FIU Athletics Paw'dcast Episode 22 | Men's Basketball's Zawdie Jackson and Corey Stephenson
2024-25 (at NM State): The only Aggie to start and play in all 32 games, averaging 27.7 minutes per contest … finished the season averaging 10.5 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 39.9% from the field … led NM State with a 37.6% mark from three-point range and was the team’s primary playmaker, totaling 99 assists (3.1 per game) … ranked third on the team in scoring with 336 total points … posted the fourth-best assist/turnover ratio in Conference USA at 2.33 and ranked 10th in the league in assists per game … best performance came at Utah Tech, where he posted a season-high 24 points on 3-of-3 shooting from deep, while also recording seven assists, five rebounds, two steals, and just one turnover in 33 minutes
2023-24 (at West Georgia): Started all 33 games and averaged 22.0 points 5.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game on 51|45|85 percent shooting splits... led West Georgia to a 27-6 record, a GSC Regular Season & Tournament Championship and an appearance in the South Region Semifinals for the second consecutive season... scored 20 or more points in 22 games while scoring 30 or more in four games... Recorded five or more assists in 20 games... named the GSC & South Region Player of the Year, First team All-Region, First Team All-District, First Team All-American, becoming the first player in school history to be named the South Region Player of the Year... surpassed 1,000 career points, becoming the sixth player in school history to achieve that milestone in just two seasons
2022-23 (at West Georgia): Started all 31 games for West Georgia... finished second on the team in scoring with 14.7 points per game on 46.5% shooting, while leading the team in assists and ranking third in the conference with 4.1 per game... third on the team in steals with 1.3 per game... had a career-high 36 points against Christian Brothers on January 21, leading a GSC Player of the Week selection... named to the GSC All-Tournament team... made the GSC Honor RollÂ
2021-2022 (at Snead State): Led the Alabama Community College Conference in assists with 6.2 per game, while sitting sixth in the conference in scoring with 19.2 points per game... averaged 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals on 48.8 percent shooting, leading to the Snellville native being selected Second-Team All-Conference... scored 20 or more points in 13 of the 29 games in the 2021-2022 season, including back-to-back career-high 36-point performances at the end of the regular season, which propelled Snead State to a 21-9 overall record
Prep: Attended South Gwinnett High School and Shiloh High School (GA)… scored over 1,000 career points during four years of varsity play… earned All-Region 8-7A honors three times… played at South Gwinnett in 2018 and 2019 before finishing at Shiloh in 2020… competed with Stackhouse Elite on the club circuit
Personal: Born on Apr. 23, 2002, in Stone Mountain, Ga… son of Rhonda Jackson and Zawdie Jackson… has two siblings, Zaron Jackson and Inertia Brown… father played tennis at South Carolina State University… majoring in Communications
