SEE COLLEGE STARS OF TOMORROW IN ACTION

The Proviso West Holiday Tournament first advertised on its 1969 program "See the College Stars of Tomorrow in Action".  Through the years, that slogan heralded an all-star cast of players who made their first impact at the annual Christmas Classic before going on to play collegiate ball.  We have assembled a list of over 250 players that participated in the Proviso West Holiday Tournament and later went on to play at the Division I level in college.  Take a trip down memory lane, and see how many stars of the past you can remember.
 

Did we miss someone?  If you know of somebody who should be on the list CLICK HERE to send us an e-mail.  If they played in a previous
Proviso West Tournament game and played at least one minute of college ball at the NCAA Division I level, we want them on our list.

 
YEAR PLAYER HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
1961 Jim Vopicka Morton West Illinois
1962 Bill Koch Hinsdale Princeton
1963 Fred Lind Highland Park Duke
1963 Tom Kondla Riverside-Brookfield Minnesota
1964 Jim Smith Maine West Northern Illinois
1964 John Posen Morton East Duke
1964 Mike Green Proviso East Illinois State
1964 Ron Gwin Proviso East Drake
1964 Al Nuness Proviso East Minnesota
1964 Loren Pratt Proviso East Delaware
1965 Jim Bradoff East Leyden Northwestern
1965 Parker Wellington Hinsdale Central North Dakota
1966 Rick Howat Downers Grove North Illinois
1967 Wayne Grabiec Downers Grove North Michigan
1967 Bob Lackey Evanston Marquette
1967 Bob King Proviso West Dartmouth
1968 Jeff Dawson Downers Grove North Duke / Illinois
1968 Scott Keeve Lyons Township Eastern Illinois
1968 Rick Sund Elgin Northwestern
1968 Jim Brewer Proviso East Minnesota
1968 Chuck Rysz Riverside-Brookfield Drake
1968 Scott Keever York Northern Illinois
1968 Chris Schweer York Vanderbilt
1969 Bob Larson East Leyden North Carolina State
1969 Marcus Washington Lyons Township Marquette
1970 Owen Brown Lyons Township Maryland
1970 Dave Roberts Proviso East Illinois
1971 Kevin Hogan Joliet West Southern Illinois
1971 Larry Parker Joliet West Iowa
1971 Brad Warble Lyons Township Eastern Illinois
1971 Janis Ludeks Willowbrook Indiana State
1972 Jim O'Flaherty Downers Grove North Houston Baptist
1972 Jeff Wilkins Elgin Illinois State
1972 Lodell Burnett Proviso East Iowa State
1973 Terry Drake Elgin Iowa
1973 Larry Regowski Lyons Township Baylor
1973 Joe Ponsetto Proviso East DePaul
1973 Kevin Keever York Georgia Tech
1974 Derrick Mayes Elgin Illinois State
1974 Dave Carroll Lyons Township Minnesota
1974 Roderick Floyd Proviso East Loyola-Chicago
1974 Dave Sykora Proviso West Oklahoma City
1974 Kurt Schoenhoff Proviso West Colorado
1975 Neil Bresnahan Fenwick Illinois
1975 Levi Cobb Morgan Park Illinois
1975 Rob Judson Zion-Benton Illinois
1976 Tony Davis Argo Marquette
1976 Desmond Rouse Proviso East Illinois-Chicago
1976 Steve McCuiston Proviso West Northern Illinois
1977 Ike Person Barrington Michigan
1977 Brian Liston Fenwick Loyola-Chicago
1977 Ray Clark Saint Joseph Northern Illinois
1977 Mark Aguirre Westinghouse DePaul
1977 Norman Dillard Westinghouse DePaul
1978 John Tomlinson Barrington Dayton
1978 Kevin Conrad Benet Academy Dayton
1978 Mike Lang Benet Academy Penn State
1978 Mike Pijanowski Elgin Larkin Northern Iowa
1978 Joe Bresnahan Fenwick Creighton
1978 Leon Van Hook Morgan Park Drake
1978 Isiah Thomas Saint Joseph Indiana  
1978 Tyrone Brewer Saint Joseph Illinois State
1978 Bernard Randolph Westinghouse DePaul
1978 Michael Jenkins Westinghouse Northwestern
1979 Don Klusendorf Lyons Township Illinois
1979 Teddy Grubbs Martin Luther King DePaul
1979 Tom Franz New Trier West Davison
1979 Glenn Rivers Proviso East Marquette
1979 Larry Roby Westinghouse Bradley
1980 Jeff Hornacek Lyons Township Iowa State
1980 Lonzell Simmons Martin Luther King Iowa State
1980 Ken Williams Saint Joseph Robert Morris
1981 Jeff Condill Barrington Gonzaga
1981 Rich Stanfel Libertyville Ohio   
1981 Efrem Winters Martin Luther King Illinois
1981 Reggie Woodward Martin Luther King Illinois
1981 Andy Fischer New Trier Stanford
1981 Bernard Jackson Wendell Phillips Kansas State
1982 John Bajusz Benet Academy Cornell
1982 Elmer Robinson Lyons Township Iowa State
1982 Daryl Thomas Saint Joseph Indiana
1982 Tony Reeder Saint Joseph Marquette
1983 Romel Shorter Martin Luther King Cincinnati
1983 Hersey Hawkins Westinghouse Bradley
1983 Bobby Worthington Zion-Benton Michigan State
1984 Veltra Dawson Highland Park Villanova
1984 Laurent Crawford Martin Luther King Chicago State
1984 Levertis Robinson Martin Luther King Cincinnati
1984 Torrance Chapmon Proviso East Colorado
1984 Michael Ingram Proviso West Missouri / Iowa
1984 Robyn Davis Proviso West Missouri / Wyoming
1984 Tony Freeman Saint Joseph Indiana
1984 Ervin Small Simeon Illinois
1984 Tracy Dildy Martin Luther King Illinois-Chicago
1985 Porter Moser Benet Academy Creighton
1985 Michael New Collins New Mexico State
1985 Rod Parker Proviso West Tulsa
1985 Billy Stanback Saint Joseph Western Michigan
1985 Sterling Mahan Saint Joseph Southern Illinois
1985 Emanuel Cross Westinghouse Ball State
1986 Randy Brown Collins New Mexico State
1986 Walter Bond Collins Minnesota
1986 Kit Mueller Downers Grove South Princeton
1986 Jamie Brandon Martin Luther King Louisiana State
1986 Johnny Selvie Martin Luther King New Mexico State
1986 Marcus Liberty Martin Luther King Illinois
1986 Pat Kennedy Proviso West Illinois
1986 Brian Molis Saint Joseph Loyola - Chicago
1986 Clifford Scales Saint Joseph Nebraska
1986 Reggie Burcy Proviso West Chicago State
1987 Antione Davison Chicago Vocational Nevada-Las Vegas
1987 Cedric McCullough Proviso East Northern Iowa
1987 Carl Hayes Saint Joseph Nebraska
1987 Chuckie Murphy Saint Joseph DePaul
1987 Quitman Dillard Westinghouse Saint Louis
1988 Grant Moehring Rockford Boylan Loyola-Chicago
1988 Deryl Cunningham Saint Joseph Kansas State
1989 Brandon Cole Bloom DePaul
1989 Vernell Brent Chicago Vocational Loyola-Chicago
1989 Kenny Williams Lyons Township Illinois-Chicago
1989 Dave Broz Proviso West Ball State
1989 Marty Clark Saint Joseph Duke
1989 Kerman Ali South Shore Loyola-Chicago
1989 Townsend Orr Thornridge Minnesota
1989 Marlo Finner Wendell Phillips Missouri / Texas El Paso
1990 Juwan Howard Chicago Vocational Michigan
1990 Donnie Boyce Proviso East Colorado
1990 Michael Finley Proviso East Wisconsin
1990 Sherrell Ford Proviso East Illinois-Chicago
1990 Charles Owens Proviso West Western Illinois
1990 Amal McCaskill Saint Joseph Marquette
1990 William Gates Saint Joseph Marquette
1991 Sheldon Jones Proviso West Texas - San Antonio
1991 Derek Molis Saint Joseph Northern Illinois
1991 Gerald Eaker Saint Joseph Kansas State
1991 Jerry Gee Saint Martin De Porres Illinois
1991 Thaddeus Wordlaw Saint Joseph Texas - San Antonio
1991 Jamal Robinson Saint Joseph/Proviso East Northern Illinois
1992 Anthony Knox Proviso West Houston  
1992 Roy Shannon Proviso West Chicago State
1992 Kiwane Garris Westinghouse Illinois  
1992 Kory Billups Westinghouse Chicago State
1993 Cory Little Saint Joseph Illinois-Chicago
1993 Rodney Horton Saint Joseph Dayton
1993 Tyjuan Finley Westinghouse Northern Iowa
1993 Damion Dantzler Westinghouse    Louisville
1993 Mark Miller Westinghouse    Illinois-Chicago
1993 Michael Hermon Westinghouse / King Indiana
1994 Udoiwod Udoiwod Evanston Illinois
1994 Dennis Carroll Lyons Township Notre Dame
1995 Mason Rocca Evanston Princeton
1995 Aba Koita New Trier Bradley
1995 Awvee Storey Proviso West Arizona State
1995 Joel Bullock South Shore Illinois-Chicago
1995 Paul McPherson South Shore DePaul
1995 Jermaine Ellis Proviso West Saint Bonaventure
1996 Ryan Hogan Deerfield Kentucky / Iowa
1996 Mark Treadwell Fenwick / Westinghouse Rhode Island
1997 Michael Wright Farragut Arizona  
1997 Brucal Green Proviso West Texas-Pan American
1997 Chris Williams Fenwick Ball State
1997 Corey Maggette Fenwick Duke
1997 Steven Hunter Proviso East DePaul
1997 Jermaine Brown Proviso West Bradley
1997 Marlon London Saint Joseph Kansas  
1997 Andre Wiggins Westinghouse Chicago State
1998 Reo Logan Hillcrest Miami-Flordia / Georgia State
1998 Emanuel Dildy Martin Luther King New Mexico State / Eastern Illinois
1998 Imari Sawyer Martin Luther King DePaul
1998 Perry Smith Proviso East Illinois State
1998 Brandon Watkins Saint Joseph Penn State
1998 Dennis Trammell Westinghouse New Mexico State / Ball State
1999 Odartey Blankson Hillcrest Nevada-Las Vegas
1999 T.J. Cummings Homewood-Flossmoor UCLA
1999 Tom Skahill Lyons Township Idaho State
1999 Todd Townsend New Trier Marquette
1999 Matt Lottich New Trier    Stanford
1999 Levar Seals Providence Saint Mel DePaul
1999 Jabari Mattox Saint Joseph Bowling Green
1999 Martell Bailey Westinghouse Illinois-Chicago
1999 Cedrick Banks Westinghouse   Illinois-Chicago
2000 Anthony Lenoir Evanston Western Illinois
2000 Marcetteaus McGee Farragut Illinois-Chicago
2000 Luther Head Manley Illinois
2000 Dee Brown Proviso East Illinois
2000 Ron Howard Whitney Young Marquette  / Valporaiso
2001 Elliott Poole Farragut Illinois-Chicago
2001 Cortez Forte Lyons Township Eastern Illinois
2001 Jimmy Maley Lyons Township Northwestern
2001 Justin Cerasoli Providence Saint Mel Seton Hall / Mississippi / Loyola
2001 Stan Gaines Providence Saint Mel Minnesota / Seton Hall
2001 Ronnie Carlwell Proviso East Illinois State
2001 Craig Reichel Schaumburg Northern Illinois
2001 Tony Young Schaumburg Southern Illinois
2001 Marcus White Whitney Young Connecticut
2002 Mike McKinney Evanston Northern Illinois
2002 Chris Singletary Farragut Kent State
2002 Ollie Bailey Farragut Rutgers
2002 Jason Okrzesik Fenwick Rice / Northwestern
2002 Charles Richardson Proviso East Nebraska
2002 Shannon Brown Proviso East Michigan State
2002 Joe Ballard Proviso West Florida A & M
2002 Andre Knox Whitney Young Loyola-Chicago
2002 Anthony Harris Whitney Young Miami-Florida
2002 Dwayne Curtis Whitney Young Mississippi
2003 Gordon Watt Evanston Boston College / Purdue / Houston Baptist
2003 Vincent Humphrey Fenwick Valporaiso
2003 Cyrus Tate Homewood-Flossmoor Iowa
2003 Zach Pancratz Schaumburg Northern Illinois
2003 Sterling Williams Whitney Young Northwestern
2004 Jerel McNeal Hillcrest Marquette
2004 Maurice Acker Hillcrest Ball State / Marquette
2004 DJ Posley Homewood-Flossmoor California-Santa Barbara
2004 Julian Wright Homewood-Flossmoor Kansas  
2004 Brandon Ewing Julian Wyoming
2004 Marcus Green Leyden Purdue
2004 Phillip Perry Proviso East Wisconsin
2004 Tony Freeman Saint Joseph Iowa
2004 Ron White Saint Joseph Saint Mary's
2005 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North Duke
2005 Matt Shamis Glenbrook North Lehigh
2005 Andre Walker Homewood-Flossmoor Vanderbilt
2005 Jeremiah Kelly Julian DePaul
2005 Mac Koshwal Julian DePaul
2005 D.J. Richardson Peoria Central Illinois
2005 Brian Carlwell Proviso East Illinois / San Diego State
2005 Jonathan Peoples Saint Joseph Notre Dame
2006 Kellen Thornton Hillcrest Illinois State
2006 Jacob Pullen Proviso East Kansas State
2006 Demetri McCamey Saint Joseph Illinois
2006 Evan Turner Saint Joseph Ohio State
2006 Garrett Lefflemen Saint Joseph Brown
2006 Sam Maniscalco Saint Patrick Bradley
2006 Demond Watt T.F. North Texas A&M-CC
2007 Kevin Dillard Homewood-Flossmoor Southern Illinois
2007 Ryan Hare Marshall Southern Illinois
2007 Peter Boehm New Trier Harvard
2007 Mike DiNunno Von Steuben Northern Illinois
2007 A.J. Rompza Whitney Young Central Florida
2008 Joe Belcaster Morton DePaul
2008 Tyler Sugiyama New Trier Southern California
2008 Robert Covington Proviso West Tennessee State
2008 Louis Green Saint Joseph Illinois-Chicago
2008 Nate Rogers Saint Joseph DePaul
2008 Chris Colvin Whitney Young Iowa State
2008 Marcus Jordan Whitney Young Central Florida
2008 Lenzelle Smith Zion-Benton Ohio State
2008 Tyler Ponticelli Glenbrook North Brown
2008 Kyle Cain T.F. North Arizona State
2008 Anthony Johnson Whitney Young Purdue
2008 Sam Thompson Whitney Young Ohio State
2008 Joe Belcaster Morton DePaul
2009 Lavonte Dority Foreman South Florida
2009 Mike McCall Foreman Saint Louis
2009 Alex Dragicevich Glenbrook North Notre Dame
2009 Eric Gaines Hillcrest Kent State
2009 Wayne Simon Saint Joseph American 
2009 Ahmad Starks Whitney Young Oregon
2009 Fred Heldring New Trier William & Mary
2009 Mike McCall Foreman Saint Louis
2010 Dave Sobolewski Benet Academy Northwestern
2010 Frank Kaminksy Benet Academy Wisconsin

 

      
 

Got any additions or corrections?  If you know of somebody who should be on the list CLICK HERE to send us an e-mail.  If they played in a previous Proviso West Holiday Tournament game and played at least one minute of college ball at the NCAA Division I level,
we want them on our list.

 

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