Tyler Haws

Tyler Haws

Tyler Haws is considered one of the best high school basketball players in recent Utah history. Following a freshman season at Lone Peak High School where he averaged 9 points a game, Haws broke out as a sophomore. Playing for one of the best teams in Lone Peak history, Haws averaged 18.8 points per game. He led the state in free throws made with 129, and shot 81.6% from the free throw line as he led Lone Peak to the state championship. Following the state championship game, Haws was named the 5A State Tournament MVP and later won the 5A MVP Award. In 2007-08, playing in front of a national TV audience in the T-Mobile Invitational against Georgia's Centennial High School, Haws scored 26 and finished the season once again a state champion, [www.belgique.us/nph-go.cgi/000010A/http/hsutah.scout.com - 51k - ] winning the Tournament MVP again as well as Utah's Mr. Basketball. On a national level, he won Utah's Gatorade Player of the Year, and became a finalist for the national award. Lone Peak also finished the year ranked 15th nationally according to Maxpreps.com. [ [http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/playeroftheyear/state.php Gatorade Player of the Year ] ] Haws finished his jr.year averaging 20.9 points per game and hit a tough 15-foot jumper in double overtime in the state semifinals with 1.8 seconds remaining to lift Lone Peak into the state title game.

Haws plays with Salt Lake Metro in the summer AAU circuits, as well as with his high school sponsored AAU team, Lone Peak. [intermountainhoops.com/stories/Salt%20Lake%20Metro%20Basketball%20Boys%20Elite%20Travel%20Page.htm -] In the 2008 Houston Kingwood Classic, Haws led Salt Lake Metro into the round of 16, scoring 35 points against California powerhouse Compton Magic. [http://blogs.sltrib.com/recruiting/archive/2008_04_01_archive.htm] [http://www.visionsports.com/HKC/2008/PDF/HKC0817UBracketResults.pdf] He also led the Lone Peak AAU team to the round of 8 in the Las Vegas Spring Showcase a week later [http://www.visionsports.com/LVSS/2008/PDF/LVSS0817UResults.pdf]

Haws appeared in USA Today and Sports Illustrated in 2007. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/12/06/best.hoops/index.html] [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2007-12-11-t-mobile-lone-peak_n.htm Utah's Lone Peak evolves into a national power - USATODAY.com ] ] He was also named the Utah player to build a team around by the Daily Herald. [ [http://www.intermountainhoops.com/stories/Metro%20Players%20in%20the%20News.htm Metro Players in the News ] ]

He was being recruited by the likes of Wake Forest, BYU, Utah, Stanford, Cal, Harvard, Penn, Marquette, UCLA,Pepperdine, USC, and Davidson. Though he liked what Jim Boylen was doing up at the University of Utah, [http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/message.html?id=3271728] he has recently committed to BYU. [http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,700261549,00.html]

Awards

2005-06All-Region IV Honorable Mention

All-Valley Honorable Mention

Academic All-Region

2006-07 5A MVPFirst Team All-State (Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake Tribune)

Region IV MVP [ [http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660210931,00.html Deseret Morning News | Top valley hoopsters earn all-region honors ] ]

Valley MVP

State Offensive Player of the Year (Daily Herald)All-Region IV First Team

All-Valley First Team

5A State Tournament MVP [www.t-mobileinvitational.com/team-lone-peak.asp - 11k ]

5A State Champion

Academic All-Region

2007-08First Team All-State (Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake Tribune}

Region IV MVP

Valley MVP

State Offensive Player of The Year (Daily Herald)

All-Region IV First Team

All-Valley First Team

5A State Tournament MVP [www.prepnation.com/poll/poll.cfm?poll=2&latest=1 - 20k ]

5A State Title Game MVP

5A State Champion

Academic All-Region

Mr. Basketball (Deseret Morning News) [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080312/ai_n24918586]

Utah Gatorade Player of the Year [http://www.risemag.com/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=newsArticle&categoryKey=gatoradePOYBoysBasketball&articleId=13629]

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