Spencer Hawes
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Spencer Hawes (born April 28, 1988 in Seattle, Washington) is an American college basketball player in his freshman year at the University of Washington.
His father Jeff and uncle Steve both played at the University of Washington and his uncle also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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[edit] High school
Hawes played center at Seattle Prep, where he led his team to win the state championship for the 2005-2006 season and was named the tournament MVP. He might have entered the 2006 NBA Draft had the NBA not enacted a new rule requiring players to wait a year after their class graduates from high school.
- Following the 2005-2006 season, Hawes was selected as an Associated Press All-American, McDonald's All-American, Parade Magazine All-American, and USA Today All-American[1].
- Named 2006 Gatorade Boys Basketball Washington Player of the Year and Seattle Times player of the year.
- At Seattle Prep, Hawes was teammates with Martell Webster, who now plays for the Portland Trailblazers.
- In the summer of 2006, he played for the USA Basketball Under-18 team (coached by Washington's Lorenzo Romar) which defeated Argentina to win the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. In the final game, he scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds.
[edit] College
Coach Romar has said he expects Hawes to play a major role for the Washington team during his freshman year, with plenty of minutes available after the departure of four seniors from the 2005-2006 team, including NBA guards Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blazers) and Bobby Jones (Philadelphia 76ers). NBA draft projection services say he will be a lottery pick when he goes pro, which could be as soon as 2007, following his freshman year.[2]
[edit] NBA Draft
Spencer Hawes has announced he will declare for the 2007 NBA Draft. If he had stayed at the University of Washington for another year, he would've been on many top ten draft boards for the 2008 NBA draft. However, he is slated as a sure fire lottery pick and a definite first round pick in this year's draft.
