{"id":22124116,"date":"2023-04-03T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22124116"},"modified":"2023-04-03T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:30:42","slug":"shulga-bairstow-enter-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/shulga-bairstow-enter-transfer-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shulga, Bairstow enter transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOGAN \u2014 While Utah State Men\u2019s Basketball searches for its next head coach, guards Max Shulga and Sean Bairstow announced they were entering the transfer portal via Instagram on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shulga is set to depart after seeing two coaching changes in Craig Smith and Ryan Odom. He actually entered the portal after Smith left, but decided to return to USU. Shulga averaged 11.9 points per game and made 55 3-pointers, third most on the team, for the Aggies in the 2022-23 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He expressed his gratitude to Aggie fans in an Instagram post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo the fans and the people in Logan, thank you for welcoming an 18 year old kid with open arms,\u201d Shulga wrote. \u201cNo matter where basketball takes me, this is an experience I\u2019ll remember and cherish forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shulga has two years of eligibility left.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After four seasons in Aggie blue, Bairstow is looking for other opportunities. He averaged 10.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in the 2022-23 season. Bairstow said Utah State fans are what made his \u201ccollege career so special\u201d in an Instagram post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to thank Utah State, as well as all involved in the athletic program for your support and guidance throughout my time here,\u2019 Bairstow wrote. \u201cTo the Hurd and all our fans, thank you for your unwavering support and passion for Aggie basketball. You have made my college experience so special, and I am so thankful to have called the spectrum home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bairstow has one year of eligibility remaining.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center Szymon Zapala has also entered the portal per a report from Verbal Commits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The transfer portal for men\u2019s basketball closes on May 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image is a Statesman file photo from the March 9, 2022 contest against Air Force.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOGAN \u2014 While Utah State Men\u2019s Basketball searches for its next head coach, guards Max Shulga and Sean Bairstow announced…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":883627,"featured_media":22120173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9,3],"tags":[666,8890,7959,674,853],"class_list":["post-22124116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-m-bball","category-sports","tag-aggie-basketball","tag-max-shulga","tag-sean-bairstow","tag-usu-basketball","tag-utah-state-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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