A tip o' the hat to Joey Shaw

Congrats to Nevada's Joey Shaw for his first WAC Player of the Week award. Per Jason Erickson, WAC Director of Media relations:

DENVER - Nevada's Joey Shaw has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 16-22. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Shaw.

Shaw helped the Wolf Pack to a 1-1 record last week with a 112-99 victory against Houston. Against UNLV, Shaw tallied 15 points and tied a career high with nine rebounds. Shaw then led
Nevada with a career-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting in the victory over Houston. He also tied his career mark with nine rebounds.

On the week, Shaw averaged 20.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He shot 61.9 percent from the field (13-of-21), 50 percent from beyond the arc (3-of-6), and 92.3 percent from the free throw line (12-of-13).

Other nominees included:

* Boise State junior guard La'Shard Anderson
* Fresno State sophomore forward Paul George
* Idaho senior guard Steffan Johnson
* Louisiana Tech sophomore forward Olu Ashaolu
* New Mexico State senior guard Jonathan Gibson
* Utah State senior guard Jared Quayle

Nevada transfer Joey Shaw gets some ink

Here's an article on a kid who will be one of Nevada's key players even if the legal issues facing three Wolf Packers gets resolved quickly and painlessly.

Pack basketball: Sharp-shooting Shaw gives Pack scoring, experience
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
October 23, 2008

When Boise State coach Greg Graham heard Joey Shaw decided to play for the Nevada basketball team, he wasn't too pleased with the news.

"I was very disappointed he went there," Graham said.

It wasn't because Graham thought Nevada was a bad fit for Shaw, or vice versa. There was a more simple reason.

"I didn't want to have to play against him," Graham said.

Unfortunately for the rest of the teams in the Western Athletic Conference, Shaw did choose the Wolf Pack. If Nevada coach Mark Fox had his way, Shaw would have been in silver and blue two years ago...

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