For some odd reason, I was reading the Chantilly Times today (don't ask), and they have a list of eight professional baseball players who went to school locally.

C Chris Widger
Chicago White Sox
George Mason University

P Javier Lopez
Chicago White Sox AAA
Robinson Secondary

OF Brian Buchanan
Cincinnati Reds AAA
Fairfax High

C Brandon Snyder
Baltimore Orioles A
Westfield High

P Jay Sborz
Detroit Tigers A
Langley High

P Matt Avery
Chicago Cubs A
Landon Prep

OF Matt Cooksey
Toronto Blue Jays A
George Mason University

1B Chris Looze
Toronto Blue Jays R
George Mason University

P Shawn Camp
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Robinson Secondary

And San Diego Chargers defensive back Bhawoh Jue graduated from Chantilly High School, class of 1997 (maybe 1998?).

Pretty cool. Anyone else know of any professional athletes who grew up locally?

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Grant Hill
Basketball
South Lakes (Reston)

Allen Johnson
Olympic Sprinter
Lake Braddock (Burke)

Allen Webb
Olympic miler
South Lakes (Reston)

Mia Hamm
Soccer
Lake Braddock (Burke)

John Engleberger
Denver Broncos, DE
Lee '95

Pete Schourek, he may be out of baseball now but he pitched for the Mets and Reds and he went to... marshall maybe? Somewhere countyside.

I forgot about Kate Ziegler. Olympic swimmer, currently goes to O'Connell.

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I'd forget about her, too, if I could. That girl would break even a mirror made of polished steel...

I don't know... I'd have to see a picture of her before I make that judgement.

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Michael Weiss - US Men's Figure skater.

And wasn't there a Chris Warren from Robinson who played for the Seahawks???
Plus I remember a GMU baseball player named Luke Sable. I have is rookie card.

Happy Easter to all who post here!!!!

Trickie

Oh here are two more from Lake braddock Secondary. Hubert Davis Class of 1988 played in the NBA and Ed Moses, class of 1998, olympic medalist in swimming.

Trickie

I just added a Famous People from Fairfax County section to the Fairfax County entry on Wikipedia.

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Don't forget me, Hubert Davis. LB graduate and NY Knicks

Hubert, you sucked, that's why we forgot.

David Robinson went to Osbourn Park

Nik -

Sammy Sosa is out of baseball, probably for good, don't you think it's time for the hate to end?

Walter Johnson

try again, this thread is about athletes that came up in this area, not people who played for existing pro teams in the area:

Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 - December 10, 1946) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Humboldt, Kansas, he was a farm boy who grew up to become one of the major leagues' greatest stars. He was the second of six children and his family moved to Orange County, California in 1901, where he attended Fullerton High School. After pitching in the Idaho State League, Johnson signed a contract with the Washington Nationals (later named the Senators) in July 1907.

I think Tom Dolan (Olympic swimmer) went to Yorktown.

US Men's National Team Soccer Coach Bruce Arena lives in Oakton.

I think Kara Lawson (WNBA) went to West Springfield.

I guess I probably should change my signature, shouldn't I?

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Ok, signature changed.

D.C. United player John Harkes (I think he retired) sent his daughter to the preschool that my mom owns.

WashingToneLoc-ian:
If this thread were about people who played for local professional teams, I would've just linked to Nationals.com, WashingtonRedskins.com, WashingtonCapitals.com, and WashingtonWizards.com.

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charlie garner went to jeb stuart hs

Scott Norwood, kicker
Buffalo Bills 1985-1991
Thomas Jefferson HS (Alexandria)
James Madison University

Wide right!

Redskins Cornerback Shawn Springs grew up in Silver Springs.

Eric Barton LB for the Raiders and now the Jets went to Edison HS

Everyone's favorite local pro athlete:

"BHAWOH ","JUE ","P","026"," 129E","RIVER ","DR","DE PERE ","WI","02/02/2005","65-69MPH/50MPH ZONE "
"JUE ","BHAWOH ","P","026"," 4514","BILLINGHAM ","ST","FAIRFAX ","VA","07/14/2005","DWI-ALCOHOL"

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Eugene Chung went to Oakton in the late '80s I think, and played football for the New England Patriots. One of my buddies lives in Boston and made a joke about getting "Chunged" the other day (making a terrible draft pick, which EC apparently was), so I got to share that tidbit of information with him.

A pitcher named Matt Prendergast grew up in Herndon and got drafted by the Colorado Rockies a couple of years ago, but as far as I know he never made it out of single A before getting cut.

I don't recall hearing about Jue's DWI on the news, did Nik just provide the first world exclusive news story on this site?

Indeed, a cursory search of the net reveals ZERO mention of Jue's dwi. Lesser players get their DWI's reported on ESPN, how was he exempt?

According to the state's DB a warrant was issued for him on 09/12/05. I wonder what it was for? It was recalled so he settled it apparently.

Anyway, nice scoop Nik.

Thanks!

I did good!

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i went to middle school with brandon snyder, that kid is a fag!! the only reason he got in the big leagues was cause of his dad.

extrememlyhigh1 Wrote:
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> i went to middle school with brandon snyder, that
> kid is a fag!! the only reason he got in the big
> leagues was cause of his dad.


He is NOT a fag. He is a family man and a good guy.

Atlee Hammaker - Mt Vernon High School
He gave up a grand slam home run to Fred Lynn in the All Star game. Only one in history, I believe.