Mark Spink Class: Senior Hometown: Bellingham, WA High School: Sehome Height / Weight: 6-8 / 205 Position: Forward Experience: 3V

High School: Lettered two years at Sehome High...played junior varsity ball his sophomore season and split time between JV and varsity as a junior...blossomed his senior season on 30-0 squad that won Washington State Class AAA title in first year after making move from Class AA ranks...averaged 12 ppg, 10 rpg and 3.5 blocks as a senior...named to All-Westco North and All-State first teams...played in Washington All-State game and in Oregon-Washington All-Star contest...three-year letterman in soccer from freshman through junior seasons...played defense, team finishing fourth in Washington State Class AA Tournament as a junior.

Mark Spink's Collegiate Career

Freshman (1996-97): Walked on and redshirted at Gonzaga University.

Freshman (1997-98): Saw action in 13 games for a total of 71 minutes…season-high 19 minutes against Whitman College with a season-high 8 rebounds…played 11 minutes at Loyola Marymount where he scored a season-high 6 points on 3-3 night from the field…played in one game in WCC Tournament against San Diego in semifinal.

Sophomore (1998-99): Came off the bench in all 35 games for a total of 295 minutes to give Gonzaga depth inside…scored a career-high 12 points at home against Saint Mary's, going 4-5 from the field and the free throw line…hauled in a season-high 6 rebounds at home in West Coast Conference opener against Loyola Marymount…had 5 rebounds 5 times, including against Stanford in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament in Seattle…played14 minutes against the Cardinal as the Bulldogs got in early foul trouble underneath.

JUNIOR (1999-00): If Gonzaga had a "Mr. Hustle" award, this guy would win it…continued to improve, picking up where he left off in inspirational performance in 1999 NCAA tournament…came off the bench in all but one of 35 games, getting his first career start against Texas-Pan American…scored 11 points against UTPA while going 4-for-6 from the field and 3-6 from the free throw line…scored a career-high 13 points twice - at home against Montana and in West coast Conference opener at home against San Francisco…went a perfect 6-for-6 from the field against USF, 1-1 from the free throw line and also grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds in 21 minutes…scored in double digits eight times with 12 in WCC Tournament opener against Saint Mary's, three 11-point nights and two 10-point games to go with his pair of 13 point outings…had one 4-game stretch beginning with game at Idaho where he went 18-for-24 from the field for 75.0 percent…went 4-for-5 for 9 points and helped spark Gonzaga's second-half comeback against top-ranked Cincinnati at Rock-n-Roll Shootout in Cleveland, OH, Bulldogs losing 75-68 after trailing by as many as 20 in the first half…shot 60.9 percent (81-for-133) from the field for second on the team behind Zach Gourde…played 17 minutes against St. John's in NCAA Tournament Second Round after Casey Calvary picked up two early fouls, scoring 7 points (including a monster one-hand slam dunk) and grabbing 4 rebounds.

Misc.: Born 4-1-78...played for Basketball Congress Invitational team coached by Mercer Island High coach Ed Pepple, team playing in tournaments in Phoenix, AZ, and Las Vegas, NV, the summer following his junior year...brother, Scott, played basketball for Gonzaga, graduating in 1994...brother, Tomson, graduated from Gonzaga in 1997...sister-in-law Kelley Cunningham Spink played volleyball for Gonzaga, earning West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in 1992, and is currently an assistant coach for the Bulldogs.

Mark Spink's Career Statistics

Year	G-GS	MIN	FGM-FGA	PCT.	3P-3PA	PCT.	FT-FTA	PCT.	REB-AVG	A	TO	BLK	ST	TP-AVG
1997	>Redshirted
1998	13-0	71	6-17	.353	0-0	.000	8-10	.800	25-1.9	3	5	3	3	20-1.5
1999	35-0	295	34-57	.596	0-0	.000	21-30	.700	69-2.0	10	21	13	13	89-2.5
TOTALS	48-0	366	40-74	.541	0-0	.000	29-40	.725	94-2.0	13	26	16	16	109-.23