As a result, BYU won its way into the hearts of the people of Taiwan, making it one of the most recognized US university names in Taiwan. Its image as a sports university is even better known. Wu Tai-hao, a highly skilled basketball player from Taiwan with his sites set on the NBA, opted to play for BYU-Hawaii.
也因此，楊百翰大學得以在台灣深入人心，成為國人最耳熟的美國大學之一，一心想挑戰 NBA 的國內籃球好手吳岱豪，選擇的就是位於夏威夷的楊百翰分校。