Washington KCKCC's First Division II All-American basketball player

By ALAN HOSKINS

Dominique Washington came to Kansas City Kansas Community College just hopeful of playing college basketball. He did that – and a whole lot more, becoming the first Blue Devil to earn a berth on the NJCAA Division II All-American Second Team.

“I was just in disbelief. I was on the Division II website and happened to scroll down and saw my name on the All-American second team,” said Washington. “I wanted to make it but I never expected it to be so fast. I was really happy. The first person I called was my dad. It was about midnight and I said ‘We made it, All-American.’ He said are you kidding me? Man, that’s big time.”

A 6-7 freshman forward from Hogan Preparatory Academy where he averaged 15.3 points and 12 rebounds in leading the school to the Missouri Class 3 state championship, Washington was the picture of consistency in averaging 18.6 points and 9.0 for KCKCC.

He scored in double figures in 29 of 32 games and only once scored less than nine. He also had 11 double digit rebound games and was limited to less than six just once.

Shooting 55.1 percent from the field, Washington led the Blue Devils (16-16) to nine wins in their final 11 games and within one game of qualifying for the Division II national tournament. His performances earned first team All-Jayhawk and All-Region honors.

KCKCC's Washington both All-Jayhawk and All-Division II

By ALAN HOSKINS

Kansas City Kansas Community College freshman Dominique Washington posted a sweep of post-season conference basketball honors in 2012-13.

A 6-7 post from Hogan Prep, Washington was named to both the Region VI’s Division II and All-Jayhawk East Conference’s first teams in a vote of league coaches who could not vote for their own players.

Washington was the only Division II player selected to the All-Jayhawk East first team where he was joined by Earl Peterson and Montel James of league champion Coffeyville, James Milliken and Dominique McKoy of runnerup Cowley and TraVaughn White of Independence, which finished in a tie for third with KCKCC.

Evrard Atcho, a 6-10 sophomore from Cugy, Switzerland, who was not eligible the first semester, was named to the Division II honor roll. Second in the Jayhawk with 61 blocks in 22 games (2.77), Atcho also averaged 6.5 points and 6.3 rebounds.

Joining Washington on the Division II first team were Thaddeus Rideau and Wendell Pierre of Region VI champion Brown Mackie, Mahlon Jones of Hesston and Christian Hildebrandt of Johnson County.

Averaging 18.6 points a game, Washington led all scorers in Division II and was third among all players in the Jayhawk East and West. He also averaged 9.0 rebounds which was second best in Division II and No. 4 in the Jayhawk.

Washington was amazingly consistent over the course of the season. In double figures in 29 of 32 games, only once did he score less than nine points. Twice over 30 with a career high 38, he scored 20 or more points in 23 games. He also had at least six rebounds in every game but two and had 10 or more 11times.

An outstanding shooter, he shot 55.1 percent for the season including 22-of-64 from three-point, the second best average on the team.