• FOH Seattle doing it again

  • By Joel Francisco, ESPN Recruiting | June 21, 2010 6:21:30 AM PDT
Jim Marsh, coach of U-17 Seattle-based Friends of Hoop, runs a quality program chock full of prospects. This year's FOH team doesn't have a prospect the caliber of past greats such as NBA standouts Spencer Hawes (Philadelphia 76ers) or Martell Webster (Portland Trailblazers), however, it does have a guard tandem that has received recruiting interest from the Pac-10 and WCC.Scoring guard Hikeem Stewart (Seattle/Rainier Beach) is the younger brother of former twin standouts Rodrick Stewart (Kansas) and Lodrick Stewart (USC). The older twin tandem relied on their bulk and relentless nature at both ends to terrorize their opponents, while the younger Stewart excels at draining 3-point shots and dazzling his opponents with his passing prowess. Stewart claims offers from Colorado, UNLV, Washington State, Washington and Santa Clara with Oregon and UCLA showing interest.Brett Kingma (Mill Creek, Wash./Henry M. Jackson) can stroke it from deep with the best of them. His release is impeccable, but he needs to get better shooting off the dribble. At his size (6-foot-1), it would be beneficial for him to evolve more into a point guard because at his size finding a balance of facilitator and scorer will be crucial.Kingma would love to hear from Stanford, but does have offers from BYU, Seattle, Portland State, Portland and Eastern Washington. While Stewart and Kingma get most of the notoriety, there are other prospects that will certainly garner Division I interest over the summer. Nate Sikma (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue), who is the son of former Seattle Super Sonic Jack Sikma, can swish jump shots from the stripe. Meanwhile, 6-10 C Darien Nelson-Henry (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) is out of the mold of California standout Kyle Caudill (Brea, Calif./Brea Olinda) who will probably end up in the Pac-10 before it's all said and done.

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