Ballard High School senior Eric Taylor was named to the All-KingCo basketball team for his outstanding season in leading the Beavers to their first-ever KingCo 4A playoff appearance.

Taylor was the team's leading scorer, averaging 14.9 points per game. He finished seventh in the league in scoring average, second in free throw percentage (85.7) and sixth in assists (3.4 per game).

Taylor said being named to the team was a great honor and it will definitely help him with his plans for playing college ball next year.

He worked on his whole game all year, practicing four hours every day, in order to improve, he said. He said his mentality is where he stepped up most this season by looking to be more aggressive on the offensive end.

Ballard senior Berhanu Mekonnen and junior John Barnes were All-KingCo honorable mentions.

Mekonnen averaged 5.7 points per game, fourth on the team. His 48.9 field goal percentage was third best for the Beavers and he was tied for fourth most points (108) on the team.

Mekonnen also gave the Beavers a chance to win a KingCo playoff game when his shot against Bothell sent the game into overtime.

Barnes was the team's second leading scorer with 202 total points and a 10.6 per game average. He finished sixth in KingCo 4A in blocks with 18 and 11th in rebounding with 6.2 per game.