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Jayson Tatum at Draft 17 press conference after being picked by the Celtics
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By WARREN MAYES
Next stop: Boston
The Boston Celtics recently selected St.
Louis native Jayson Tatum, a Chaminade
graduate, with the No. 3 pick in the NBA
Draft, held in New York.
Boston added the 6-foot-8 small forward,
who became a polished scoring
threat during his lone season at Duke.
The 19-year-old was a third-team All-
ACC selection, averaging 16.8 points
while shooting 45.2 percent from the
field.
Tatum, the son of CBC coach Justin
Tatum, said in a news conference after
his selection that he feels fortunate to be
joining a contender immediately.
“It’s great,” Tatum said. “I think that I
get to learn that much more, especially
from a veteran team that knows what it
takes to get there. I can’t wait to go and
learn from coach [Brad] Stevens and
Isaiah Thomas and just everybody on
that roster.”
In Boston, Tatum will play alongside
one the league’s more dynamic point
guards in Thomas, who averaged 23.3
points and 6.7 assists.
But Tatum becomes an instant rival of
his friend and fellow Chaminade product
Bradley Beal, a guard with the Washington
Wizards, who in 2012 also was a No.
3 overall pick, but out of the University
of Florida.
A McDonald’s High School All-American
and the Gatorade National Player of
the Year, Tatum averaged 29.6 points and
9.1 rebounds during his senior season at
Chaminade.
“He’s a really skilled player, a really
talented scorer,” Stevens said in the news
conference after the selection. “He’s a
great kid, has great work ethic. We’re
excited to have him aboard.”
During his one collegiate season,
Tatum averaged 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds,
2.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per
game, all while leading the Blue Devils
to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
High school baseball
The Marquette Mustangs not only
score on the ball diamond, they knock it
out of the park in the classroom, too.
Marquette made the Missouri High
School Baseball Coaches Association’s
all-state academic team in Class 5 with a
3.41 grade point average. Five Marquette
players also were recognized as all-state
academic players.
“It is a tremendous accomplishment
and I am very proud of each player’s
effort to make that happen,” Marquette
coach John Meyer said. “As a team, we
had the seventh-best GPA in the state. If
you look at the list, there are many teams
that also ranked in the top 10 throughout
the season, which can’t be a coincidence.”
Making the list is not unusual for Marquette.
“Our varsity teams have maintained
a team GPA of at least 3.25 every year
since 2003, so this year makes it 15 in a
row,” Meyer said.
In addition to preaching and practicing
fundamentals on the ball field, Meyer
and his staff stress academics to the boys.
“We try to stress being well-rounded
because that makes you more able to get
a job,” Meyer said. “The parents get a lot
of credit, too, because this has to be carried
through at home. It is a primary part
of the end of season banquet, so young
players see the academic recognition and
guys on stage getting their pictures taken.
“Our school has so many resources for
student-athletes to take advantage of,
plus our Renaissance program promotes
academic improvement. It comes down
to personal habits. The right habits produce
the right results.”
The individual Mustangs who earned
all-state all-academic honors were
seniors Ben Kuehn, Mason Mitchell,
Nick Bulanda and Ryan Potthoff and
junior Sam Grace.
“I do grade checks three times per
semester for every player on the varsity,
so I see the consistency piece that
these young men bring to school every
day,” Meyer said. “They are very dedicated
students and also very driven. If
you would see their schedules, there are
many AP [advanced placement] courses
throughout the day. They want to be
challenged and are willing to put in the
work. They also have great study habits.”
It’s important to get good grades.
Meyer wants the community to know his
athletes are students, too.
“I hope our student-athletes see this
recognition as a school award, not just
as a baseball player, and it is a positive
reflection or our team’s culture,” Meyer
said. “I hope it is something our school
can be proud of.”
On the field, it was another good
season for the Mustangs.
Marquette finished 20-6 with Suburban
West Conference championship and district
titles. The season ended with a tough
loss in the sectional in eight innings to
Vianney, who reached the semifinals and
finished third at state.
“We had a very memorable season and
they were a resilient group,” Meyer said.
“They came within inches of winning that
sectional game and when you look back
at the scores of the quarterfinals, semis
and finals, there were a lot of one-run
games. We split a doubleheader with the
state runner-up [Fort Zumwalt West] in
early May as well. It shows how closely
matched everyone is and there is such a
fine line between good and great.”
Lafayette, under coach Scott DeNoyer,
also made the team list with a 3.15 GPA.
Parkway North’s Tyler Nord was the
only other West County athlete to earn
academic all-state recognition.
High school boys soccer
MICDS’ Vikas Mahohara scored two
goals to lead the North to a 5-2 victory
over the South in the 34th annual Missouri
Athletic Club’s North-South Senior
All-Star game at Soccer Park. The North
improved to 21-9-4 all-time with the win.
Mahohara, who was named the North
squad’s Most Valuable Player, will be
playing in college at Richmond University.
Rockwood Summit keeper Peter Baker,
who will play at Rockhurst University,
was awarded the Sam Copple Goalkeeper
of the Year award by the MAC.
High school girls soccer
The South scored a lopsided 6-0 win
over the North in the 33rd annual Missouri
Athletic Club North-South Senior
All-Star girls soccer game at the Soccer
Park.
Rockwood Summit’s Mackenzie Litzsinger
scored three goals and was named
the South’s Most Valuable Player.
MICDS goalkeeper and Carnegie
Mellon signee Carolyn Botz was chosen
as the MVP of the North squad.