Pritchard has strong showing in Vegas

Easily the biggest surprise at the recent EA SPORTS Elite 11 workout in Las Vegas was the play of Tacoma (Wash.) Clover Park quarterback Tavita Pritchard . Pritchard, 6-3, 175 pounds worked out in group one both Friday and Saturday and is easily the top signal caller in the Northwest for the class of 2005.

Pritchard attended the Nike Camp at Stanford last month but with so many quarterbacks in attendance that day, we actually totally missed seeing him. That was impossible to do in Vegas as Pritchard had two strong workouts in a row. There wasn't a pass he couldn't make as the athlete showed a very live arm, plus accuracy and excellent feet.

Pritchard can get the ball down the field and threw the skinny post as good as anyone in the camp. He also showed very nice touch on his passes and should see his stock rise more than any other player in the camp.

"I had a great time at the camp," Pritchard said Saturday. "I feel I did really well and learned a lot as well. There were a lot of good quarterbacks here but I feel I fit right in and felt like I was up there with any of them."

Pritchard left Vegas and headed straight to Stanford to take part in one day of the Cardinal camp.

"Stanford just offered him," Pritchard's uncle and former Washington State star quarterback Jack Thompson said. "It's always good to get that first one out of the way. He's at Notre Dame today and will work out there for one day. Oregon State was also looking at him hard but I know they just got their second commitment from a quarterback.

"I'm going to call Washington too because I know they could use a quarterback and I would really love to see Tavita stay in the Northwest. Of course if he decides to jump on that Stanford offer, that would be fine with me, Stanford is one of those schools that is tough to say no to."

Academically, Pritchard is carrying a 3.8 GPA and scored an 1170 on the SAT.