Education
Boatwright graduated from Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, in 1970, where he lettered in basketball, track and golf.
Boatwright graduated from Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho, in 1970, where he lettered in basketball, track and golf.
In the 1977 final, he led all scorers with 26 points. He led the Spartans to back-to-back state championship games in 1969 and 1970. As a junior, he averaged 37 points per game during the state tournament.
He still holds the record for most free throws taken and made.
Boatwright is the second-leading Minico scorer, all time. Having earned a slew of All-State and All-American honors, Boatwright received a scholarship to play at Utah State University.
He was the leading scorer in both his junior and senior seasons at Logan, and was named Utah State"s top athlete in 1974, the same year in which he graduated with a degree in political science. Boatwright played for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Super League from 1974 to 1982.
While playing for Maccabi, Boatwright had acquired Israeli citizenship.
At EuroBasket 1981, he averaged 9.6 points a game, and helped Israel finish in sixth place. In 1983, Boatwright began teaching and coaching at Star Valley, Wyoming. He resigned in December 2012, to undergo chemotherapy.
Boatwright died on February 11, 2013, of liver cancer in Ketchum, Idaho.
Boatwright was selected as a member of the Israeli Olympic basketball team for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. He was consequently able to participate in the EuroBasket 1981 as a member of the.