Coach Mike Hopkins practically cheers with excitement and does pushups when you tell him that there’s no traffic on the way to Hec-Ed. I imagine that his voice will be gone for a month with the hollering he has done over today’s news as the Huskies just reeled in a commitment from 5-star big man Isaiah Stewart.
The 6’9 center from Rochester, New York verbally committed to Washington over Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky, and Syracuse as well as offers from nearly every school in the country. He is rated as the #6 prospect nationally per the 247 Sports composite and it marks the first time since 2006 (Spencer Hawes) that Washington has been able to reel in a 5-star big man.