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A member of the Cougar baseball team from 2009-13, Law returned to BYU in the summer of 2023 after spending the previous four years working for the Los Angeles Dodgers in international operations and as a mental performance coach.
Following a six-year playing career in professional baseball (2013-19), Law joined the Dodgers organization in international operations in 2019. He assisted in player procurement, practice design and coached the mental and physical components of baseball throughout Africa.
In 2021, he was promoted to mental performance coach where he worked closely with players, coaches, and staff members to incorporate mental skills application in the training environment, allowing players to improve faster and perform better than the competition.
Law played in 86 games over three seasons for BYU in 2009 and 2012-13. The Cougar infielder was selected Academic All-Conference three times and was named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll as a junior in 2013.
Following his junior season, Law was named All-West Coast Conference First Team after leading BYU in hits (70), stolen bases (13), batting average (.365) and on-base percentage (.422). The Cougar co-captain was also named to the Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament Team and the Rawlings WCC Player of Week for his play versus Creighton and Seattle.
Law was selected in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft by the Dodgers. He spent three seasons (2013-16) in the Dodgers organization before being traded to the Seattle Mariners in 2016. Following three seasons with the Mariners organization (2016-19), Law retired from professional baseball in 2019.
Law graduated from BYU in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He later earned a master of arts degree in performance psychology from National University in La Jolla, California in 2021. He is also a certified mental performance consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. In addition, Law is also the owner of, and mental performance specialist for, Mojo Lab, where he works one-on-one with elite athletes to learn and apply mental skills that will help them consistently perform at peak levels.
Following his freshman season, Law served a two-year volunteer mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Zimbabwe, Africa, from 2009-11. He married Hanna Larson Law in 2019. The couple has a son, Charles.
Law is the son of Vance Law, who played baseball and basketball for BYU before playing MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics from 1980-91. He is also the grandson of Cy Young Award winner Vern Law, who played 16 seasons (1950-51, 1954-67) for the Pirates. Vance served as the head baseball coach at BYU for 13 seasons (2000-12) where he led the Cougars to 397 wins. Vern was an assistant coach at BYU for nine seasons, where he mentored future Hall of Famer Jack Morris, among others.
