BYU signing day: Hoops adds size with Isaac Davis, Brooks Bahr signings

PROVO — BYU added significant size on the first day of the NCAA's early signing period for all sports but football Wednesday.

Isaac Davis, the 6-foot-7 power forward from Idaho, and Brooks Bahr, the 6-foot-4 combo guard from Texas, signed National Letters of Intent to join the Cougars as part of the recruiting class of 2024 Wednesday.

The duo join a class of new additions that is also scheduled to include former four-star guard Collin Chandler, a top-30 prospect by ESPN in 2022 and Gatorade Utah Player of the Year at Farmington who is currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The group may also include Marcus Adams Jr., the former four-star recruit from California by way of Kansas and Gonzaga who is currently awaiting a waiver from the NCAA for immediate eligibility.

Adams' waiver is still on-going, BYU coach Mark Pope told local media Wednesday, while Chandler is expected to return home next spring and embark on the Cougars' well-researched but admittedly "super slow, unbelievably cautious" return-to-play protocol that includes as many as 32 different checkpoints under new strength and conditioning coach Michael Davie, formerly of the Milwaukee Bucks.

"We feel like we're the world's experts on missionary RTP," said Pope, somewhat cheekily but certainly with an element of truth. "We've been working on it a lot."

Bahr, a left-handed scoring threat at all levels, plans to serve a mission before enrolling at BYU in 2026.

While name, image and likeness rights and compensation have played an outsized role in recruiting for over a year, Pope said the additions of both Davis and Bahr were "way more than NIL," though he acknowledged it played a role — as it does in nearly every case in college basketball. He also said the Cougars are "talking to" one other player, but may not sign anyone else during the weeklong early signing period.

"It wasn't a headliner for them," Pope said of BYU's NIL efforts. "But I think they have confidence that we're making incredible strides in the NIL space. We have a lot of leg work to show for that."

Here's a look at each new signee joining BYU as part of the 2024 signing class. Check back throughout the day as additional recruits fire up the fax machine.

Isaac Davis, PF, Hillcrest High (Ammon, Idaho)

The 6-foot-7 power forward from Idaho Falls averaged 17.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game while leading Hillcrest to a second straight Idaho 4A state title as a junior and earning All-Area Player of the Year honors by the Post-Register.

The top prospect in Idaho by 247Sports, Davis burst on the scene as a sophomore at Hillcrest before dropping highlight-reel plays on the club circuit with Utah Prospects and committing to the Cougars back in April.

"I walked out of a Section 7 event this summer with thousands of the top players all up and down the western United States with no doubt in my mind that Isaac Davis was the most physically dominant player at the entire event," BYU coach Mark Pope said of Davis. "He has a really special joy and passion about his game. He is a multi-dimensional player, who is at the elite level of the game as a passing forward. He's physical and tenacious as a defender, and we believe that he is going to grow into an elite-level shooter."

Brooks Bahr, CG, Keller High (Keller, Texas)

The 6-foot-4 combo guard rated No. 132 nationally by 247Sports announced his commitment to BYU on Monday, selecting the Cougars over a final-five that also included Saint Mary's, Wake Forest, USC and Utah.

Bahr averaged 21.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.8 steals per game while leading Keller to back-to-back district titles in Texas, earning district offensive most valuable player honors as a junior.

"Brooks Bahr is a combination of Payton Pritchard and Chauncey Billups. He is an explosive, physical, skilled guard who is capable as play maker, a scorer and a hard-nosed defender" Pope said. "The most impressive thing about Brooks is that his IQ is beyond elite. He studies the game, he is curious about the game and he can't get enough of the game."

Women's basketball

Delaney Gibb, PG, Raymond HS (Raymond, Alberta)

Delaney Gibb, a four-star Canadian prospect from Raymond High in Alberta formalized her commitment made earlier this summer with an NLI, adding the No. 48 recruit in the Class of 2024 by ESPN to Amber Whiting's second recruiting haul.

Gibb initially prepped at Timpview High and played on the adidas 3SSB circuit with BYU freshman Amari Whiting before her family returned home to Canada last year, but the 5-foot-10 point guard kept in contact with the Whiting clan before her commitment in June.

The Canadian international and younger sister of UVU guard Saige Gibb helped the U-19 squad win bronze at the FIBA women's basketball World Cup in July averaged 17.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.4 steals per game in 2020-21 for the Thunderbirds before returning to Raymond, Alberta.

Sarah Bartholomew, C, Lone Peak HS (Highland, Utah)

The 6-foot-3 center averaged 7.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game as a junior in helping the Knights to back-to-back 6A state titles, teaming with current BYU freshman Kailey Woolston and 2025 BYU commit Kennedy Woolston.

With a 6-foot-5 wingspan, Bartholomew also featured on the Nike EYBL circuit with Premier, and also played in the Utah Top 50 Elite League

Women's soccer

On the heels of her 24th NCAA Tournament appearance and second No. 1 seed in program history, head coach Jennifer Rockwood added six players from Utah, California, Texas, Virginia and Georgia to her roster for the 2024 season, including Alta winger Ella Labrum and two-time state champion Mika Krommenhoek from Maple Mountain.

But the class is undeniably led by Abbi Sine, a 5-foot-3 outside back from Coppell Texas and Allegiance Academy and the Dallas Texans.

A U.S. U-19 youth international, Sine is among the highest-rated recruits in BYU women's soccer history. The four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer is ranked No. 21 overall by IMG Top 150, the No. 8 defender, and No. 12 prospect nationally by PrepSoccer.

The three-time ECNL Texas Conference first-team selection and two-time ECNL National selection is also a five-time U.S. talent identification camp invitee.

Rockwood's class also includes midfielder Emma Hamberlin from Centreville, Virginia; defender Presley Freeman from Atlanta, Georgia; and 5-foot-10 defender Sommer Nestman from Clovis, Calif.

Men's golf

BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank added Kevin Wu from Montverde Academy's Shanghai campus and Lincoln Markham from Crimson Cliffs in St. George, while welcoming back former Corner Canyon two-time all-state honoree Jackson Mauss from a two-year church mission.

Markham plans to defer admission to serve a two-year mission for the church and enroll in 2026.

Men's tennis

BYU men's tennis coach Zack Warren added a pair of five-star recruits in Tygen Goldammer — a product of the Alabama Connections Academy who originally came from Estero, Florida — and David Duong from Pacific Coast High School in Estero, Florida.

A 6-foot-4 right-hander, Goldammer ranked as high as No. 2 in the country by the USTA, and is current seventh among the 18s group.

A 5-foot-9 left-hander, Duong won back-to-back Level 3 Henry Talbert Junior Championships in 2021 and 2022.

The Cougars will also welcome a pair of five-star signees back from church missions in former Brighton High star Hardy Owen in 2024-25, and American Fork's Caden Hasler in 2025.

Baseball

• Coen Goeas, SS/RHP, Mid-Pacific Institute (Mililani, Hawaii)
• Tyler Hatch, SS/3B, Castreel HS (Gilbert, Ariz.)
• Blade Paragas, RHP, Kamehameha Schools (Makaha, Hawaii)
• Ridge Erickson, C, Dixie HS (St. George)

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