#24 Isaiah Shaw

Pos. G
Ht. 6-8
Wt. 210
Yr. R-So.
Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
High School [Prev. School] Davidson Academy [GCU]

GCU (2021-24): Redshirted his first collegiate season in 2021-22... Appeared in seven games in 2022-23 before a season-ending knee injury caused him to take a medical redshirt... Shot 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from 3-point range in 2022-23 in a limited sample size... Scored a season-high 11 points on Nov. 26, 2022 vs. Benedictine Mesa, his first collegiate double-figure scoring effort... In 2023-24, saw action in 32 out of 35 games for a Lopes team that went 30-5 overall, 17-3 in the Western Athletic Conference and won the WAC regular season and tournament titles before beating Saint Mary’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and falling to Alabama in the Round of 32... Played in 39 total games during his two seasons at GCU... Had four double-figure scoring outputs at GCU including three in 2023-24... Scored a career-high 13 points on Nov. 6 vs. SEMO... Matched his personal best with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting on Dec. 27 vs. Bethesda (CA).

Prep: Spent the 2020-21 season at Phoenix Prep... Averaged 17.5 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game and shot 40 percent from 3-point range at Davidson Academy in 2019-20... Father Casey served as the head coach for Isaiah’s high school team in Nashville for one season... Isaiah’s brother Caleb was also on the team, and his grandfather Homer served as an assistant coach.

Personal: Son of Dana Drew Shaw and Casey Shaw, nephew of legendary Valpo player, former Valpo head coach and current GCU head coach Bryce Drew, nephew of Baylor head coach and former Valpo head coach Scott Drew and grandson of legendary Valpo head coach Homer Drew... Father Casey was drafted 37th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1998 NBA Draft out of the University of Toledo. After one season in the NBA, he spent the majority of his career in Italy, leading the league in rebounding in 2005. He also played in Poland, Spain and Latvia... Mother Dana, a 1990 Valparaiso High School graduate, is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and was an Indiana All-Star and first-team all-state selection before scoring in double figures in every game she played at Toledo, where she finished with a school-record 1,919 career points in addition to a school-record 659 assists. Dana was a two-time Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and a three-time MAC Tournament MVP. The two-time Academic All-American was inducted into the Toledo Hall of Fame in 2001... Second oldest of four siblings.... Older sister Anna never got into sports and is in the movie-making industry. She directs and choreographs films, making Christian and family-friendly movies... Youngest brother Luke finished his senior year of high school in Arizona in 2023-24 and set a school record for career points while leading his team to three state championships and earning league MVP honors. He is taking a postgrad year at Athletes in Action Prep in Lebanon, Ohio in 2024-25... Second-youngest sibling is Caleb, who redshirted at Grand Canyon in 2023-24 after transferring from Northern Colorado... Born in Rome, Italy while his father was playing professionally... Casey’s professional season would run from September to April or May, and Isaiah went to Italian school through second grade. The family had a summer home in Valpo and spent the summer months with Bryce and the Valpo coaching staff... When Isaiah was about 10 years old, Casey retired from playing and began working for a financial planning company in Chicago. The family lived in Valpo for a year and a half, then in Chicago for another three years... The next stop for the Shaw family was Nashville, Tenn. as Bryce departed Valpo to become the head coach at Vanderbilt. Casey joined Bryce’s staff at Vanderbilt, and current Valpo head coach Roger Powell Jr. went with Bryce from Valpo to Vandy... Earned an undergraduate degree from GCU in three years with a degree in business management and a minor in biblical studies... Pursuing a master’s in business administration (MBA) at Valpo... Plays a little bit of guitar, which his dad taught him at a young age... He and his brother play Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo Switch, which like anything in the Drew/Shaw households, gets a little competitive... Another family activity that gets the competitive juices flowing is ping pong.