Whatcom Hoops Top 30 Boys: #22 Dawson Bouma

In a season filled with outstanding players, Whatcom Hoops ranked the top 30 boys. Each day we featured an amazing player in our county and counted down until we got to #1. We hope you enjoyed the countdown as we honored the best of the best.

#22

Dawson Bouma, junior, Lynden Christian

WHY HE’S #22: If there was an all-defensive team, Bouma might be all-state. The Class 1A state champions regularly assigned the 6-foot guard to defend the other team’s top player no matter what position and he regularly got the better of any matchup. He only averaged 6 points per game but added 2.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1 steal a game, and you could almost double his stats when it came down the stretch and in the playoffs.

COACH TIM ZYLSTRA: “Dawson always wanted to guard the top players and as coaches we loved it. He never stayed at the same level; he pushed himself on both ends of the court and also had some big games for us on the offensive side when it mattered.”

Links to the Whatcom Hoops Top 30

#1: Anthony Canales, Lynden

#2: Tyler Sipma, Lynden Christian

#3: Grant Kepley, Sehome

#4: Grey Garrison, Sehome

#5: Matt Russ, Blaine

#6: Jeremiah Wright, Lynden Christian

#7: Coston Parcher, Lynden

#8: Richard Wilson, Lummi Nation

#9: Lucas Smith, Blaine

#10: Jaeger Fyfe, Meridian

#11: Jerome Toby, Lummi Nation

#12: Ashton Engelhart, Squalicum

#13: Kobe Baar, Lynden

#14: Wyatt Stephan, Bellingham

#15: Griffin Dykstra, Lynden Christian

#16: Carson Lehnert, Blaine

#17: Brant Heppner, Lynden

#18: Mat Storms, Sehome

#19: Brady Ackerman, Nooksack Valley 

#20: Hunter Jones, Meridian 

#21: Xander Sledge, Squalicum 

#22: Dawson Bouma, Lynden Christian

#23: Talon Jenkins, Meridian

#24: Bennett DeLange, Nooksack Valley 

#25: Ethan Larson, Mount Baker 

#26: Damien Toney, Ferndale

#27: Peter Albert, Squalicum

#28: Isaac Lawrence, Sehome 

#29: Lane Dykstra, Lynden Christian

#30: Trey Smiley, Lynden

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