Basketball: Oregon post player will walk on at BYU
He probably won't replace Trent Plaisted in the starting lineup, but a prep player from Oregon said recently he is joining the Cougar basketball team.
Michael Boswell, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound post player from Aloha High in Beaverton, Ore., will walk on to BYU's basketball team this fall, according to the Web site Oregonpreps.com.
Boswell says he had some scholarship offers from other programs, but decided on BYU because he wants to become a doctor. He said BYU sends 90 percent of its pre-med students to their top choice for medical school.
The high school graduate said he will be playing as a preferred walk-on, but hopes to earn a scholarship later in his college career.
The Web site says Boswell turned down "immediate scholarship offers" from Weber State, Utah State and Toledo. and was drawing strong interest from Portland and Portland State.
The prospect said he will go on an LDS Church mission after his first year at BYU.
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Defensive back Brandon Bradley is the other missionary that Bronco Mendenhall was referring to on Monday that signed with a different program out of high school but decided to join the Cougars after an LDS Church mission.
Bradley signed with Louisville before making the decision to transfer.
Michael Boswell, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound post player from Aloha High in Beaverton, Ore., will walk on to BYU's basketball team this fall, according to the Web site Oregonpreps.com.
Boswell says he had some scholarship offers from other programs, but decided on BYU because he wants to become a doctor. He said BYU sends 90 percent of its pre-med students to their top choice for medical school.
The high school graduate said he will be playing as a preferred walk-on, but hopes to earn a scholarship later in his college career.
The Web site says Boswell turned down "immediate scholarship offers" from Weber State, Utah State and Toledo. and was drawing strong interest from Portland and Portland State.
The prospect said he will go on an LDS Church mission after his first year at BYU.
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Defensive back Brandon Bradley is the other missionary that Bronco Mendenhall was referring to on Monday that signed with a different program out of high school but decided to join the Cougars after an LDS Church mission.
Bradley signed with Louisville before making the decision to transfer.
3 Comments:
Yeah, 90% of the pre-med majors get their first selection, as long as it isn't the University of Utah. They clearly discriminate against BYU grads. They accept 27% Utah grads, 18% Weber State, 17% USU and ready?..... 16.xx% of BYU grads. I guess BYU grads aren't as bright or have the same potential. LOL
That is indeed odd since scholarship at the U is so suspect and has been for many years. Please check your sources and get back to us. Thanks.
I think those acceptance rates, if they are true, have more to do with a mandate from the higher-ups (i.e. the Utah State Legislature)that a state-run Utah medical school admit a large amount of state of Utah-educated students, and less to do with being biased against that school in Provo.
Nonetheless, Zoobs everywhere will take any and every opportunity to be perceived as victims. Next we'll hear that its the Utah State Legislature is biased against the school in Provo. Can't wait to hear the Zoob logic on that one.
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