USA Basketball
Competed at the 10th Annual Nike Hoop Summit, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds in just 18 minutes in helping the USA Junior National Select Team defeat the World Select Team 100-80 on April 7, 2007 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. ... named to the 2007 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team on Jan. 15, 2007.
Lake Oswego High School
Was a four-year varsity starter at Lake Oswego High School (Ore.) for head coach Mark Shoff with career averages of 26.8 points per game and 14.5 rebounds per game ... broke Oregon's 50-year-old scoring record with 2,628 points, despite missing a large portion of his sophomore season ... was the first player in state history to become a three-time Oregon Player of the Year ... the Lakers were 92-21 during his prep career and made three-straight trips to the state championship game (2005-07) ... was a four-time Les Schwab and Oregon State All-Tournament team selection.
2006-07
Selected as the 2007 Naismith, Wooden, USA Today, National High School Coaches Association, McDonald's and Parade Magazine Male High School Player of the Year ... also named the 2007 Gatorade National Male Athlete of the Year ... chosen as the Oregonian Class 6A Co-Player of the Year, shared the honor with Hoop Summit teammate Kyle Singler ... was a first team All-American by Parade Magazine in 2007 ... also named first team All-State ... in the class of 2007, ranked as the No. 1 player in the United States by CBSSportsLine.com, All-Star Scouting Report, HoopMasters.com and HoopScoop ... was also ranked No. 2 by The Sporting News, No. 3 by Scout.com and Athlon Sports and No. 4 by PrepStars.com ... honored as a 2007 McDonald's All-American and tallied 13 points, six rebounds and three assists to help the West to a 114-112 victory in the McDonald's All-American game on March 28, 2007 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. ... was selected to play in the 2007 Roundball Classic as a member of the West All-Stars ... scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds to lead the West to a 144-123 victory while being named MVP ... was the Morgan Wooten Award winner ... helped his 2006-07 squad to a 26-2 record and state runner-up finish, averaging 33.9 ppg, 17.0 rpg, 4.0 apg and 4.2 bpg ... Lake Oswego finished as the No. 6 team in the West in USA Today's 2007 regional rankings ... scored 37 points, including 24 straight for Lake Oswego, in the 2007 Oregon 6A state championship, but lost, 58-54, to Singler's South Medford High team ... LOHS was ranked 13th in the final USA Today Super 25 boy's basketball rankings ... the Lakers won the Nike Extravaganza tournament, defeating Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) in championship game - who ended the season No. 10 in national rankings.
2005-06
Named the Oregon Player of the Year ... selected to the 2006 EA Sports and Parade Magazine All-America first teams ... also named first team All-State ... registered 24 points, nine rebounds and three blocks to lead LOHS to a 59-57 victory over South Medford HS for the Oregon Class 6A state title ... was the only high school basketball player in 2005-06 twice voted as a USA Today Player of the Week ... named MVP of the 2006 Kingwood Classic, Las Vegas Easter Classic, Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions and Reebok ABCD Senior All-Star Game ... as a junior in 2005-06, he was Oregon's top scorer and rebounder, averaging 28.0 ppg and 16.1 rpg, while adding 3.5 apg, 1.3 spg and 2.3 bpg to help the Lakers to a 26-3 record and the state championship title.
2004-05
Named the Oregon Player of the Year ... also named first team All-State ... averaged 25.3 ppg, 15.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.2 spg and 2.0 bpg as a sophomore in 2004-05 leading Lake Oswego to a 21-8 record ... named MVP of the 2005 Kingwood Classic and Memorial Day Classic ... voted Most Likely to Play in the NBA by NBA personnel at the 2005 NBA Players Association Camp.
2003-04
As a freshman in 2003-04, Love averaged 13.4 ppg, 2.9 apg, 1.3 spg and 3.3 bpg to help his team to a 19-9 record ... became the only freshman chosen as the Les Schwab Invitational's Most Valuable Player in 2004 ... also named second team All-State.
Personal Notes
Born September 7, 1988, to Karen and Stan Love ... has an older brother Collin, 20, and a younger sister Emily, 13 ... his father, Stan, played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Bullets and was a collegiate star at the University of Oregon ... his uncle, Mike Love, is the lead singer for the Beach Boys ... his aunt, Kathleen McCartney Hearst, won the 1982 Ironman Triathlon and was inducted into the U.S. Triathlon Hall of Fame ... played AAU basketball for the Southern California All-Stars ... while with the So-Cal All-Stars, Love helped his squad to a 46-0 record, winning five major tournaments and earning three tournament MVP honors.
