Dastrup, Haws and Mika to play for the Cougars in 2016-17

PROVO, Utah – BYU coach Dave Rose announced Wednesday that Payton Dastrup, TJ Haws and Eric Mika will return from two-year missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2016 and play for the Cougars in 2016-17.

Rose also announced today the signing of Gavin Baxter, Yoeli Childs and Connor Harding to National Letters of Intent.

Payton Dastrup

6-10, 230, Forward
Mesa, Arizona / Mountain View HS

Currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Panama
Played for Gary Ernst at Mountain View High School
As a senior in 2013-14 led Mountain View to a 21-8 record while averaging 16.5 points and 13.0 rebounds as a senior
Earned second-team Division I All-Arizona honors from AZcentral.com and first-team All-Tribune by the East Valley Tribune
Named Mesa All-City Boys co-MVP and earned first-team honors
As a junior in 2012-13 led Mountain View to an 18-11 record while averaging 18.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks
Named second-team Division I All-Arizona by AZcentral.com and first-team All-Tribune by the East Valley Tribune
Helped Mountain View to a 21-8 record as a sophomore
As a sophomore in 2011-12 earned honorable mention All-Arizona Division I honors from AZcentral.com
Named honorable mention All-Tribune by the East Valley Tribune
Named a four-star recruit by ESPN, Scout and Rivals
National overall recruiting rankings: 98th by ESPN, 100th by Rivals
National position recruiting rankings: 12th by ESPN, 18th by Scout
Also recruited by Arizona, Arizona State, Florida, Ohio State, Virginia, Kansas, Utah State and UCLA

TJ Haws

6-4, 170, Guard
Alpine, Utah / Lone Peak HS

Currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France
A four-time 5A Utah state champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) and a 2013 MaxPreps.com National Champion playing for Quincy Lewis at Lone Peak High School
Posted career totals of 1,896 points (18.4 ppg) and 264 threes
As a senior in 2013-14 averaged 25.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.8 steals and hit 95 threes while leading Lone Peak to a 23-3, 11-1 record
Named the 2014 Mr. Basketball by the Deseret News and the 2014 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year
Received first-team all-state honors from the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune
Named the 2014 Valley Player of the Year by the Daily Herald
Earned 2014 5A Tournament MVP honors
As a junior in 2012-13 averaged 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.9 steals and hit 64 threes as Lone Peak finished 26-1 overall and 10-0 in region play
Named the 2012-13 5A MVP by the Deseret News, first-team all-state by the Salt Lake Tribune, All-Valley Offensive MVP by the Daily Herald
As a sophomore in 2011-12 averaged 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals and hit 59 threes as Lone Peak finished 22-3 overall and 9-1 in region play
Named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune and All-Valley by the Daily Herald
Named the 2012 5A Tournament MVP
As a freshman in 2010-11 averaged 13.8 points and hit 46 threes as Lone Peak finished 24-1 overall and 12-0 in region play
Named second-team all-state by the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune, all-valley by the Daily Herald and first-team all-Region 4
Competed in the NBPA Top 100 camp during the summer of 2013
Named a four-star recruit by ESPN, Scout and Rivals
National overall recruiting rankings: 67th by ESPN, 57th by Scout, 70th by Rivals
National position recruiting rankings: 13th by ESPN, 14th by Scout
Played for DreamVision and Utah Reign during the AAU season
Parents are Marty and Tiffanie Haws
Brother Tyler (2009-10, 12-15) is BYU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,720 career points
His father Marty Haws played for BYU from 1986-90 and earned All-WAC honors

Eric Mika

6-10, 230, Forward
Alpine, Utah / Lone Peak HS

Played his freshman season at BYU in 2013-14 before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy
Named to the WCC All-Freshman Team
Received Silver Honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Ranked 87th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game
Ranked 3rd in the WCC in offensive rebounds, 9th in field goal percentage, 14th in rebounding and 22nd in scoring
Recorded the most offensive rebounds in a season at BYU (93) and averaged the 4th most offensive rebounds per game in a season (2.82)
In the BYU record book for freshmen, recorded the 8th most points by a freshman (389), 3rd most double-figure scoring games (24); 4th most double-doubles (5), 3rd most double-digit rebound games (6), most offensive rebounds (93), 3rd most rebounds (211), 2nd most free throw attempts (180) and 5th most free throws made (111)
Posted season highs of 20 points (twice), 13 rebounds (San Francisco), 3 assists (Pacific), 3 steals (Pacific), 3 blocks (Weber State), 9 field goals made (Mount St. Mary's) and 11 free throws made (Oregon)
Scored in double figures 24 times, 20-plus points twice, had double-figure rebounds 6 times and had 5 double-doubles
Led the team in rebounding 8 times and assists once
Averaged 11.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.7 blocks and shot .527 from the field and .617 from the free throw line
Played for Quincy Lewis and helped lead Lone Peak to a 26-1 record, the 2012-13 MaxPreps.com National Title and the 5A Utah state title
Named a third-team All-American by MaxPreps.com
Named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune
Averaged 16.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.7 blocks 1.0 assists per game and shot .671 from the field