Personal
Born 11/13/61 in Cedar City, Utah ... parents are George and Beth Applegate ... was senior class president and lettermen's club president at Tooele ... graduated with a 3.6 GPA ... pursuing studies in liberal arts.
Before BYU
Brett played both basketball and football for Tooele High ... was recruited more heavily for football than for basketball ... was all-state and all-region in football ... in basketball Brett was a two-time all-state ... was BCI All-American ... was one-on-one state champion and one-on-one junior national champion ... voted MVP for region and county ... as a senior, Brett averaged 27 points and 15 rebounds ... coached by Mike Johnsen (Mesa College, Colo.).
Other College
At Snow College (Ephraim, Utah), Brett was named the Junior College Player of the Year ... was an All-American and two-time all-region and all-conference ... was conference MVP ... played on the USA Select Men's Team in the Jones Cup at Taipei, Taiwan and in the Seoul Invitational in Korea ... as a freshman he averaged 25 points with 11 rebounds per game ... as a sophomore he averaged 29 points and 14 rebounds per game ... recruited by several schools.
Stats
Year Games FGs % FTs % Rbds. Pts. Avg.
1982-83 29 142 .449 72 .706 214 356 12.3
1983-84 31 171 .476 107 .699 352 449 14.5