SAN ANTONIO – UTSA sophomore guard Jhivvan Jackson has been tabbed All-District by the United States Basketball Writers Association in a voting of its national membership, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
A native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Jackson was one of 10 players across the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana to be voted to the all-district team. On Monday, Jackson was tabbed first-team All-Conference USA in a voting of the league coaches, joining all-league honoree Keaton Wallace.
Jackson is the first UTSA player to earn the USBWA All-District accolade since LeRoy Hurd in 2003-04.
The nation's 15th highest scorer and the leader in C-USA, Jackson has averaged 22.4 points per game as a sophomore. He averages 4.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, despite missing the first three games due to injury and playing the following six outings on a significant minute restriction. In C-USA action. Jackson sports 23.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
A 6-foot product of Euless-Trinity High School, Jackson owns the second most 3-pointers in single-season history, is shooting 83.7 percent from the free-throw line and has 22 games of at least 20 points, the second most in program annals just behind Derrick Gervin's mark of 24.
The USBWA has selected All-District Teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year.
UTSA (17-14, 11-7 C-USA) opens the Conference USA Championships in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The game will be streamed live on STADIUM on Facebook and is available on the Ticket 760 AM. UTSA, earning the No. 4 seed – its highest league tournament seed since 2005 – will face the winner of No. 5 seeded UAB vs. No. 12 Middle Tennessee, who face off on Tuesday.
DISTRICT VII (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech
COACH OF THE YEAR
Chris Beard, Texas Tech
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (10)
Desmond Bane, TCU
Ty Cockfield, Arkansas State
Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech
Corey Davis, Houston
Daniel Gafford, Arkansas
JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Isaiah Joe, Arkansas
Daishon Smith, ULM
Tremont Waters, LSU
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