Seattle Prep Center Nic Lynch Experiences Potential UW Future in Scrimmage

SEATTLE -- Devoid of a professional men's basketball team the University of Washington has served as the new hub for the sport to which the city has produced so many stars.

A majority of the current Seattle-area players in the NBA have come out of the 3A Metro division - the reigning state champion Nathan Hale coached by former UW guard Brandon Roy - including Zach LaVine, DeJounte Murray and incoming four-star recruit Jaylen Nowell.

Following the commencement of the summer evaluation period new UW head coach Mike Hopkins and his staff reaffirmed an offer to Nic Lynch, a 2018 three-star center out of Seattle Prep HS (Seattle, Washington), with the local recruit getting a chance to play with some of his future teammates.

"I played pickup with the UW players last night," Lynch told Rivals.com on May 4. "I had played with them last year as well a little bit. It's fun getting to know them a little bit and seeing what they're like on the court."

Lynch was previously offered under former head coach Lorenzo Romar, who was fired on March 15 after fifteen seasons, and has maintained high interest throughout the coaching change.

UW assistant coach Cameron Dollar made the offer to Lynch on May 2 after being impressed following a strong showing during an AAU tournament. After a couple scrimmage games with the current Huskies roster there was one who definitely made an impression.

"The best to go against, for me, was Sam Timmons," Lynch said. "He's about an inch or so taller than me, and built similarly to me. But obviously very, very strong, so it was good to go against a guy like him who is strong than me."

With sophomore forward Noah Dickerson electing to remain at Washington the front court is solidified, but needing support sooner rather than later. Lynch is a four-year recruit that Hopkins can build off moving forward without regressing from a talent perspective.

For Lynch, the reasons for attending Washington are seemingly endless being he lives almost next door to the Alaska Airlines Arena.

"I've always been very interested in UW," Lynch said. "Being that I live five minutes away and it's a Pac-12 school. My family has had seasons tickets my whole life so I go to the games a lot as well."

In addition to the local offer, Washington State, Toledo and Columbia have also offered Lynch a scholarship with Boise State, Oregon State, Princeton, San Francisco and Yale also showing interest.

With at least two Pac-12 schools to choose from Lynch plans to announce his decision in late-August or early-September.