These are, in my humble and completely subjective opinion, the top 100 players I've seen this season in the California Community Colleges, plus 3 more I had to add during the playoffs. They are listed alphabetically, and though I've listed their position I compiled the list without regard to position. In those rare cases in which the player has already committed to a 4-year school (and I've heard about it), I've noted that as well.
Player-Position-School:
Ryan Abrahams - SG - LA Valley - Hawaii - Hilo
Calvin Afualo - SG - Chaffey - Cal Baptist
*Geovanny Aispuro - PG - Cerritos - CS Dominguez Hills
DeShawn Anderson - SG - Fresno
*Mike Atkinson - SF - Moorpark - Mo. Valley
Jason Billie - SG - West Valley - Notre Dame de Namur
*Randy Bland - PF - Cuyamaca
*Jerel Blassingame - PG - LA City - UNLV
Richard Bluette - PG - Santa Monica
Anthony Bolton - G - Palomar - CS Fullerton
Jesse Boyd - C - LA Harbor
Walter Bratton - PG - Citrus
Clyde Brown - G - Mt. San Jacinto
Mark Brown - PG - Saddleback - Utah State
Will Brown - SF/SG - Oxnard - Texas A&M Kingsville
*Eric Butler - PG - Compton
Chris Castillo - PG - Sequoias
*John Clemmons - PG - El Camino
*E.J. Costello - SG - Chabot - Albertson Coll
*Dennis Coutee - SF - Riverside - S. Indiana
*Marques Crane - SF - Saddleback - Utah State
Mario Davis - PF/C - Desert - MO Western
*Matt Dickenson - C/PF - Oxnard
David Doubley - PG - Skyline - Pacific
*Vince Fowler - SF - San Francisco - Northern Colorado
*Tremaine Fuqua - PF/C - Skyline - Oklahoma State
Justice Graham - SG/SF - LA City - Cal State Northridge
*Kameron Gray - PG - Chabot - Cal Poly SLO
Bron Groomes - PF/C - San Bernardino Valley - Cal State Fullerton
Torrey Harper - PF - Bakersfield
*Prentice Harris - SF/SG - Chaffey - Northwest Nazarene
Justin Hassell - F - San Francisco - Montana-Billings
Jamal Hill - SF - San Jose - Arizona State
Gary Holmes - SF - San Bernardino Valley - Cal Baptist (was CS-Fullerton)
*Nicolai Iversen - PF - San Jose - (playing professionally in Europe)
Jonathan James - PF - Cosumnes River
Bobby Johnson - PF - San Joaquin Delta
*Willie Johnson - SF - Fresno** - Nevada
*Chuck Jones - PF - Pasadena** - Kansas
Donald Jones - PF - Long Beach
Zack Jones - PG - San Diego City - UC Riverside
*Myron Jordan - SF/SG - Alameda - Waldorf (IA)
Robert Kately - F - Skyline
*Tony Key - C - LA City - Mountain State (WV)
*Danny Lambert - PF - Irvine Valley - CS-Fullerton
Gary Lenoir - PG - Compton
*Rashien Little - PG - Ventura - Montevallo
Abe Lorenzana - G - Cypress - CS Bakersfield
D.Jay Lucas - SF - Cypress
Harry Lum - SF - Compton
Derrick Mansell - SG - Irvine Valley - Montana
*Jeremiah Massey - PF - Oxnard - Kansas State
Brandun Mates - PF - Antelope Valley - Univ of Mary
*Michael McFadden - SG - San Jose - San Jose State
Nabil Mebarki - SF - Imperial Valley
*Sidney Melvin - SF - Antelope Valley - Northeastern State (OK)
James Moore - PG - Redwoods
Maurice Moore - PG - Fresno - San Jose State
*Steve Moore - F - Santa Ana - E. Oklahoma JC / Arizona State
*Matt Nelsen - SG - Canyons - New Mexico - Highlands
Les Norman - SG - Long Beach - Coppin State
Jonathan Oliver - C - Ventura - Southern California
Malcolm Overton - SF - LA Southwest - SW Oklahoma
*Sheldon Pace - PG - Chaffey - Southwest Baptist
James Perkins - SF - Cerritos - CS San Bernardino
Fabian Pinnock - C - Sequoias
Marquis Poole - combo G - Mt. San Antonio - Idaho State
*Marcus Price - SF - Redwoods - Notre Dame de Namur
Brian Pruitt - PF - El Camino - CS-Fullerton
Martin Rajniak - C - Cuesta - CS Bakersfield
Marquis Revels - SF - Mt. San Jacinto - Alaska-Fairbanks
*David Romero - SF - Allan Hancock
Danny Rosales - C - East Los Angeles - Azusa Pacific
Ronald Roundtree - C - Riverside - Southern Indiana
*Bilal Russell - PF - Fresno
*Steve Scoggin - PG - Irvine Valley
*Anthony Shavies - G - Chabot - Southwest Missouri State
*Jamaal Smith - PF/C - Mt. San Antonio - Mary Univ
Derrick Tarver - SG - San Francisco - Akron
Mitchell Tarver - PF - West Valley
Darnell Thompson - PG - Riverside - Long Beach State
*Jeremiah Thompson - C - West Los Angeles
*Israel Torres - C - Modesto
*Dallas Townsend - PF - Moorpark
Joe Travis - PF - Fullerton - Georgia State
*Mark Treadwell - PF - LA Trade Tech - Indiana (PA)
Kevin Turner - SF - Fullerton - Texas A & M
*Cody Victor - PG - Bakersfield
*Blake Walker - PF - San Bernardino Valley - Portland State
Jordan Walker - PF - LA Valley - Angelo State (TX)
Marc Walters - PF/C - Glendale - SW Oklahoma
Eric Walton - F - Ventura - San Jose State
Keith West - SG - Ventura - San Jose State
*Matt White - PF - LA Southwest
Neverson White - SF - LA Valley - Tarleton State (TX)
Brandon Williams - SG - Santa Monica - Jacksonville
*Montreal Willingham - SG - Victor Valley
DaJuan Wilson - SG - Cerritos
*Kharey Wood - PG - Porterville
Murat Yildiz - PG - Canyons - UC San Diego
Late Additions:
*Will Wynn, PG, Santa Barbara and Three More from Grossmont: Steve Clark, SF (CS Northridge); Michael Scharf, PG; Sylvester Crockem, SG. (I added them after my original list was completed near the end of the regular season.)
Might Have Been: *Chris Adams, C, CCSF - Fresno State; Jason Chivers, C, LA Trade Tech - Seattle Pacific; *David Warsaw, SG, El Camino - CS-Fullerton; *Marcus Johnson, SF, Canyons.
(Adams apparently left the team late in the regular season. Johnson and Warsaw were injured early in the season. Chivers was injured just before the new year; he is now headed to Seattle Pacific).
Bold: The All-State Top 5 (one at each position).
*Freshman
**Wille Johnson (Fresno) and Chuck Jones (Pasadena) are also highly-regarded football players and that may be where their futures lie.
Including the late additions, the defection and the injuries, 54 schools are represented. Fresno and Ventura placed the most players on the list, with 4 each.
Going by PRIMARY position, there are 23 point guards, 22 shooting guards, 24 small forwards, 24 power forwards and 15 centers.
By class, 62 are sophomores while 46 are freshmen.
I've gone primarily by how impressive I felt these players were when I saw them, but I've also taken note of other reports and stats. If there's what seems to be a glaring omission, it may be because I didn't see that team this season. Or perhaps that player didn't play in the game I saw. And in one case (and I won't say who it is) it's because while that player is considered an excellent prospect and has been very productive at times this season, he didn't do much when I saw him so it's hard for me to put him ahead of other deserving candidates on this list.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all the top players in California. It is intended to be a list of players who have stood out, and I hope they all get the opportunity to continue their careers at the 4-year level. So...if you're looking for some good players, this list is, I believe, a good place to start.
