Derek Dawes
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Derek Dawes Season 2000-2001

Height6-11
ClassFreshman
HometownSalt Lake City, Utah
Previous SchoolCottonwood High School
ProvinceUtah

BYU Highlights

  • Appeared in 71 games including 14 starts, averaging 11.6 minutes per game
  • Averaged 3.2 points and 3.0 rebounds per game
  • Shot 41.5 percent from the floor and 68.6 percent from the free throw line
  • Scored in double figures eight times including a double-double against New Mexico

Personal

  • Parents are Larry and Susan Dawes
  • Has two younger siblings
  • Eagle scout
  • Served two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Hampshire
  • Recruited by Ohio State, Arizona State, Florida and San Diego State
  • Wife Lauryn
  • Public health education major.

Before BYU

COTTONWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:

  • First-team Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune All-State center as a senior at Salt Lake's Cottonwood High School
  • Deseret News 5A Defensive Player of the Year in 2000
  • Was the second-leading scorer in Utah 5A class his senior year
  • Honorable-mention All-American
  • Toured Europe for three weeks with USA Basketball in August of 1999
  • Rated among the top-10 centers who attended the invitation-only Nike Camp
  • Honorable-mention selection on the Bob Gibbons All-Tournament Team
  • Led Cottonwood to back-to-back Region 1 titles in 1999 and 2000
  • Named Region 1 Most Valuable Player as the region's leading scorer and rebounder as a senior
  • Set school rebounding and blocked shots records at Cottonwood
  • Coached by Blair Martineau
  • Averaged 19 points, 14 rebounds and 8 blocked shots per game his senior year.
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Junior
2005-2006

Center
6-11 / 275 lbs
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RS-Sophomore
2004-2005

Center
6-11 / 275 lbs
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Sophomore
2003-2004

Center
6-11 / 275 lbs