SMC California Athletics

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Honorable Mention All-WCC (2023-24)
• WCC Player of the Week (Jan. 24, 2024)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Started each of the first 26 games of the season at power forward before suffering a season ending leg injury...Averaged 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest...Tallied his first three career double-doubles, including a 21 point, 10 rebound performance at San Francisco (Jan. 22) that earned him WCC Player of the Week honors...Shot a very strong 46.9% from the field, and knocked down 16 three pointers on the year...Finished second on the team with 32 steals...Against Northern Kentucky (Dec. 21), became the first ever Gael to record a double-double while not missing from the field, from three or from the free throw line...Named Honorable Mention All-WCC. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23): Appeared in 34 of the Gaels 35 games as a freshman...averaged 8.1 minutes per game with 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game...shot 43.4% from the floor and was 31% on three-pointers...scored his first collegiate points as the Gaels beat Vermont in their second game of the season...knocked down his first two three-pointers in the conference opener against San Diego on December 29...averaged over 12 minutes per game during the final nine games of the season, including all four postseason games...set career-bests with 23 minutes and nine points at No. 12 Gonzaga to close out the regular season...dished out three assists in consecutive games against Portland and San Diego in February.

PRIOR TO SAINT MARY'S: Graduate of Liberty High School in Henderson, Nevada...averaged 17.7 points per game during his senior season, including 10 rebounds per game, 4 assists per game, and 2 steals per game...helped lead the Patriots to their first-ever Class 5A state championship in 2022, defeating Bishop Gorman 63-62 in overtime after Jefferson scored the final six points of regulation to tie the game and end the Gaels nine-year reign as champions...named Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada Boys Athlete of the Year and MaxPreps Player of the Year.