September 27, 1999
Jason Boeker has been awarded a basketball scholarship for his senior season, Texas A&M coach Melvin Watkins said Monday.
A 6-8, 240-pound forward, Boeker appeared in 16 games last year as a walk-on forward after transferring to A&M from Alabama-Huntsville. In 1995, Boeker led Westbury Christian High School in Houston to a state championship.
"We're glad to be in a position to change Jason's status from walk-on to scholarship athlete," Watkins said. "He's earned that right. Jason is a workhorse for us and I've often said, if you are in corporate America and you want a team player, then Jason Boeker is your guy."
Boeker, a construction science major, earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors last season.