25 Monzy Jackson

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Monzy Jackson

FORWARD • 6-7 • 223 • JUNIOR • DUBLIN, GA. DUBLIN HS • WICHITA STATE

PRIOR TO JSU 2021-22: Wichita State

Appeared in all 28 games with three starts and averaged 3.8 points, 3.1 rebounds in 13.2 minutes…Scored in doublefigures on two occasions…Supplied 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting in a road win at Oklahoma State (Dec. 1)…Set season-highs with 15 points and eight rebounds against Prairie View A&M (Dec. 22)…Chipped in eight boards along with nine points in a game at nationally-ranked Houston (Jan. 8)…Made the spring 2022 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA).

2020-21: Wichita State

Logged time in all 22 games off the bench and averaged 5.0 points and 4.4 rebounds…Voted “Most Inspirational Player” by the WSU coaching staff…Ranked among the league’s top-10 in offensive rebounds (1.6) despite averaging just under 14 minutes-per-outing…WSU’s most-productive rebounder on a per-minute basis, averaged 12.7 rebounds-per-40, including 4.7 offensive boards…Also led the team in fouls drawn-per-40 (5.99)…Shot 40.4 percent from the field including 30 percent from three (9-of-30) and sank 30 free throws on 61.2 percent accuracy…Scored in double-figures three times and led the rebounding on five occasions.

JUNIOR COLLEGE

Played his freshman season (2019-20) at Polk State College in Winter Haven, Fla…First Team All-Suncoast Conference…Averaged 13.3 points and 8.2 rebounds-per-game while shooting 50.7 percent from the field…Helped the Eagles to 21 wins and a runner-up finish in the conference tournament…Finished with 22 points and 21 rebounds in his final game…No. 6 JUCO signee in the Class of 2020, per 247 Sports Composite and No. 23 on jucorecruiting. com’s top-100 list.

PREP SCHOOL

Spent a post-graduate year at Middle Georgia Prep to focus exclusively on hoops.

HIGH SCHOOL

Two-time all-state selection tallied over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds during his high school career and won a pair of state championships…Finished his senior year (2018) at Dublin High School and earned First Team All-Class AA South honors…Averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds and helped his team to a regional title and the second round of the Class AA state tournament… Coached by Paul Williams…Prior to that, won back-to-back state titles at Wilkinson County High School in Irwinton, Fla. while competing in Georgia’s Class A public school division…Voted All-Class A as a junior…Tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds in the 2017 state title game…Coached by Dr. Aaron Geter…Also played varsity football at Wilkinson and earned first team all-region honors as a senior with 57 catches and over 1,000 receiving yards…Graduated with a 3.4 GPA and was a member of FBLA & Beta Club

PERSONAL

Born Feb. 22, 2000…Son of Juanita and Durham…Has one brother, Rylan.

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