Austin, Texas — Shaylee Gonzales has signed an Athletic Scholarship Agreement (ASA) to play basketball next season as head coach of the University of Texas. Vic Schaefer It was announced on Tuesday. Gonzales, who has spent the last four years at Brigham Young University but still has two years of qualifications, will join the Longhorns for the next 2022-23 season.
Gonzales (5-10), a guard in Gilbert, Arizona, has played 88 career games (61 starts) with 1,555 points (17.7 ppg), 495 rebounds (5.6 rpg) and 358 assists (4.1 apg). , 192 steals (2.2 spg at 2,957 minutes (33.6 mpg) during three seasons play at BYU). Gonzales entered the 2019-20 season in a medical red shirt. With three All West Coast Conference (WCC) first team selections and three WCC Championship All Tournament team selections, her 1,555 points were ranked 10th on BYU’s previous scoring list. I did.
During the red shirt junior season from 2021 to 2010, Gonzales was tabbed to Team 2 All-American (Athletic) and the prestigious Associated Press All-American (The Associated Press) to win the WCC Player of the Year. did. She paced BYU to a 26-4 overall record and a WCC regular season title (15-1 mark) before falling into the first round of the NCAA tournament. Cougars ranked in the AP Top 25 for 16 consecutive weeks, almost doubling her previous 9-week school record. BYU climbed to 15th place in the rankings and 20th in the Associated Press final vote, comparable to the school’s highest final ranking set in 1980.
Gonzales, one of the five finalists of the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Awards, averaged 18.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game last season. She was ranked 2nd in assists and 3rd in scoring at WCC, won the WCC Player of the Week three times, and was elected to the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team. Gonzales scored double-digit goals in 28 of 30 games, surpassing 20 points 13 times, including his career’s highest 35 points against St. Mary’s (February 12). She converted 49.5 percent (209-422) from the floor and 83.3 percent (110-132) from the free throw line.
As a sophomore in the 2020-21 Red Shirt, Gonzales was named to the WCC Co-Player of the Year and led the team in scoring (17.8 ppg), assist (3.6 apg) and steal (2.4 spg). She was ranked 2nd in WCC scores, 4th in Steel and 6th in Assists, and was twice the WCC Player of the Week and the College Sports Madness High Major National Player of the Week. Gonzales reached double digits in 23 of the 25 games he played, including the season’s highest 30 points in the season opener against LSU. BYU registered 19-6 records (13-3 WCC) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
In the 2018-19 freshman campaign, Gonzalez led the team with points (17.0 ppg) and assists (4.1 apg) and was ranked second with rebounds (5.6 rpg). The WCC Newcomer of the Year ranked second among freshmen nationwide on average and set a record for BYU freshmen on average. She played in all 33 games (26 games), reaching double digits with 31 goals and surpassing 20 points nine times. Gonzales was ranked 2nd in WCC in minutes, 3rd in scoring, 6th in Steel and 8th in Assist.
Gonzales, a four-year letter winner at Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona, earned 2,000 career points for the first time in school history, scoring 40 career double-doubles and seven triple-doubles. As a senior, she was the top-ranked player in the Arizona Republic state with an average of 21.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 5.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. Gonzales was named the Arizona Girls Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year for her junior season (2017).
