Class Act: Bozeman's Van Shockley fully committed on the field, in the classroom

BOZEMAN — The way Van Shockley sees it, fully investing himself in the classroom pays off in more ways than just earning good grades.

The junior Bozeman High quarterback, a 4.0 student, applies himself as fully to his studies as he does to leading the Hawks' offense and he simply can't see himself giving less than 100% on the field or in class.

"I think it's very important because the way you do one thing is the way you do everything," said Shockley. "Applying yourself in school, it's something that you do and it probably helps applying yourself in football too."

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For Bozeman football coach Levi Wesche, Shockley's positive attitude and character were as big of factors in naming him QB1 th