IRVING, Texas – UTSA freshman guard Jhivvan Jackson has been named an All-Conference USA Second Team selection and to the league's All-Freshman Team, while classmate and fellow guard Keaton Wallace also earned All-Freshman Team honors, as voted by Conference USA head coaches and media members, the league office announced Monday.
NOTE: Conference USA Freshman, Defensive and Sixth Player of the Year honors will be announced Tuesday and the Gene Bartow Coach of the Year along with Player of the Year award winners on Wednesday.
Jackson joins 2015 first team selection Jeromie Hill as Roadrunners to earn All-Conference USA honors. Jackson and Wallace are the second and third UTSA rookies to earn All-Freshman Team nods, joining Byron Frohnen's selection last year.
Jackson, a seven-time C-USA Freshman of the Week award winner, averaged 18.4 points per game to rank as the fifth leading freshman scorer in the NCAA and fifth overall in Conference USA. With 534 point this season, Jackson is the UTSA freshman scoring record holder. The Puerto Rican has totaled three 30-point, 14 20-point and 25 double-digit scoring performances in his 29 games.
He scored a season-high 31 at Oklahoma and ranks fourth in C-USA with 2.7 3-pointers per game. He has connected from 3-point range three or more times in 17 games (2+ in 20). In addition, he tallied 20 of his 30 steals against C-USA opponents.
Wallace ranks as UTSA's second-leading scorer at 11.3 points per game. The Dallas native was a three-time C-USA Freshman of the Week honoree. He scored in double-digits in 19 games (9 vs. C-USA opponents), including a season-high 24 against Houston Baptist. In addition to his scoring, Wallace is second on the team with 85 assists, with a season-best 11 at UAB. He currently ranks as the fifth-highest scoring freshman in UTSA history with 351 points.
He also tallied three or more three-pointers in 11 games (2+ in 15), led UTSA in scoring six times, was the leader in assist 11 times and steals 10 times. Wallace started the first 19 games of the season and currently averages a team-high 27.5 minutes per game.
The fifth-seeded Roadrunners (18-13, 11-7 C-USA) open the Conference USA Championship at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday against 12 seed UTEP (11-19, 6-12 C-USA) in the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
All-Conference USA Teams
First Team
Jon Elmore, Marshall
Nick King, Middle Tennessee
Ahmad Caver, Old Dominion
Chris Cokley, UAB
Justin Johnson, WKU
Second Team
C.J. Burks, Marshall
Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee
Roosevelt Smart, North Texas
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Darius Thompson, WKU
Third Team
Brian Beard Jr., FIU
Ronald Delph, Florida Atlantic
Jacobi Boykins, Louisiana Tech
Adjin Penava, Marshall
B.J. Stith, Old Dominion
All-Defensive Team
Brian Beard Jr., FIU
Adjin Penava, Marshall
Tyrik Dixon, Middle Tennessee
Ahmad Caver, Old Dominion
William Lee, UAB
All-Freshman Team
Anthony Duruji, LA Tech
Zack Bryant, UAB
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Keaton Wallace, UTSA
Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU
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