Leonard Washington

There is a story going around about, Leonard Washington, the 2007 recruit that Kentucky is now going after since he opened back up his recruitment, which says that he quit during his state championship game after the third quarter while they were down by eight. Pretty amazing article. I would like to know what Billy Gillispie has to say about this. Here is what the sports blog "TV Timeout" http://wkyt.mis.net/sportsblog/?p=235#more-235 reported about it.

There’s quite a bit of chatter on the boards about Lake Charles, La. big man Leonard Washington. Washington, who goes 6-foot-6, 225 lbs., reportedly visited UK last week. Leonard lists the Cats, along with LSU and Ole Miss, as the schools he’s most interested in.

Rumors had Washington making some type of announcement Friday afternoon, but when 27 SportsFirst called outlets in the Lake Charles area, we were surprised by what we heard.

A couple of the television stations that cover that market told us they hadn’t heard any news about Washington, mainly because he doesn’t speak to the media. The big man seems to be an enigma in that area. We were told Washington’s coach isn’t involved with the player anymore, mainly because of several incidents that happened during last season.

Washington played for Washington-Marion High in Lake Charles and helped lead his team to the Louisiana 4-A state championship game. Trailing by eight after three quarters, I’m told Washington refused to go back into the title game. His Washington-Marion team lost and many in the area haven’t forgiven Washington for his actions.

Jordan Sandler, sports anchor at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, says Washington plays tough, given his size and strength.

But Sandler expressed concern that Washington commited to Southern Cal weeks ago, but might be an academic casualtly. Sandler said he asked the Washington-Marion athletics director about it, but was told no one from the school has had contact with the player.

You can draw your own conclusions.