket-ball in Sacramento for three

years before moving to Houston as a senior.

Guard6-4 • 185 • Freshman

Missouri City, Texas(Elkins)

DAWG BYTES:“Elston is a tremendous shooter and he plays the game with a great level of maturity. Right now, he already plays like he’s been in col-lege for a couple of years.”—Lorenzo Romar

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artem WALLACE

Suffered a career-threatening knee injury in the 1st minute of

the final game of last season.

21Center6-8 • 250 • Senior

Toledo, Wash.(Toledo)

Fast FactsFull Name ........................ ArtemAlexeevichWallaceMajor ..........................RussianLanguage&LiteratureFamily ........Father ..............................Gail Wallace

• Born in St. Petersburg, Russia.

•Started seven games in 2007.

•Grabbed career-high seven rebounds twice, against Morgan State and American University.

•The 2005 Class A Washington state Player of the Year.

•Rated the No. 2 center in the West by Scout.com, which tabbed him the nation’s No. 71 prospect.

•Former prep cross country runner who clocked the best miletimebyaUWbasketballplayerinboth2005(2:05)and2006(2:08).

Favorite Television Show: Family Guy

Favorite Movie: The Dark Knight

Favorite Musician: Three Days Grace

Favorite Book: “The Stand” by Stephen King, “A Simple Plan” by Scott Smith

Biggest Influences: Mother, High School Coach

Favorite Lorenzo Romar Quote: “Water Break”

Favorite Class at UW: Engineering 100

Toughest player I played against: Kevin Love

When I was a kid, I never thought I’d be: 6-foot-8

Favorite Toy As A Child: Sega Saturn

Favorite Non-Basketball Team : Seahawks

Hobbies & Interests: Bowling, swimming

DAWG BYTES:“Artem has been our best post defender and I think he’ll continue to serve that role well for our team. He is a smart basketball player and he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes.”—Lorenzo Romar


Suffered a serious knee injury in the first minute of the final game of the season against Valparaiso .. spent the summer in rehabilitation ... won the team’s annual preseason mile run his first two years in the program, completing the distance in 5:05 in 2005 and 5:08 in 2006 ... Born in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2007-08 (Junior) — Appeared in 31 games and earned a starting role in the final 25 games of the season ... suffered a knee injury in the first minute of the final game of the season against Valparaiso in theCBI...shotateam-best.592fromthefieldontheseason...went9-for-11fromthefieldinhisfinalthreeappearances(notincludingtheCBI)...scored17pointstogowith10reboundsin33minutesatCalifornia ... went 8-for-11 from the field against the Bears ... scored

11 points against California in the Pac-10 Tournament ... . 2006-07 (Sophomore) — Played 31 games, start-ingseven...Postedcareer-high12pointsatArizona(Feb.3)toleadallUWscorers...GrabbedeightreboundsanddistributedfourassistsagainstNichollsState(Nov.13)...Tallieddouble-figurepointsontwooccasions... Totalled 12 points, four rebounds and two assists in the last game of the season, against Washington State(Mar.8)...StartedsixstraightgamesmidwaythroughthePac-10season...ReceivedtheJohnMeyersDefensive Player award at the team banquet. 2005-06 (Freshman) — Played 16 games, all of them in a reserve role ... Saw action in two NCAA Tournament contests ... Averaged 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game...Rankedsixthontheteamwithnineblockedshots...Scoredcareer-besteightpointsagainstLoyolaMarymount(Nov.25)...GrabbedsevenreboundsagainstbothMorganState(Nov.13)andAmerican(Nov.19)...BlockedthreeshotsagainstIdaho(Nov.22).

HIGH SCHOOL —A2005graduateofToledo(Wash.)HighSchool...TheWashingtonstateClassAPlayerofthe Year as a senior ... Averaged 23.4 points per game as a senior, leading Toledo to a seventh-place finish ... Ranked as the No. 2 center in the west by Scout.com which has him rated as the nation’s No. 71 prospect ... A

Wallace’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TPNew Jersey Tech 7 2-4 0-0 0-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 4Eastern Wash. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0vs.TexasA&M 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Syracuse 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0atOklahomaSt 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2Pittsburgh 16 3-4 0-0 0-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 6•Portland 22 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 2 1 2 0 0 4•PortlandState 22 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4•CSNorthridge 17 0-3 0-0 0-2 4 4 1 3 0 1 0•atLSU 13 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3•IdahoState 17 2-3 0-0 0-2 3 2 1 0 0 2 4•WashingtonSt 29 1-2 0-0 0-2 3 4 2 0 0 0 2•atUCLA 17 4-5 0-0 1-4 1 2 0 1 0 0 9•atUSC 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0•Oregon 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2•OregonSt 9 0-2 0-0 2-4 2 3 0 0 0 0 2•atArizonaSt 12 0-0 0-0 2-4 4 2 0 0 0 0 2•atArizona 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0•Stanford 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0•California 33 8-11 0-0 1-5 10 2 1 1 0 0 17•USC 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0•UCLA 28 2-4 0-0 0-3 9 3 0 0 1 0 4•atOregon 23 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 4 1 1 0 0 6•atOregonSt 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2•Arizona 25 2-4 0-0 1-3 7 1 1 1 0 0 5•ArizonaState 8 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1•atStanford 10 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 2•atCalifornia 16 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 4•atWashingtonSt 18 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4•vs.California 33 5-7 0-0 1-4 9 4 1 0 1 0 11•Valparaiso 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0•denotesgamesstarted

Pondexter’s 2006-07 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TP•Pepperdine 11 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2Nicholls State 13 4-6 0-0 1-2 8 5 4 0 0 0 9NorthernIowa 12 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2Sacramento St 11 0-0 0-0 1-4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1Eastern Wash 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0Idaho 11 1-5 0-0 1-2 3 2 3 1 0 0 3Southern Utah 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0atGonzaga 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Portland State 14 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5LSU 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Weber State 8 4-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8at USC 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0at UCLA 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Arizona didnotplay ArizonaState 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0at Stanford 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2at California 12 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2•atWashingtonSt 18 0-1 0-0 0-1 7 4 0 2 0 0 0•Oregon 8 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0•OregonSt 22 0-2 0-0 1-2 4 4 2 0 0 0 1•atArizonaSt 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0•atArizona 27 6-6 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 0 0 1 12•California 22 3-6 0-0 2-4 2 2 0 1 0 0 8Stanford 14 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0Washington St 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Pittsburgh 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2atOregonState 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0atOregon 12 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2USC 15 0-0 0-0 5-10 3 2 2 2 0 1 5UCLA 8 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0vsASU(Pac-10) 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0vsWSU(Pac-10) 23 5-10 0-0 0-2 4 3 2 1 0 0 12•denotesgamesstarted

Wallace’s 2005-06 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TPMorgan State 23 1-1 0-0 2-3 7 3 2 2 1 0 4UW-Green Bay 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 2 0 0 2American 16 0-3 0-0 1-2 7 2 2 1 1 0 1Idaho 19 2-2 0-0 2-5 2 2 2 2 3 1 6Loyola Marymount 20 4-4 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 2 8Gonzaga 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0vsNewMexico 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2Eastern Wash. 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Lehigh 9 1-1 0-0 0-2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2Cornell 7 1-3 0-0 0-1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2Oregon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0atOregonState 6 0-1 0-0 2-4 4 0 0 1 1 0 2Stanford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0atArizonaST 6 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6vsUtahSt(NCAA) 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0vsUConn(NCAA) 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0•denotesgamesstarted

second-team pick and No. 22 player overall in the Best of the West poll (Long Beach Press-Telegram)...Averaged25pointsand12reboundspergameasajunioratToledoHighSchoolin2004...LedtheIndianstoafourth-place state finish his junior year ... Ranked No. 18 nationally among power forwards in the prep class of 2005 by Athlon’smagazine...Listed46th overall in the Class of 2005 by Rivals.com, No. 50 by TheInsiders.com and No. 70 by FutureStars ... Also competed in cross country at Toledo ... Graduated high school with a 3.58 grade point average ... Selected Washington after receiving recruiting interest from Kansas along with other Pac-10 schools.

Wallace’s UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2005-2006 16/0 144 9.0 15–26 .577 0–0 .000 7–19 .368 8–27 35 2.2 12–0 9 11 9 4 37 2.32006-2007 31/7 350 11.3 30–66 .455 0–0 .000 14–39 .359 31–33 64 2.1 41–1 17 13 1 7 74 2.4 2007-2008 31/25 439 14.2 45–76 .592 0–0 .000 10–43 .233 46–39 85 2.7 62–0 11 18 3 5 100 3.2

TOTALS 78/32 933 12.0 90–168 .536 0–0 .000 31–101 .307 85–99 184 2.4 115–1 37 42 13 16 211 2.7


Points – 17, vs. California, Feb. 2, 2008

Rebounds – 11, vs. Nicholls State, Nov. 13 2006

Assists – 4, vs. Nicholls State, Nov. 13, 2006

Blocks–3,vs.Idaho,Nov.22,2005Steals–2,threetimes(lastvs.Idaho

State,Dec.31,2007)FG Made – 8, vs. California, Feb.

2, 2008FG Attempted – 11, vs. California,

Feb. 2, 20083-Pt. FG Made – None3-Pt. FG Attempted – NoneFT Made – 5, vs. USC, March 1, 2007FT Attempted – 10, vs. USC, March

1, 2007Minutes – 33, vs. California, Feb.

2, 2008

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joe WOLFINGER

32Center7-0 • 255 lbs • Junior.

Portland, Ore.(Aloha/Mount Hermon

School, Mass.)

Fast FactsFull Name .......................Joseph Raymond WolfingerNickname ............................................................WolfMajor .......................................... Sports ManagementFamily ........Father ............................Phil Wolfinger Mother .......................... Laurie Beeber Sister ......................................Miranda Brother ......................................... Jack

•Sidelined his first two seasons with a stress fracture in his right foot.

•Listed as the 11th best center prospect in the high school class of 2004 by Scout.com.

•Ownsschoolsingle-gamereboundrecordsatbothAlohaHigh(19)andMountHermon(20).

•Brother, Jack Wolfinger, played basketball at St. John’s andintheMexicanproleague.

Favorite Movie: Braveheart

Favorite Television Show: South Park


Wears No. 32 Because: My brother wore it during his college career and it was my high school number

Most Admires: My grandfather “Spike” and my high school coach Ken Yarnell

Favorite Toy As A Child:G.I.Joe

Favorite Coach Romar Quote:“DawgGoneIt”

Favorite UW class:CreativeInnovations

When I was a kid, I never thought I would: Grow to be 7-feet tall

Favorite Video Game: Call of Duty 4

Second on the team last year in three-point percentage, making

19-of-47 attempts.


Two-year squad member who has battled a stress fracture in his right foot during his two collegiate seasons...Outstandinglong-rangeshooter...Oneof11 seven-footers in UW history, the first since Todd MacCulloch in 1999....

2007-08 (Sophomore) — Played in 25 games and started the home contest against 12th-ranked Pitts-burgh...went19-for-47(.404)ontheseasonfrombe-hindthethree-pointarc...madesixofninefreethrowattempts ... perfect offensive outing at California with 17 points on 6-for-6 shooting from the field, 4-for-4 from the three-point line and 1-for-1 from the free throw line ... scored 12 points at Stanford two nights earlier for a 29 point total in the Bay Area road trip ...played20minutesagainstTexasA&MinMadisonSquare Garden and scored 12 points to go with four rebounds ... grabbed seven rebounds against Syracuse ... averaged 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds during the Huskies’ five-game preseason tour of Greece ... first game of the trip was his best as he tallied 17 points, includingtwo3-pointers,andsixreboundsina93-81win over Ment. 2006-07 (Freshman) — Planned to play, but a stress fracture issue recurred in his right foot ... underwent surgery during the spring of 2007 ...receivedtheHecEdmundsonMostInspirationalaward at the team banquet. 2005-06 (Red-Shirt) —Utilizedred-shirtseason...practicedwiththeteam, but did not participate in games in order to preserve a year of eligibility.

HIGH SCHOOL — A 2005 graduate of Mount Herman School in Northfield, Mass. ... Rated the West’s No. 11 center prospect in the class of 2004 by Scout.com ... Averaged 10.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in 2005, helping Mount Hermon to a 20-6 record, its first 20-win season since 1992 ... Broke the school single-game rebound record with 20 boards ... A 2004 graduate ofAlohaHighSchoolinBeaverton,Ore....Three-yearletterman ... Averaged 14.2 points as senior in 2004 at

Aloha(Ore.)HighSchoolbeforeattendingMount Hermon School in Northfield, Mass. ...LedAlohatotheSweet16oftheOregonstate tournament for the first time in 15 years ... A first-team All-Metro League selection in 2004 ... Broke the school’s single-game rebound record, collecting 19 boards ... Named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2004 ... Participated in theNorthwestShootout andOregonall-star games ... Selected Washington over Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Boston College, FloridaState,IllinoisandConnecticut.

Wolfinger’s 2007-08 Game-By-Game 3-Point OPPONENT MIN FG–A FG–A FT–A REB PF A TO BL ST TPNew Jersey Tech 11 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5Utah 7 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2Eastern Washington 9 3-4 2-2 0-0 1 1 1 2 0 0 8vs.TexasA&M 20 4-12 2-6 2-2 4 2 0 0 1 0 12vs. Syracuse 17 2-4 1-1 0-0 7 5 0 2 3 0 5Long Beach State 13 1-3 0-1 0-1 3 1 0 1 1 0 2atOklahomaState 11 2-6 1-1 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 5•Pittsburgh 5 2-4 1-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5Portland State 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3CS Northridge 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 9 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 2 0 1 2IdahoState 12 1-3 0-1 2-2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4at UCLA 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2at USC 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0atArizona 16 5-9 1-1 0-0 6 3 1 1 0 0 11Stanford 16 0-4 0-1 1-3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1California 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0USC 8 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3atOregon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0atOregonState 10 1-3 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3at Stanford 18 5-10 2-6 0-0 2 5 0 1 1 0 12at California 18 6-6 4-4 1-1 0 3 1 0 0 0 17at Washington State 17 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 5 1 0 0 0 3vs. California 10 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Valparaiso 6 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0•denotesgamesstarted

Wolfinger’s Career UW StatisticsYEAR GP/GS MIN AVG FG–FGA PCT 3FG–A PCT FT–A PCT OR-DR TOT AVG PF–DQ AST TO BK ST PTS AVG2007-2008 25/1 248 9.9 40–93 .430 19–47 .404 6–9 .667 16–26 42 1.7 53–3 4 15 9 2 105 4.2

TOTALS 25/1 248 9.9 40–93 .430 19–47 .404 6-9 .667 16–26 42 1.7 53–3 4 15 9 2 105 4.2


Points – 17, at California, Mar. 1, 2008Rebounds – 7 vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23,

2007Assists–1fourtimes(lastvs.

Washington State, Mar. 8, 2008Blocks–3,twice(lastvs.Syracuse,

Nov.23,2007)Steals–1,twice(lastatLSU,Dec.

29,2007)FG Made–6,twice(lastatCalifornia,

Mar.1,2008)FG Attempted –12,vs.TexasA&M

Nov. 21, 20073-Pt. FG Made – 4 at California, Mar.

1, 20083-Pt. FG Attempted–6twice(lastat

Stanford,Feb.28,2008)FT Made–2,twice(lastvs.Idaho

State,Dec.31,2007)FT Attempted – 3 vs. Stanford, Jan.

31, 2008Minutes–20,vs.TexasA&M,Nov.

21, 2007

DAWG BYTES:“Joe is an excellent outside shooter. It is hard to find a big guy who can shoot the ball like he does. He has a strong work ethic. He’s been down, but you can never count him out.”— Lorenzo Romar

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