Brothers Sign CIU Athletic Scholarships — Together

Brothers Sign CIU Athletic Scholarships — Together

The Byars brothers with their CIU coaches (l-r) Cross Country and Track Coach Jud Brooker, Braydon Byars, Dominik Byars and Men's Soccer Coach Bill Brindley

The Byars brothers with their CIU coaches (l-r) Cross Country and Track Coach Jud Brooker, Braydon Byars, Dominik Byars and Men's Soccer Coach Bill Brindley

Brothers Dominik and Braydon Byars were on different paths after high school. But the brothers will be much closer to each other again after signing athletic scholarships the same day at Columbia International University. They’ll even room together.

Their stepfather, Winn Fitzgerald says, “It was like God stepped in for this to happen.”

The Byars brothers played high school sports at Brookland-Cayce High School just outside Columbia. At CIU, Braydon will run cross country and track. Dominik will play soccer.  

For more about the Byars brothers and how they decided on CIU, check out the Cola Daily article, “Former Brookland-Cayce Byars brothers sign together at CIU.”

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