Welcome to the home of the 2007
Washington Girl's Basketball State Champions! Auburn Riverside Women's Basketball won it's first ever state championship
last season. Heading into the season, AR was the pre-season favorite to win back to back titles. There were
several teams who were in contention for the title, including Lakes, Kennedy, Issaquah, Seattle Prep, Meadowdale and West
Valley. All teams who played in the state tournament last season.
Katie Grad and Stephanie Egwuatu, the two
D-1 signees, led 5 seniors, 1 junior, 3 sophomores, and 1 freshman into the 2007-2008 season. Non-league games
tested the pre-season nationally ranked Ravens (# 21 ESPN). They attended the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix,
Arizona going just 1-3, losing to the #1 team in the nation at the time Notre Dame Academy (finished #2 in the nation). Come
Christmas Riverside hosted their own Invitational winning the championship. Both tournaments were competitive
and lots of fun.
By the time mid-February hit, the Ravens had "hat-tricked" the league championship,
winning their third consecutive league title. They went on to win back to back West Central District Titles beating
#3 ranked Kennedy for the second time. The state draw was no kind to the Ravens for the second consecutive year.
They opened up with Bainbridge, then faced either #2 Lakes or #4 Meadowdale. In the quarterfinals, it was #1 Riverside
vs #2 Lakes. Riverside cruised past the hard-fought Lakes. West Valley of Yakima reached the semi-finals last
year and lost to Chief Sealth. This year they would face Riverside. The 2007 Champions got past West Valley by
holding them to 5 points the entire second half. It was the 3rd time playing #3 ranked Kennedy, this time for the state
championship. Led by Stephanie Egwuatu and Mercedes Wetmore, Katie Grad and the Class of 2008 went out with their second
straight state championship. Final Score: Auburn Riverside 48 Kennedy 40.
We want to thank all of the people
who have contributed to our success. We hope our website will give you great insight to our teams, players, coaches,
scheduling, tournaments, alumni, and our great sponsors and donors. It is our hope to see you at our any of the summer
events we will be playing in.
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| Gina Hagerty-Class of 2008 |
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Katie Grad became the third straight McDonalds All-American Nominee for Auburn Riverside.
The 5'8 senior guard who has committed to Washington State follows in line with Julie Futch (Oregon State) and Stephanie
Wilber (Arizona State). Katie has proved that hard work can get you where you want to go in life. Congratulations
to Katie and her parents for this great nomination!
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| 2008 McDonalds All-American Nominee |
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BIG NEWS: Ireti Amojo just completed a trip to Washington State University on an unofficial
visit. Coach June Daugherty and staff met with Amojo Sunday and watched the mens selection at Boller Gym. Katie
Grad, her mom Lori, and her grandparents, all were along for the ride. It was today, Monday, March 17, 2008 that Ireti
Amojo committed to be a Washington State Cougar and play alongside her sister, Katie.
We could not be any
happier for Ireti. The most important thing for Ireti is being happy and knowing she is going to be playing with Katie
in college. WSU seemed to be the perfect fit for Amojo. Her mother back in Germany felt that WSU was the place
for her daughter as she could tell how excited Ireti would get thinking about it. Ireti had considered Washington, Oregon
State, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah.
Congratulations to Ireti Amojo and the Washington State Cougars.
There is no question that WSU is making a charge with the kids they have signed. We are excited for Katie and Ireti
to be a part of that building process. Ireti makes it the 4th straight year the Riverside Ravens have produced a PAC
10 player. Julie Futch ('06 OSU), Stephanie Wilber ('07 ASU), Katie Grad ('08 WSU), and now Ireti Amojo
('09 WSU). It is the 5th Division 1 player from the program (Stephanie Egwuatu '08 Portland State University).
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| Ireti Amojo Committed to WSU |
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