Blue-chip history

Blue-chip history

A look at Seattle Times blue-chippers, with high school and first college attended in parenthesis:

2009 (3) Gino Simone (Skyline/WSU), Deandre Coleman (Garfield/California), Kirby Moore (Prosser/Boise State).

2008 (6) Kavario Middleton (Lakes/UW), Everrette Thompson (Kennedy/UW), David DeCastro (Bellevue/Stanford), Alameda Ta'amu (Rainier Beach/UW), Jermaine Kearse (Lakes/UW), Nick Cody (Hockinson/Oregon).

2007 (4) Kellen Kiilsgaard (Auburn/Stanford), Kevin Freitag (Kennedy/WSU), Marshall Lobbestael (Oak Harbor/WSU), Nate Williams (Kennedy/UW).

2006 (4) Jake Locker (Ferndale/UW), Stephen Schilling (Bellevue/Michigan), Taylor Mays (O'Dea/USC), Andy Mattingly (Mead/WSU).

2005 (6) Jonathan Stewart (Timberline/Oregon), Leon Jackson (Pasco/Nebraska), Anthony Felder (O'Dea/California), Kenny Alfred (Gig Harbor/WSU), J.R. Hasty (Bellevue/UW), E.J. Savannah (Bellevue/UW).

2004 (8) Keauntea Bankhead (Ballard/UW commitment, didn't get into school), Aaron Klovas (Bethel/Oregon), Andy Roof (East Valley/WSU), Walt Winter (Juanita/UW), Matt Tuiasosopo (Woodinville/UW commitment, chose baseball), Johnie Kirton (Jackson/UW), Chancellor Young (O'Dea/Duke), Ryan Burks (Decatur/JC, then Eastern Washington).

2003 (5) Craig Chambers (Jackson/UW), Johnny DuRocher (Bethel/Oregon), Tahj Bomar (Kentwood/UW), Derrick Bradley (Kamiak/UW), Jordan Carey (Capital/Oregon).

2002 (3) David Beall (Mountain View/Stanford), Cody Boyd (Ferndale/WSU), Isaiah Stanback (Garfield/UW).

2001 (4) Evan Benjamin (Redmond/UW), Ty Eriks (O'Dea/UW), Justin McCullum (Mercer Island/Stanford), Reggie Williams (Lakes/UW).

2000 (5) Dan Dicks (Bellevue/UW), Skyler Fulton (Capital/Arizona St.), Jimmy Newell (South Kitsap/UW), Larry Stevens (Wilson/Michigan), Zach Tuiasosopo (Woodinville/UW).

1999 (6) Paul Arnold (Kennedy/UW), Matt Berry (Eastlake/BYU), Dan Major (Redmond/Colorado), Robin Miller (Kent-Meridian/Nebraska), Brett Pierce (Columbia River/Stanford), Jeremey Williams (Ferris/WSU).

1998 (5) Luke Huard (Puyallup/North Carolina), Chris Jackson (Kentridge/UCLA), Jared Jones (Walla Walla/Florida State), Carlos Pierre-Antoine (O'Dea/Notre Dame), Matthias Wilson (Ferndale/UW).