Conner Toolson, a UVU-bound guard, was the tournament's MVP, but in coach Todd Phillips said Rawson "was the key to our run. He was a monster."
Rawson graduated from Utah County hoops factory American Fork in 2014, and spent a year at Southern Utah before transferring to SLCC this offseason. Phillips said the big man had a goal of finding "the right fit" at his next college, even suggesting he might want to play next at Utah.
But to get to the next level, Rawson said, he had to be a little more selfish.
"I guess more or less I worked on creating my own shot and just trying to score it a bunch of ways," Rawson said.