MaxPreps Before the Madness

By Jason Hickman Mar 16, 2007, 12:50am

Check out the MaxPreps' pages for more than 30 student-athletes participating in the NCAA Tournament.

MaxPreps.com Staff Report

MaxPreps.com has featured at least 30 student-athletes from 15 different schools participating in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, underway today at sites all over the country.

MaxPreps' coverage of national high school basketball began during the 2005-2006 season, and comprehensive coverage in California the previous year, thus the high number of Californians in the list below.

Take a look at the high school careers of the following NCAA Tournament participants, featured over the past two years on MaxPreps.com;



Albany

Mike Yocum (Episcopal Academy, Pa.)

Arizona

David Bagga (Mater Dei High, Calif.)

Chase Budinger (La Costa Canyon High, Calif.)

Brigham Young

Jordan Cameron (Newbury Park High, Calif.)

Jonathan Tavernari (Bishop Gorman High, Nev.)

Brock Zylstra (La Verne Bonita High, Calif.)

Duke

Gerald Henderson (Episcopal Academy, Pa.)

Lance Thomas (St. Benedict's Prep, N.J.)

Brian Zoubek (Haddonfield High, N.J.)

Florida

Jonathan Mitchell (Mt. Vernon High, N.Y.)

Kentucky

Derrick Jasper (Paso Robles High, Calif.)

Michael Porter (Modesto Christian High, Calif.)



Long Beach State

Chris Peys (Long Beach Poly High, Calif.)

Darnell Porter (Long Beach Millikan High, Calif.)

Lane Whitney (Long Beach Millikan High, Calif.)

Louisville

Andre McGee (Canyon Springs High, Calif.)

Nevada

Matt LaGrone (McQueen High, Nev.)

Nevada-Las Vegas

Marcus Lawrence (Bishop Gorman High, Nev.)

Matt Shaw (Los Angeles Fairfax High, Calif.)

North Carolina

Wayne Ellington (Episcopal Academy, Pa.)

Alex Stepheson (Harvard-Westlake High, Calif.)

Deon Thompson (Torrance High, Calif.)

Stanford

Landry Fields (Los Alamitos High, Calif.)

Anthony Goods (Corona Centennial High, Calif.)

Lawrence Hill (Glendale Deer Valley High, Ariz.)

Brook Lopez (San Joaquin Memorial High, Calif.)

Robin Lopez (San Joaquin Memorial High, Calif.)



UCLA

Darren Collison (Etiwanda High, Calif.)

James Keefe (Santa Margarita High, Calif.)

Russell Westbrook (Leuzinger High, Calif.)

Villanova

Casiem Drummond (Bloomfield Tech, N.J.)

Weber State

Jake Orchard (Salt Lake City Highland High, Utah)

Steve Panos (Salt Lake City Highland High, Utah)