SEATTLE (May 30) -- Jordan Beede, a three-time all-Northwest League selection at Bellingham's Squalicum High School, will play men's basketball for Seattle Pacific University next season.

As a senior Beede, a 6-foot-1 point guard, averaged 21 points and 6.0 assists for the Storm, who came within one game of making the state 3A tournament for the second year in a row. He was later chosen to play in the state all-star game.

Seattle Pacific finished 24-5 last season, earning a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament. Jeff Hironaka, the associate head coach for 11 years, is the Falcons' new head coach for 2002-03.