2025 guard Jaylen Petty commits to Stanford

Posted Apr 25, 2025
In a whirlwind switch, Jaylen Petty now has a new college basketball home. And it is somewhere no Rainier Beach High School product under longtime coach Mike Bethea has ever gone - the Stanford Cardinal. Petty had a monster senior season - 24.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.2 steals per game in leading Rainier Beach to the Class 3A championship. (Sports Illustrated)

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