Awards
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2019 WCC All-Freshman Team
BYU Highlights
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Appeared in 47 games including 18 starts during four-year career at BYU
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Averaged 4.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game
- 1st in program history in field goal percentage in single season (min. 50 FG made)
- Transferred to Utah
Personal
- Parents are Kurt and Angela Baxter
- Mother Angela Baxter ran track for BYU and was an All-American sprinter
- Father Kurt Baxter played basketball for BYU
- Sister Lauren Baxter ran track at BYU
- Has four siblings
- Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington, D.C.
- Instagram: @gavinbaxter_ | Twitter: @gbax51 | LinkedIn: Gavin Baxter
Before BYU
- Played for Kevin Santiago at Timpview High School
- As a senior in 2015-16 averaged 15.7 points and 6.4 rebounds and led Timpview to a 21-6, 11-1 record of and a trip to the 4A state title game
- Named 4A first-team all-state by the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News
- As a junior in 2014-15 averaged 15.5 points and led Timpview to a record of 15-9, 8-4 and a trip to the 4A quarterfinals
- Named 4A second-team all-state by the Deseret News in 2015
- As a sophomore in 2013-14 averaged 11.4 points and 6.2 rebounds while helping Timpview to a 19-6, 10-2 record and a trip to the 4A quarterfinals
- Named 4A third-team all-state by the Deseret News in 2014
- Named a four star recruit by ESPN, Scout and Rivals
- Ranked No. 21 nationally among small forwards by ESPN
- Named the No. 5 recruit in Utah by ESPN
- Also recruited by Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA and Utah State
- Played for the Utah Prospects AAU team coached by Tim Davis