(pronounced El-lease)

In first year as student assistant at Western ... Completing degree in sociology ... Lettered three seasons for Vikings before knee injury ended career ... McDonald's All-America nominee as senior at Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska ... As junior was second-team Class 4A all-State choice, helping Mustangs to 22-3 record and state championship, averaging 14.6 points, 4.5 assists and 3.0 steals ... Third-team all-state and first-team all-region as sophomore on team that placed third at state ... 23 years old.