Shawnee Mission West basketball player Heather Howard has verbally committed to Oklahoma State.</p><p>Howard, who averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks a game as a junior post player last season, received the scholarship offer after performing well at a basketball camp at Oklahoma State with her Shawnee Mission West teammates in mid-June.</p><p>&#8220;She played unbelievable,&#8221; said Shawnee Mission West girls basketball coach Mark Rabbitt. &#8220;Every time I turned around I had an Oklahoma State coach asking me questions about her.&#8221;</p><p>Howard&#8217;s performance during the three-day camp was so good that the Oklahoma State coaches asked her to stay a little longer so she could compete in another camp that featured tougher competition. She did well again and they offered her a scholarship before she returned home. Howard took an official visit to the campus a few days later and committed.</p><p>&#8220;I really like the coaches, and the program and campus is really cool,&#8221; Howard said.</p><p>With the recruiting process out of the way, Howard &#8212; who can sign her letter of intent in November &#8212; wants to focus on helping the Vikings build on their success last season, when they finished 16-7 and qualified for the 6A state tournament.</p><p>&#8220;(Now) I don&#8217;t have to worry about recruiting or anything like that,&#8221; Howard said. &#8220;We want to make it to state and hopefully win it.&#8221;