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LA Watts Summer Games

NOTABLE PARTICIPANTS

Jeanette Bolden
· Centennial High School
· 1977 Games MVP for track & field
· Track and field professional
· Head coach for UCLA track & field

Lynn Cain
· Roosevelt High School
· Played for the Atlanta Falcons

Elden Campbell
· Inglewood High School
· Currently plays for Charlotte Hornets

Cynthia Cooper
· Locke High School
· Member of 4-time WNBA Champion Houston Comets
· Currently coach of Phoenix Mercury

Michael Cooper
· Pasadena High School
· Played on Lakers NBA championship team
· Currently head coach for L.A. Sparks

Eric Davis
· Dorsey High School
· Currently plays for San Francisco Giants

Mike Davis
· Locke High School
· Played for Los Angeles Raiders
· Former coach of Oakland Raiders

Tyus Edney
· Long Beach Poly High School
· Star player on UCLA's 1995 National Championship team
· Former member of Boston Celtics

John Elway
· Granada Hills High School
· All American football player for Stanford
· Played professional football for the Denver Broncos

Vince Ferragamo
· Banning High School
· Played football for the L.A. Rams

David Greenwood
· Verbum Dei High School
· Star UCLA basketball player
· Drafted to the Chicago Bulls in 1979

Pat Haden
· Bishop Amat High School
· Played football for the L.A. Rams

Roy Hamilton
· Verbum Dei High School
· Games Most Outstanding Participant in 1974
· Star UCLA basketball player
· Drafted to the Detroit Pistons in 1979

Mike Haynes
· John Marshall High School
· Played for Los Angeles Raiders

Valerie Brisco Hooks
· Locke High School
· 1977 Games MVP for track & field
· Track and field professional
· Gold medalist at 1984 Olympics

Marques Johnson
· Crenshaw High School
· Star UCLA basketball player
· All American, drafted by the LA Clippers

Florence Griffith Joyner
· L.A. Jordan High School
· Women's track and field legend

Bill Lambier
· Palos Verdes High School
· Played basketball for Notre Dame
· NBA player and was on the Pistons Championship team

Lisa Leslie
· Morningside High School
· Member of 1996 gold medal Olympic team
· Currently plays for L.A. Sparks

Ann Meyers

· Sonora High School
· Played basketball for UCLA and Indiana Pacers
· Inducted in Basketball Hall of Fame

Tracy Murray
· Glendora High School
· Played basketball for UCLA
· Currently plays for Toronto Raptors

J.R. Redmond
· Carson High School
· Currently plays for Oakland Raiders

Jay Schroeder
· Palisades High School
· 1978 Games Football MVP
· Played football for the Washington Redskins and L.A. Raiders

Byron Scott
· Morningside High School
· Former L.A. Lakers player
· Head coach for New Jersey Nets

Tina Thompson
· Morningside High
· 1991 Games MVP for basketball
· Top pick in the 1997 WNBA draft
· Currently plays for Houston Comets

Reggie Theus
· Inglewood High School
· 9th overall pick in NBA draft 1978
· Played for Chicago Bulls
· Currently Assistant Coach at University of Louisville

Kiki Vandeweghe
· Played basketball for UCLA
· Currently General Manager for Denver Nuggets

Jamaal Wilkes
· Drafted & played for Lakers and on championship teams in the 80's
· Inducted in Hall of Fame in 1990

Kevin Young
· Won Coca-Cola Future Olympian Award in the LAWSG
· Attended UCLA and won NCAA titles in 400 meter hurdles in 1987 and 1988
· Olympic Gold Medalist, 400 meter hurdles, 1992 Summer Olympics
· The first ever ESPY Award winner in track presented by ESPN

 
 
 
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