Alumni highlights

Once a Viking, always a Viking

Former Rainier Beach athletes doing great things in sports, business, law and their communities. More stories are on the way.

Jamal Crawford

3× Sixth Man of the Year

2000 1st-round pick (8th overall). 20 NBA seasons and one of the league's all-time great ball-handlers.

NBA All-Defensive First Team

1992 1st-round pick (17th overall). Lockdown defender and starter on the Sacramento Kings playoff teams.

3× NBA Slam Dunk Champion

2005 1st-round pick (21st overall). State Player of the Year at Rainier Beach and 11-year NBA guard.

2016 1st-round pick (29th overall)

Seattle native and Rainier Beach point guard who became an NBA All-Star and led the league in steals.

2009 1st-round pick (11th overall)

Versatile wing drafted by New Jersey after leading Rainier Beach and Louisville.

2025 1st-round pick

Washington Commanders offensive tackle and former Rainier Beach Viking.

2012 4th-round pick

Nose tackle drafted by Pittsburgh after playing at Rainier Beach and Washington.

1994 5th-round pick

Offensive lineman from Rainier Beach who played for the Cincinnati Bengals.

NFL free agent • ArenaBowl champion

1996 Rainier Beach grad and four-year starting defensive end at Oregon, then signed with the Jets, Patriots and Titans.

Texas Rangers draft pick • Saved Vikings baseball

Rainier Beach pitcher drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2001 who came home to coach and raised $42,000+ to save the baseball program.

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