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BYU Basketball: Caleb Lohner – from the Lone Star State to star in the WCC

By Jason Burgess

Dec 18, 2020; San Diego, California, USA; Brigham Young Cougars forward Caleb Lohner (33) reacts from the bench during the second half against the San Diego State Aztecs at Viejas Arena. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 18, 2020; San Diego, California, USA; Brigham Young Cougars forward Caleb Lohner (33) reacts from the bench during the second half against the San Diego State Aztecs at Viejas Arena. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /
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BYU Basketball forward Caleb Lohner Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
BYU Basketball forward Caleb Lohner Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /

How Caleb ended up in Provo

He is about to begin his sophomore season at BYU, but there was a time when he was a kid where the excitement of basketball had worn off and he wasn’t sure if he wanted to continue with the sport. It was then that he followed the advice he would give his 10-yr old self if he had the chance, “Keep working, don’t put your head down no matter what happens because in this life there is going to be things that don’t go your way, it’s not the end of the world.”

Lohner would move from Texas to Utah and attend Wasatch Academy, he said that was a turning point for him, “I think I needed a change, sometimes things in life can be scary but also be beneficial, they can rekindle a lot of love for things you didn’t know you really had. Getting out into a new area and loving the game of basketball again was huge.”

It was around that time that he realized basketball could be very rewarding for him but it wouldn’t be easy saying, “From the time I started playing high school ball and was contacted different colleges, I recognized that I had some God-given talent. I recognized I was given a few things and really wanted to capitalize on it. I realized that if I work really hard I can get closer and closer to these goals.”

That’s when the offers began rolling in for the 6-9 forward who has plenty of interests outside of basketball that include music and surfing, who he says family and friends would describe as, “a creative, passionate, hard-working kid who has a love for life, a love for the game of basketball and love for his close ones.”

In the end, BYU is where he would end up saying, “I have lots of friends and family members that attended BYU. I think at first I kinda wanted to be different and change that mold, I knew from the connections and the people that I had that BYU was the right spot for me.”