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Klay Thompson
6'6" 185 lbs
Wing Guard
Santa Marguerita HS
Rancho Santa Marguerita, CA
Washington State
NCAA D1
Full Scholarship
Averaging 13 ppg, 33 minutes per game, 43% from 3pt range
Helping lead to 13-16 record, including wins over
UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State and Washington
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Taylor Rochestie
6'1" 186 lbs
Guard
Santa Barbara HS
Santa Barbara, CA
Signed at Tulane University
NCAA DI
Full Scholarship
Transferred to Washington State
NCAA DI
Full Scholarship
(February, 2008)
Originally from Santa Barbara H.S. in Santa Barbara, CA. Taylor had no NCAA Division I scholarships out of high school.
Even though Taylor averaged 25/ppg during his senior year, hometown school UCSB did not offer him a scholarship.
They liked him a great deal, but wanted Taylor to walk on. Taylor had trained from the end of his Jr. season in
High School when he averaged 17/ppg as a 6"1 off-guard until the beginning of his Senior season,
Taylor trained at the
Branch West Basketball Academy where he improved his all around scoring skills and learned to be a true point guard,
directly under the tutelage of Bob Gottlieb. When it became obvious he wasn't being recruited at the Division I level,
his highly supportive dad, Howard Rochestie retained the Branch West Recruiting Assistance Services.
Ultimately Taylor was offered a dozen major college scholarships, and eventually signed at Tulane University.
Taylor Rochestie had an outstanding freshman year at Tulane, during which Taylor started every game of the season.
He averaged 13/ppg and had some spectacular games, like the 26pts versus Alabama State,
19pts versus
St. Louis, and 17pts
versus Marquette. Taylor came in 3rd in the voting for most outstanding freshman in the Conference USA as voted on by the coaches.
At the end of the season, the entire coaching staff at Tulane was fired, and Taylor was especially close with all of his coaches.
In addition, in September, when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Tulane University was closed down for the entire year.
Taylor and his father contacted Bob Gottlieb in December, and decided they would like to pursue opportunities a little closer to home.
Branch West recruitng assistance service was obtained by Taylor's dad Howard Rochestie, a incredibly supportive Dad.
This all had to be done in a 2-3 week window in order to get Taylor enrolled for second semester.
A number of calls
were made by Bob Gottlieb throughout the Pac-10, Mountain West, Big West, and West Coast Athletic conference.
Washington
State, Arizona State, and St. Mary's were all highly interested. Tony Bennett, assistant coach at WSU
researched Taylor's
background thoroughly and decided to recruit him to Washington State,
and the Rochesties were thrilled to death.
Taylor committed immedately.
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Keith Wilkinson
6'10" 225 lbs.
Forward
Capistrano Valley H.S.
Orange County, CA
USC
NCAA DI
Full Scholarship
Now a starting forward as a senior, Keith served as an invaluable performer off the bench
the past 3 years; averaging approximately 20 min/g as a Junior.
Keith had no scholarship offers when his Dad retained Branch West Recruiting Services.
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