Shawn Glover

Shawn Glover (born September 25, 1990) is an American basketball player who currently plays for TLI-Alba Fehérvár of the Hungarian National Championship. He competed with the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team in his final years of college, initially playing for the Utah Utes men's basketball program. Glover was named First Team All-Southland in 2014 after being one of the top scorers in the NCAA and making school history.

High school career

Glover, attending Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas, was named the Longhorns' team MVP twice. Under head coach David Milson, he was named all-district, all-regional, and ultimately all-state. Averaging 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists in his senior year at Cedar Hill, Glover's third season as the team's captain, he eventually graduated with a grade-point average above 3.0.^[1] The peak of Glover's high school basketball career is considered to be in the 2009 UIL state tournament, in which he averaged 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 4.0 blocks. He led his team to the 5A title game, where he shot 6-for-11 in a loss to DeSoto High School.

College career

After receiving offers from various schools around the nation, the most notable being Oklahoma State, Marquette, and Colorado, Shawn Glover committed to Utah on September 11, 2008. He was then listed as a power forward with outstanding handles and developing strength by Rivals.com.^[2]

In his freshman year with the Utah Utes, Shawn Glover made 13 starts in the 29 games he played in. He scored a season-high 10 points against Wyoming on February 27, 2010. He recorded seven rebounds at UNLV, which soon became a season-high as well. By the end of the season, Glover had been averaging 3.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.5 assists, ranking 7th on the team scoring-wise.

As a sophomore, Glover saw the three top scorers on the freshman team leave, but he failed to positively impact the team once more. He shot just 35% from the field, the third lowest on the entire team, but his 77% free-throw shooting ranked 2nd. On February 5, 2011, in a loss to Air Force, Glover recorded a season-high 15 points despite the fact that he was not a starter.

Shortly after his second year at Utah, Shawn Glover sought permission to transfer to a school outside of the Pac-12 Conference. He ended up with Oral Roberts, whom he had previously declined an offer from.^[3]

Throughout his first year at Oral Roberts, Glover strengthened a frontcourt that had previously been single-handedly led by top scorer Warren Niles. By the end of the season, the transfer became the team's third leading scorer, behind Niles and Damen Bell-Holter.

As both leading scorers on the 2012-13 Oral Roberts team left in an attempt to play professionally, a breakout season for Shawn Glover ensued. He finished the regular season averaging 21.3 points, helping him be the eighth member of the school's 1,000-point club (fastest all-time).^[4] He was named First Team All-Southland and was also known to be one of the conference's most elite defenders. Although Glover was tied for being the 11th highest scorer in the 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the prestigious Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award went to Stephen F. Austin's Jacob Parker.

Professional career

On August 16, 2014, Glover signed a deal to play with Palma Air Europa for the 2014–15 season.^[5]

For the 2015–16 season, Glover initially signed with Alba Fehérvár of the Hungarian Hungarian National Championship.^[6] He left the taem in December 2015, as he was announced by Bakken Bears of the Danish Basketligaen.^[7] In January 2016, he won the Danish Basketball Cup with the Bears and he was named the Danish Cup MVP after a 24 points performance in the Final.^[8]

Personal life

Glover's twin sister, Sharne, ran cross country for the Utah Utes after receiving a scholarship in the field. His mother, Jackie, was a reservist in the U.S. Army, who moved into Salt Lake City due to a military transfer.^[9]

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