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Coach Stu Vetter's programs have produced eight McDonalds All Americans, Olympians, International superstars and even eight NBA players. He prides himself on preparing kids for the challenges that lie ahead (both on and off the court) through discipline and hard work.  Below you will find a list of some of his players:

McDonalds All Americans ▼

Year Name High School College
2006 Kevin Durant Montrose Texas
1999 Damien Wilkins St. John's Prospect Hall NC State/ Georgia
1998 Jason Capel St. John's Prospect Hall U North Carolina
1996 Nate James St. John's Prospect Hall Duke
1992 Serge Zwikker Harker Prep U North Carolina
1989 Aaron Bain Flint Hill Villanova
1989 George Lynch Flint Hill U North Carolina
1987 Dennis Scott * Flint Hill Georgia Tech

Olympians ▼

NAME HOMELAND GRAD DATE
Kevin Durant USA 2006
Greivis Vasquez Venezuela 2006
KJ Matsui Japan 2005
Linas Kleiza Lithuania 2003

NBA Players ▼

CURRENT NBA PLAYERS      
NAME DATE SCHOOL COLLEGE --> NBA
Kevin Durant 2006 Montrose Texas --> Oklahoma City Thunder
Greivis Vasquez 2006 Montrose Maryland --> Memphis Grizzlies
Linas Kleiza 2003 Montrose Missouri --> Denver Nuggets --> Toronto Raptors
Damien Wilkins 1998 St. John's P.H. Georgia --> Atlanta Hawks
       
PRIOR NBA PLAYERS      
NAME DATE SCHOOL COLLEGE --> NBA
Serge Zwikker 1992 Harker Prep UNC --> Houston Rockets
Randolph Childress 1990 Flint Hill Wake Forest --> Portland Trailblazers
George Lynch 1989 Flint Hill UNC --> New Orleans Hornets
Dennis Scott 1987 Flint Hill Georgia Tech --> Orlando Magic

Played / Playing Professionally In Europe ▼

NAME DATE HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
Adrian Bowie 2007 Montrose Maryland
Taishi Ito 2006 Montrose Portland
KJ Matsui 2005 Montrose Columbia
Churchill Odia 2004 Montrose Xavier/Oregon
Nick George 2003 Montrose VCU
Tony Bethel 2001 Montrose Georgetown/NC State
Ali Berdiel 2000 Montrose Valparaiso
Jason Conley 1999 Montrose VMI/Missouri
Jason Capel 1998 Prospect Hall U North Carolina
Jon Larranaga 1998 Prospect Hall George Mason
Anxton Iturbe 1997 Prospect Hall GWU
Nate James 1996 Prospect Hall Duke
Mohamed Woni 1996 Prospect Hall Clemson
Tony Christie 1995 Prospect Hall Clemson
Andrius Jurkunas 1995 Prospect Hall Clemson
Cheich YaYa Dia 1993 Prospect Hall Georgetown
Leslie Hughes 1987 Flint Hill Longwood

International Players ▼

Grad Year Name Homeland H.S./POST H.S.
2014 Therence Mayimba Gabon, Africa Montrose - Class of '14
2014 Kevin Zabo Canada Montrose - Class of '14
2012 Michael Carrera Venezuela Montrose - Class of '12
2012 Kevin Larsen Denmark Montrose - Class of '12
2012 Yuki Togashi Japan Montrose - Class of '12
2011 Carmelo Betancourt Puerto Rico Akron
2009 Mouphtaou Yarou Benin, Africa Villanova
2008 Temi Adebayo Nigeria St. Joe's/U Philadelphia
2007 Shane Walker England Loyola-Baltimore
2006 Greivis Vasquez Venezuela Maryland/Memphis Grizzlies
2006 Taishi Ito Japan Portland
2005 Uche Echefu Nigeria Florida State
2005 KJ Matsui Japan Columbia
2004 Churchill Odia Nigeria Xavier/Oregon
2004 Tunji Soroye Nigeria Virginia
2004 Arvydas Lidzius Lithuania St. Joe's
2003 Linas Kleiza Lithuania Missouri/Toronto Raptors
2003 Manuel Cruz Spain College in Spain
2002 Nick George England VCU
2000 Mohamed Diakite Mali, Africa St. John's
2000 Ali Berdiel Puerto Rico Valparaiso
1997 Antxon Iturbe Spain GWU
1996 Raul DePablo Spain Towson State
1996 Mohamed Woni Ivory Coast Clemson
1995 Andrius Jurkunas Lithuania Clemson
1993 Cheich YaYa Dia Mali, Africa Georgetown
1992 Serge Zwikker TheNetherlands North Carolina/Houston Rockets

Division 1 Players ▼

Player (Year) School Player (Year) School
Mike Pepper (77) UNC Damien Wilkins (98) NC State/Georgia
Richie Cooper (79) William & Mary Ronnie Thompson (98) Georgetown
Carlos Yates (81) George Mason Jon Larranaga (98) George Mason
Eric Banks (82) Sienna Mike Smith (98) UNC-Asheville
Gerald Jackson (83) George Washington Jason Conley (99) VMI/Missouri
David Adkins (83) Radford Derrick Breland (00) Boston U/Fordham
Darrick Simms (84) UVA Ali Berdiel (00) Valparaiso
Gus Hill (85) ECU Mohamed Diakite (00) St. Johns
Al Clark (85) ECU Marvin Lewis (00) Georgia Tech
Sam Jefferson (86) Georgetown Rob Monroe (00) Quinnipiac
Brian Domalik (86) Georgia Tech Tony Bethel (01) Georgetown/NC St.
Ron Davenport (87) American Drew Hall (01) Georgetown/C of C
Dennis Scott (87) Georgia Tech Levi Watkins (01) NC State
Reggie Chambers (88) Marist Troy Hailey (02) Binghamton
Odell McCants (88) VCU Joe Young (03) Holy Cross
Brandon Adams (88) Miami Rich Baker (03) Hartford
George Lynch (89) UNC Fred Robinson (03) VMI
Aaron Bain (89) Villanova Linas Klieza (03) Missouri
Bobby Graves (90) UVA Arvydas Lidzius (03) St. Joseph's
Marlon Williams (90) Wingate Tom Hammonds (04) ECU
Randolph Childress (90) Wake Forest Churchill Odia (04) Xavier
Sidney Shelton (91) St. Bonaventure Antwan Hardy (04) Stony Brook
Exree Hipp (92) Maryland Jeff Pack (04) George Washington
Paul Keller (92) Appalachian St. Tunji Soroye (04) UVA
Derrick Dunlap (92) Central Conn. Uche Echefu (04) FL. State
Jeremy Dean (92) William & Mary Ben Thomas (05) JMU
Serge Zwikker (92) UNC Troy Brewer (05) Georgia/American
Matt Harrington (93) Bucknell KJ Matsui (05) Columbia
Kevin Sutton (93) JMU Taishi Ito (06) Univ. Portland
Tim Basham (93) ECU Shane Walker (07) Loyola (MD)
Cheich Dia (93) Georgetown Temi Adebayo (08) St. Joe's
Cameron Dollar (93) UCLA Douglas Browman (09) Virginia
Kevin Ward (93) George Mason Isaiah Armwood (09) Villanova
Andrius Jurkunas (95) Clemson Mouphtaou Yarou (09) Villanova
Tony Christie (95) Clemson Dominic Milburn (09) Bowie St/Salisbury St
Ryan Sturgill (95) USNA Dadrian Collins (09) Howard
Mike Matthews (95) UNC-Ashville Micah Fraction (09) Ashland Univ.
Rico Hines (96) UCLA Josh Hairston (10) Duke
Mohamed Woni (96) Clemson Carmelo Bentacourt (11) Akron
Nate James (96) Duke Tyler Hubbard (11) Loyola (MD)
Jason Harris (97) Fordham Tyrone Johnson (11) Villanova
Antxon Iturbe (97) George Washington    
Jason Capel (98) UNC    
       
       

"Coach Vetter and his staff do an outstanding job teaching student-athletes the value of discipline, hard work, commitment and loyalty. "Coach Vetter and his staff do an outstanding job teaching student-athletes the value of discipline, hard work, commitment and loyalty."

- Coach Rick Barnes
- University of TX


"In Vetter's program, kids are prepared for college as well as any other program in the country. They learn responsibility, discipline; and they identify with team goals. And the discipline is not just on the court but off it as well. His kids are not just good players, but gentlemen."

- Coach Mike Krzyzewski
- Duke University & US Olympic Coach


"I loved to play top teams. One of the reasons I came to Montrose is because I know Coach Vetter likes to play great teams every year."

- Kevin Durant
- Oklahoma Thunder
 

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