Eagle High’s Braiden Shaw made an unofficial visit to the Provo, Utah, campus over the weekend, where he gave a verbal commitment to head coach Dave Rose on Saturday.
Shaw, a 6-foot-8 power forward, averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks per game last season for the state-qualifying Mustangs.
“It was so surreal. I went down there not really expecting anything,” he said. “... They offered and it was crazy. It was so much fun.”
Shaw plans to go on a two-year church mission after he graduates from Eagle in 2013, which means he will likely enroll at BYU in the fall of 2015.
“You start with the fact that he’s a very good student and an upstanding kid, then you add his versatility,” Eagle coach Tom Seifert said. “At 6-foot-8 plus he can shoot, he can dribble, play defense and he can go inside.”
Shaw is the second Eagle player to commit to BYU this year. Eagle quarterback Tanner Mangum announced his verbal commitment to play football for the Cougars in April.
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Holy Christ Amighty
If you don't do a mission you get ex-communicated? Do you still get a scholarship from BYU? I think not. And of course your family gets ostracized. Darwin Loves You
Your comment is ridiculous
Your comment is ridiculous and bigoted. Quit picking on 17 year old kids from behind your computer screen.
LOL
There was nothing bigoted about his comment. He just wrote a fact. Nothing more and nothing less. If you took it as bigoted, you are the one who is bigoted for interpretting it as such.
I was waiting for this
Thank you for your comment, it seems that no one can wait to misrepresent the facts about BYU and other religious schools. Why does BK seem to avoid negative accusations when they are a faith-based school? His scholarship will not be rescinded unless he fails to abide by the honor code, nice try though! Jake Heaps is the current quarterback that will not serve a mission and chose to get married. He will not get kicked out, unless he violates team rules either.
Please think before you you type falsehoods such as this, only to display your dislike for a school that has not attacked you and will not. Braiden Shaw did not attack you either and does not deserve being treated like an idiot; if he had chosen BSU your opinion would be different, he would be praised for making the best choice. Why is it if BSU is rejected that the student is not a good athlete, but are the best if they play for BSU? Each of us are allowed to make choices and should not be misjudged based on personal grudges.
By the way, this is a Sports page not the religion section.
Congrads on playing basketball at
BYU....
College is fun....pick a good career and enjoy your games....
Nice comeback, very clever,
Nice comeback, very clever, I'm bigoted because I interpret something in a certain way. It's bigoted because the comment has nothing to do with sports but a 17yr old's religion that he was probably raised in. His comment is completely out of context, its a sports page, not a religious editorial.
CYA
You are the one who labeled the comment bigoted. And the comment does have to do with sports AND with religion because BYU is a religion dominated controlled college.
So if BK is covered...
So if the article was about BK would you write a negative comment about the athlete(s) because they are also dominated by the Catholic religion? Or is it just based on a sports observation with no context to religion?