Any Kids You Officiated Made It Big?

[RefsNCoaches]

About that time for the season to tip off...I have a friend who is starting his SR year at the University of Michigan and plays for their basketball team...been friends with their family for close to 16 years.

That got me to thinking about how fast time goes and I remember officiating him in AAU as a youngster and he's on the brink of potentially getting his named called in next June's NBA Draft.

Who are some of the "kids" you officiated (HS or AAU) over the years that have been able to make a household name for themselves through the game of hoops.

For me it would be:

Zak Irvin - U of M (Super nice kid from a great family)
Yogi Ferrell - IU (nice kid and was clearly the best player on the floor when I had his AAU teams prior to HS)
Collin Hartman - IU (nice kid)
Julius Randle - UK and LA Lakers (one of the nicest AAU kids I every had the chance to have at length conversation with).
Gary Harris - MSU and Denver Nuggets (nice guy)
Greg Oden - OSU and NBA (my first AAU tourney he was 8th grader at time)
Mike Conley - OSU and Memphis Grizz (my very first AAU tourney he was 8th grader at time...man that kid was QUICK!)
Tayah Reimer - Notre Dame and MSU Women's team

I'm sure there are more...It just kind of got me thinking how time flies as I'm headed into my 18th year of calling games and coaching kids and every year I wonder who I'll see that will one day be a regular household name during the NCAA or NBA season...