UW Offers Top 2023
Over the years, the University of Washington has not been shy about offering top young in-state prospects before the start of their freshman season. It has almost become tradition, when the talent is there, of course. This goes back to…
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Continue ReadingOver the years, the University of Washington has not been shy about offering top young in-state prospects before the start of their freshman season. It has almost become tradition, when the talent is there, of course. This goes back to the days of Lorenzo Romar having a very good pulse for the young and upcoming talent in the area. I will never forget the time Romar walked into a packed community center gym to watch an 8th grade Tony Wroten and Seattle Rotary match up against Brett Kingma’s ECBA Pioneers squad. Tony would go on to attend Washington and Brett chose Oregon. The tradition of offering top young talent continued with players like Rio Adams, Zach LaVine and Josh Martin. While these three ended up at Kansas, UCLA and Minnesota, Romar made it a point to go after them. New Head Coach Mike Hopkins is doing some more of the same with the next big name out of Washington.
Freshman Jaylin Stewart has not played a single game for Garfield High School, but he will walk into the season with a UW offer in hand. The son of Rainier Beach legend Lodrick Stewart has been tabbed as being the next one up. He stands at 6’4 with big hands and very long arms, with athleticism that is just now starting to kick in. He is a very good shooter and can score off the bounce. Jaylin has played for Seattle Rotary dating back to early third grade and he has been a known talent around the state dating back to that time. He is expected to make an instant impact at Garfield as a freshman and will play under Brandon Roy.
UW has to be the early favorite in his recruitment with his insane amount of ties to the program. Will Conroy has known him since he was a baby, Cameron Dollar’s son has played at Rotary at the same age group and he is also related to Husky legend Tre Simmons. His uncle Hikeem Stewart played at Washington and his father Lodrick and uncle Rodrick were both heavily recruited by the Huskies earlier in the 2000’s. There’s a lot of time to pass, but be on the lookout for the next one up out of Seattle.