KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Add All-America to the list of accolades earned by
Deonte Jackson.
The LeTourneau men's basketball fifth-year senior guard was named to the NABC All-America third team, announced the organization on Wednesday.
Jackson becomes the second All-America selection in LeTourneau's NCAA-era. The guard was named to the NABC All-District first team on Tuesday, while also earning D3hoops.com Region Player of the Year and All-Region first team.
A fifth-year senior from Nacogdoches, Texas, Jackson capped his career in 2024-25 with ASC Player of the Year honors. Jackson averaged a career-high 23.8 points per game and led the ASC in the category while ranking fifth in Division III. He had five 30-point games on the year, including a career-high 40 in a win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Feb. 13. Jackson led the ASC and was eighth in the nation in total points (620). His 2,290 career points ranks third all-time in program history and is currently 13th among all NCAA active players at all three levels.
Jackson shot 49.3 percent from the field on the year, including 42.8 percent from 3-point land, and made 77.5 percent at the free throw line. The senior also averaged 3.8 assists per game -- second in the ASC -- and 3.4 rebounds per contest.
Jackson ranked second in the ASC in steals per game (2.4) and was 36th in the nation. He became the program's career leader in steals with 188, and swiped a program NCAA-era record seven in a win at East Texas Baptist on Feb. 20.Â
Jackson earned ASC Player of the Week five times and was named to a pair of national watch lists. Jackson made the first cut of the Trevor Hudgins Award Top 15 Watch List for best career by a small college basketball player (NCAA Division II, III, NAIA) and was named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List for best season by a small college basketball player. He was also named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Feb. 18.
He ends his collegiate career third in program history in career points (2,290), second in made field goals (787), second in made 3-pointers (239), fifth in career 3-point percentage (41.8), third in free throws made (477), ninth in free throw percentage (81.3), tied for fourth in assists (405), and first all-time in steals (188). Jackson totaled 16 30-point games during his five seasons.
LeTourneau ended the year 18-8 overall and advanced to the ASC Tournament semifinals.
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