Congratulations to our KRKO Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month for January 2022, Tijan Saine, senior basketball player at Mariner High School. Tijan helped lead Mariner to their first outright Wesco boys basketball title since 2003 and first trip to the Tacoma Dome since 2009. He averaged 16.7 ppg in 2022, and led the team in assists (6 per game) and steals (3 per game) while being named to the second team All-Wesco team. Saine carries a 3.8 GPA this year and has scholarship offers from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma WA) and Pacific University (Forest Grove OR).
