Awards
- MWC Player of the Week (March 5, 2006)
BYU Highlights
- Appeared in 115 games including 57 starts, averaging 18.7 minutes per game
- Averaged 7.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game
- Shot 43.9 percent from the floor, 37.1 percent from three and 69.3 percent from the free throw line
- 18th most 3-point field goal attempts (294)
Personal
- Parents are Wes and Lorraine Balderson
- One of seven children, including three boys
- Oldest brother was Canadian Interuniverstiy Player of the Year in Canada as shooting guard, while other brother played football at the University of Alberta
- Served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Marshall Islands speaking Marshallese
- Wife Hannah
- Economics major.
Before BYU
MAGRATH HIGH SCHOOL:
- Balderson averaged 34 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists while leading Magrath High School in Alberta, Canada, to a 32-3 record as a senior
- Shot 54 percent from the floor and 91 percent from the free-throw line
- Two-time league MVP and scoring champion
- Named the Alberta Player of the Year and was Magrath High School's Male Athlete of the Year
- Selected as Alberta's Quarterback of the Year
- Member of All-Canadian Team
- Ranked second at Nike All-Canada Camp
- Played on the Under 19 Alberta Provincial Team the summer after his senior year
- Coached at Magrath by Phil Tollestrup, who played basketball at BYU (1970-72).