Football: Alta's Boo Andersen will sign with Utah
While The Salt Lake Tribune honors five football players annually as MVPs in their respective classifications, the other daily newspaper in town picks one specific player above the rest and labels him Mr. Football.
The Deseret News also honors five MVPs, and more often than not Mr. Football is not one of the MVPs. I've never figured that one out, but if it works for them, what's the harm?
I bring this up because I just learned that the News' Mr. Football for 2007, Alta linebacker Boo Andersen, will sign to play college football after all. Andersen was a first-team 5A all-state selection in the Tribune, which named Alta's Sausan Shakerin as the 5A MVP.
Anyway, Andersen's mother told me Monday night that Boo will sign this summer with the University of Utah. Andersen and Shakerin have been attending Utah's spring practices and are excited about joining the Utes, she said.
Boo Andersen didn't sign with a program back in February because there was concern over his academic situation. However, his mother said he re-took the ACT college admission test recently, and scored a 20. His grades in core curriculum classes have also improved, she said.
It has been an exciting month for the Andersen family.
Their son Cliff Andersen, the former standout baseball and football player at Cottonwood High, is now in the Chicago Cubs organization.
Cliff Andersen appeared in a recent spring training game with the big club, and went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 5-2 loss to Oakland.
When the season began, he was assigned to the Peoria (Ill.) Chiefs in Single-A, but is moving up the Cubs' organization quickly.
Cliff was picked by the Cubs in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft after signing with Oklahoma State in the fall of his senior year.
Another Andersen family member, Nikki, was a softball pitcher for BYU after a spectacular prep career at Alta.
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The Web site utezone.com is reporting that the University of Utah has offered a scholarship to Tray Robinson, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound junior running back from Trinity High in Fort Worth, Texas.
Editor Tom Cella notes that Robinson also has offers from New Mexico, Mississippi and Tulsa.
Robinson rushed for 885 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior.
The Deseret News also honors five MVPs, and more often than not Mr. Football is not one of the MVPs. I've never figured that one out, but if it works for them, what's the harm?
I bring this up because I just learned that the News' Mr. Football for 2007, Alta linebacker Boo Andersen, will sign to play college football after all. Andersen was a first-team 5A all-state selection in the Tribune, which named Alta's Sausan Shakerin as the 5A MVP.
Anyway, Andersen's mother told me Monday night that Boo will sign this summer with the University of Utah. Andersen and Shakerin have been attending Utah's spring practices and are excited about joining the Utes, she said.
Boo Andersen didn't sign with a program back in February because there was concern over his academic situation. However, his mother said he re-took the ACT college admission test recently, and scored a 20. His grades in core curriculum classes have also improved, she said.
It has been an exciting month for the Andersen family.
Their son Cliff Andersen, the former standout baseball and football player at Cottonwood High, is now in the Chicago Cubs organization.
Cliff Andersen appeared in a recent spring training game with the big club, and went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 5-2 loss to Oakland.
When the season began, he was assigned to the Peoria (Ill.) Chiefs in Single-A, but is moving up the Cubs' organization quickly.
Cliff was picked by the Cubs in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft after signing with Oklahoma State in the fall of his senior year.
Another Andersen family member, Nikki, was a softball pitcher for BYU after a spectacular prep career at Alta.
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The Web site utezone.com is reporting that the University of Utah has offered a scholarship to Tray Robinson, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound junior running back from Trinity High in Fort Worth, Texas.
Editor Tom Cella notes that Robinson also has offers from New Mexico, Mississippi and Tulsa.
Robinson rushed for 885 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior.
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