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Greg Clark

Class: Senior Hometown: San Diego, Calif. High School: Grossmont HS/Long Beach State

Height / Weight: 6-7 / 225 Position: Forward Birthdate: 02/19/1978 Experience: 2V

University of Washington
One-year letterman ... Played in every game over the past two seasons for the Huskies, a span of 59 consecutive games ... Athletic forward who played the last two seasons after sitting out the 1997-98 campaign as a red-shirt transfer from Long Beach State ... Brother, Tony Clark, stars at first base for the Detroit Tigers ... Father, Art Clark, played basketball, football and baseball at Bethel College in Kansas.

1999-2000 (Junior)--Played all 30 games ... Drew four starting assignments, three of them against Pac-10 opponents ... Amassed 12 points, three rebounds, and two assists in an overtime win against cross-state rival Washington State (Feb. 2) ... Distributed four assists against Xavier (Nov. 27).

1998-99 (Sophomore)-- Played in all 28 games, including a stretch of eight mid-season starts ... Scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a Husky victory at Hawai'i-Hilo (Nov. 27) ... Led the Huskies to a 70-61 upset of then 11th-ranked New Mexico, tallying season highs for minutes (38), assists (four) and steals (three). Held New Mexico's Lamont Long, who was averaging 24.1 ppg coming into the game, scoreless in 40 minutes.

1997-98 (Red-Shirt)-- Practiced with the team, but did not participate in games due to NCAA transfer regulations.

Long Beach State University
1996-97 (Freshman) -- Signed under Coach Seth Greenberg who left prior to the season to coach at South Florida ... Greenberg was replaced by Wayne Morgan who led the 49ers to a 13-14 record ... Sustained a dislocated left shoulder in practice during November and did not play in any regular-season games ... Was scheduled to return to action on Dec. 10 against George Mason, but reinjured the shoulder, sidelining him for the season ... Played in two exhibition games ... Scored four points and grabbed two rebounds against the Converse All-Stars on Nov. 12 ... Tallied two points and three rebounds versus Global Sports on Nov. 19.

Grossmont High School
Highly-recruited prepster who ranked No. 5 on the 1995-96 Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West poll of coaches ... Capped his high school career in 1996 as a prep All-American, first-team all-state selection and league MVP ... Lettered four seasons, finishing as the fifth all-time leading scorer in San Diego area history ... Helped lead the Foothillers to four straight Grossmont League titles under head coach John Bobot ... A third-team all-state pick and Grossmont League MVP as a junior ... Also lettered one year in volleyball (1996), helping Grossmont to an undefeated league championship and a second-place CIF finish ... Earned second-team all-league honors in volleyball.

Coach Bender on Clark "Greg is a player who deserved to be in the starting lineup more last year, based on what he was doing for us from practice to games. That will be the opportunity he has this year. Consistency is certainly where we look for him to step up as a senior. He's given us glimpses in the past and now the opportunity is there for him to do it every night. His role doesn't change of the defensive end; we're going to assign him to the opponent's top scorers on the perimeter. Offensively we'll try to keep things more simple and he'll always be a perimeter player. The first few games, from the exhibition games on, he's a guy that needs to gain confidence and build upon it."

Clark's Washington Statistics

YEAR GP/GS  FG-A  PCT 3PT-A  PCT  FT-A  PCT REB-AVG PTS-AVG AST TO BLK ST MIN
1999  29/8 28-81 .346  9-29 .310 27-61 .443  77-2.7  92-3.2  40 36   5 22 541
2000  30/4 31-83 .373 11-37 .297 25-36 .694  45-1.5  98-3.3  36 36   7 17 488
Total 59/1259-164.360 20-66 .303 52-97 .536 122-2.1 190-3.2  76 72  12 391029