Meads Says He Will Make His Decision When He Is Ready ... Not Before
Salt Lake Tribune 17Nov99 S2
By Jay Drew: Salt Lake Tribune

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Garner Meads, the 6-foot-9 Brighton High School basketball star, is not yet ready to make a college choice. Although the early signing period for high school seniors will end without him adding his name to a university's list, Meads says the date really never has meant anything to him. "For me, my word is as good as a letter of intent any day," he said. "When I decide, I will stick to it. I am not going to go back on my word, so I don't know what everybody is worried about."

Meads, a prospect listed as high as No. 21 in the country, said he would like to decide on a college before Christmas, and sign by April. Brigham Young, Stanford and Utah remain in the running, although he refuses to say which school is leading. A mission for the LDS Church after high school will come first, however, providing church officials allow him to leave a few months before his 19th birthday. He won't be available to a college until the 2002 season.