Shawn is obviously an athlete, but I discovered from spending time with him that he likes to be creative and different. He told me he likes to defy stereotypes, laugh and have a lot of fun. If he has to describe himself in one word, it would be "Innovative."
He loves to play and laugh and did so with his mom and little brother on the shoot. Since he will be playing for TCU this year, he is still eating, breathing and sleeping FOOTBALL, but he enjoys basketball and skateboarding as well. His buddy had borrowed his skateboard so we didn't have one for the senior session. But then his mom spotted a guy on a skateboard and we all started yelling to him. Haha! We probably scared him, but he was great about it and let us borrow it for a few pictures.
In Shawn's free time he likes to listen to music, play video games, watch "House" on TV and do a lot of hanging out with friends. His style is a combination of some sweet name brands that his doting grandfather buys for him and Vintage Shopping, and no surprise, his favorite memory is winning the 6A state football championship for the great state of Texas!
Here are a few of the stats on what Shawn was able to accomplish in high school:
Four-star recruit by 247Sports.com ... named the 2016-17 Gatorade Texas Player of the Year ... selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... ranked as the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback recruit in Texas and No. 7 in the nation ... listed by Scout.com as the No. 19 overall player in Texas and No. 116 nationally ... threw for 3,416 yards and 28 touchdowns and ran for 1,439 yards and 19 touchdowns in leading DeSoto to its first state championship in 2016 ... selected as the Offensive Most Valuable Player in the title game ... named the District 5-6A Co-Offensive MVP as a junior at Denton Guyer High School ... recorded 79 total touchdowns during his two years there ... named the District 5-6A Overall MVP in 2014 ... garnered AP and Texas Sportswriters Association (TSWA) Class 6A honorable-mention all-state honors as a sophomore ... chose TCU over Alabama, Ohio State, USC, LSU, Michigan, Baylor, Texas, Texas A and ;M, Oklahoma State and UCLA.
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