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    Meet The Lumberjack Basketball Newcomers
    One-on-one with junior power forward Nick Shaw
    Junior Nick Shaw
    Junior Nick Shaw

    Oct. 24, 2007

    NACOGDOCHES, Texas - When the Stephen F. Austin men's basketball team takes the floor this season, Lumberjack fans might notice a few new faces in uniform -- nine, to be exact. The nine newcomers for 2007-08 tie two previous years for the most SFA rookies to start a season under eighth-year head coach Danny Kaspar. The class includes five prep recruits and four collegiate transfers. Following is the first in a series of question-and-answer sessions that will help SFA fans get to know the newest Lumberjacks. Today's featured 'Jack is junior transfer Nick Shaw.

    Shaw is a 6-6, 215-pound power forward from Arlington, Texas. He transferred to Stephen F. Austin following a solid two-year junior college career -- first at Navarro College, then at Collin County Community College. As a sophomore at Collin County last year, Shaw helped lead the team to a third-place finish in the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. He earned all-conference honors after averaging 11.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Shaw played his high school basketball at Bowie High in Arlington, where he was a two-year starter and three-year letterman on the hardwood.

    Kaspar calls Shaw a "very tough, hard-working" player with "good all-around skills and an excellent outside shot." The coach added that Shaw has already emerged as a dependable team leader during preseason workouts.

    Shaw is majoring in general business at SFA.

    Below are Shaw's responses to the Lumberjack newcomer survey:

    Q: What is your favorite professional sports team?

    A: Brazilian National Soccer Team.

    Q: Who is your favorite athlete?

    A: (teammate) Scott Weaver.

    Q: What's your biggest hobby, other than basketball?

    A: Listening to music and playing other sports.

    Q: What do you think is your best attribute on the court?

    A: My athletic ability and leadership.

    Q: What has been the toughest part of preseason practice, so far?

    A: Learning the system.

    Q: If you had to sum up this year's team in one word, what would it be?

    A: Change.

    Q: What's your weirdest pre-game superstition?

    A: Not wearing my jersey during warm-ups.

    Q: What position, besides your natural position, would you like to play and why?

    A: Point guard. I want to be the floor general.

    Q: What's your most prized possession?

    A: My iPod.

    • Get your first glimpse of Nick Shaw and the rest of the 2007-08 Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks at Mardi Gras Madness, Friday night in the William R. Johnson Coliseum. The event is set to tip off at 11:30 p.m. The Lumberjacks begin their season on Nov. 5 with a home exhibition game against Abilene Christian.

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