Jared Cunningham, San Leandro's Jeremy Lin, Recalls His High School Days Here

Jared Cunningham, San Leandro High School class of 2009, was a basketball sensation when he played for the Pirates under coach Sean MacKay, averaging 20.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.0 steals in his senior year.

Since then he's gone on to become a standout at Oregon State University. Though it's a stretch to liken him to Jeremy Lin -- the Palo Alto High grad whose NBA play has sparked an epidemic of "Linsanity" -- Cunningham may be the most acclaimed former Pirate ever.

And he's still playing college ball so who knows what lies ahead.

Patch editor Brent Champaco caught up with Cunningham last week at the Pac-12 semi-finals in Los Angeles, between Oregon State's triumph over Washington State and its defeat by Arizona State.

Champaco asked Cunningham to reflect back on his San Leandro days. Check out what the soft-spoken local star has to say.

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