I think Payton Pritchard was always involved in basketball. His aunt, Lisa Griffith (mother Melissa's younger sister), was a 4 year PG starter on the U of Arizona women's basketball team and still holds some school records. Pritchard's younger sister Lexie was a 5'9" freshman this year on the girl's HS team which was coached by Lisa. Pritchard's mother, Melissa Griffith at OU, won several conference championships as an OU gymnast….. all per my Google searches. Counting dad Terry's OU football career, Payton has a very athletic pedigree.
Terry posted this 8-9 years ago and it indicates that Payton has probably always had formal athletic development. I also read that Payton has a 3.8 GPA so he is no doubt a very smart player, too.
Terry Pritchard
"After High School I attended the University of Oklahoma on a Football Scholarship. I moved to Oregon about 8 years ago after meeting my wife Melissa who attended the University of Oklahoma on a Gymnastics scholarship. She is from Oregon and we have made our home here. I have three children Taylor 14, Payton 7 and Alexis 5. They are the three main focuses in our lives and we enjoy coaching and watching them grow up.
Career wise, I have worked in Sales for several years and then in the last year I started a Sports Fundamentals Training Company for youth. The company is called FAST Sports Training and it is growing at a tremendous rate. We are looking into building a sports complex here in Oregon City. This summer we have 2 Baseball Camps and 3 Basketball Camps. Needless to say we will be really busy. I can honestly say this is what I was meant to do from the beginning. I enjoy working with Kids and Sports have always my first Love. We follow the Sooners here in Oregon in fact we are the only ones for miles around that hangs an OU Flag in the front of our house. We plan to go an OU game this year and then of course the game next year against Oregon."
