During his college career in the United States, McCaw was named the 1995 American West Conference Player of the Year.
He attended Western High School from 1987 to 1991 but only played basketball his senior season due to academic ineligibility his first three years.
[4] A month after his senior season ended, McCaw signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the University of Arizona Wildcats without having visited the school.
[3][4] He wanted to play for the alma mater of his basketball idol, Sean Elliott,[4] and was the "least publicized of the Wildcat recruits.
[7] Heading into his senior season in 1994–95,[10] Southern Utah joined the American West Conference, which was in its first year offering basketball.
[7] He lived up to the billing by averaging team-leading 15.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, and surpassed Southern Utah's then-school record for blocks in a career (61).
For his effort, McCaw was named to the all-conference first-team and won the first ever American West Conference Player of the Year award.
[2] Between 1995 and 2008, McCaw played professionally in six different countries, won multiple titles, and became a naturalized Austrian citizen so he could compete for their national team.