George Irvine Ballard High School 1966 Basketball

SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA

High School • Played two years on Seattle’s All-City basketball team • Named The Seattle Times’ second-team all-time high school player College • Three-year starter for University of Washington • Team captain, All-Pac-8 team, and leading scorer for Huskies as a junior and senior • Ranked fifth all-time points leader in UW history when he graduated, and his career scoring average still ranks seventh all-time Professional • Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, but joined the newly formed American Basketball Association (ABA) • 25-year career in the NBA as a coach, scout and executive Other • One of eleven players selected to the Huskies' All-Century Team in 2002 • Jersey (number 44) has been retired by Ballard • In 2012, he was inducted into the Pac-12’s Basketball Hall of Honor