| T. J. Haws | |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 170 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1995 |
| High School: | Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) |
| College: | BYU (2016–2020) |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Career Start: | 2020 |
| Years1: | 2020–2021 |
| Team1: | Trefl Sopot |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Team2: | Lakeland Magic |
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Tyson Jay Haws (born August 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars.
Haws was a four-year starter at Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah, and the team won Utah's 5A state championship in each of his seasons. He was also a four-time All-State selection.[1] As a junior, he averaged 17.1 points per game and led his team to the mythical national championship. The trio of Haws, Eric Mika, and Nick Emery were nicknamed the "Lone Peak Three."[2] [3] In his senior season, he averaged 25.2 points and 5.2 assists per game and was named Utah Mr. Basketball and Utah Gatorade Player of the Year.[4] A four-star recruit, Haws committed to play college basketball at BYU before his sophomore season in high school.[5]
After high school, Haws embarked on a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France.[6] Following his return, Haws averaged 13.8 points, 3.2 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game as a freshman at BYU, earning First Team All-West Coast Conference (WCC) honors.[7] As a sophomore, Haws averaged 11.7 points and 4.2 assists per game.[8]
On February 15, 2019, he scored a career-high 35 points in an 88–82 overtime victory over San Diego.[9] Haws averaged 17.8 points and a team-high 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game as a junior.[10] He earned Second Team All-WCC honors.[11] On January 11, 2020, Haws posted a career-high 14 assists against Portland. He had his second double-double on February 15, recording 17 points and 10 assists in a 72–71 win against San Diego. As a senior, Haws averaged 14.0 points and 5.7 assists per game, shooting 45.9% from the field.[12] He was named to the First Team All-WCC.[13] He finished his career ranked second in BYU history in assists with 603.
On July 22, 2020, Haws signed with Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League.[14] He was selected with the 15th pick in the 2021 NBA G League draft by the Lakeland Magic.[15]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| BYU| 34 || 34 || 30.6 || .424 || .404 || .787 || 2.9 || 3.2 || 1.0 || .1 || 13.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| BYU| 35 || 35 || 33.7 || .410 || .309 || .837 || 2.7 || 4.2 || 1.2 || .3 || 11.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| BYU| 32 || 32 || 33.4 || .463 || .352 || .868 || 3.5 || 5.1 || 1.2 || .3 || 17.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| BYU| 32 || 32 || 32.5 || .459 || .371 || .762 || 2.5 || 5.7 || 1.3 || .2 || 14.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 133 || 133 || 32.5 || .440 || .361 || .824 || 2.9 || 4.5 || 1.2 || .2 || 14.3
Haws and his wife, Lauren, have a son named Tyson, who was born in February 2020.[16] Haws has an older brother, Tyler, who also played basketball at BYU and finished as its all-time leading scorer, and now plays at the professional level. His father, Marty, was also a standout basketball player at BYU from 1986 to 1990.[2]