CAREER OVERVIEW
Transferred to Drake following his junior season with UTA in 2022-23 … transferred to UTA in advance of the 2022-23 campaign after one season at Lee College (JUCO) and two years (one of which was canceled due to COVID) at Angelina College (JUCO).
AWARDS
2022 NJCAA All-American Second Team
2022 NJCAA All-Region XIV First Team
AS A JUNIOR (2022-23) | Game-By-Game Stats
Led UTA in scoring (11.2), assists (3.9), steals (1.2) and 3-pointers made (49) … in WAC games his 85 assists were the most in the league, and the 4.7 average was the 2nd best … also ranked 6th in league games in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.57) and 7th in 3-pointers made (35) … led UTA in scoring a team-most 13 times … one of only two players (Chendall Weaver) with multiple 20+ points games: 20 at Abilene Christian (Jan. 21) and 22 versus California Baptist (Jan. 25) … reached double-figure points 18 times, 16 of which came over the final 21 contest of the year … 12 assists versus UT Rio Grande Valley (Jan. 19) to represent the most by any WAC player all year against a Division-I opponent … knocked down 3+ 3-pointers on four occasions, paced by a season-best four against Abilene Christian …. shot 39.4 percent from the floor … played in 31 games, making 30 starts which came consecutively after not starting the opener at Oklahoma State (Nov. 7) in which he finished with nine points and three assists … averaged 28.4 minutes per game.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT LEE (2021-22) | Game-By-Game Stats
Named to the NJCAA All-American Second Team and to the NJCAA All-Region XIV First Team … averaged 17 points, 6.4 assists and 3.9 rebounds per contest … notched seven double-doubles – all seven times he reached double-figure assists, paced by a season-high 14 helpers on Feb. 23 opposite Coastal Bend College … recorded 20 or more points 10 times … scored a career-high 35 of Lee’s 76 points in a win over Blinn College on Feb. 16 … 206 total assists ranked as the 7th-most in the nation … made 70 3-pointers … played and started in all 32 games … led Lee to the NJCAA Region XIV Championship.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT ANGELINA (2020-21)
Season canceled due to COVID.
AS A FRESHMAN AT ANGELINA (2019-20) | Game-By-Game Stats
Averaged 7.2 points, 4.3 assists and 2.4 rebounds over 30 games … reached double-figure points eight times, led by a season-high 19 at Panola College (Jan. 8) … had three games of double-figure assists, paced by a pair of 12-helper performances against Louisiana Christian Prep (Nov. 28) and at Panola for his first-career double-double … added another double-double with 14 points and 10 assists at Blinn College (Feb. 26) … made 16 starts.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won a state championship and was a two-time All-Cenla (Central Louisiana) selection and two-time all-district member … as a senior averaged 17.7 points, posting 20+ points on 15 occasions and knocking down 80 3-pointers.
PERSONAL
Born on May 18, 2001 … son of Rhonda Ross … four siblings: Ken Blackshear, Kris Gibson, Kameron Hayes and Kaydhn Hardie … kinesiology major … played AAU for the Cenla Storm.
