OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County Community College men's basketball star guard Tymer Jackson was named first-team All-America by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), becoming just the fourth player in program history to be named to the first-team. A third-team selection last year, Jackson also became just the third two-time All-American in team history, joining Jimmy Hubbard (1999,2000) and Nafis Ricks (2008, 2009).
2022-23 NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball All-America Teams
Jackson was also named first-team All-Region VI/Plains District, first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) D-II and the most valuable player, the fifth in team history. During the season, he was named the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week three times, earning in weeks four, eight and 10.
Jackson led the conference in total points with 657 points and in scoring average at 19.9 per game while leading the Cavaliers to a 29-8 record, conference and district championships and a seventh place finish at the 2023 NJCAA D-II National Tournament. His 657 points are the sixth-most scored in a season in team history. He scored in double figures in 31 games, which ties for fifth on JCCC's season chart, and he had 20 games of 20+ points, including two 30-point games.
Jackson was the team's leading scorer in 23 games, which ties on the season chart. He also led the team and ranked tied for fifth in the conference with 69 3-point baskets and led the conference in 3-point field goal accuracy at 42.9 percent. At the free throw line, Jackson led the conference with 130 made free throws and ranked fourth in free throw accuracy at 78.8 percent.
Jackson was named to the NJCAA D-II National All-Tournament team after finishing the tournament with 76 points for an average of 19.0 per game. His 76 points scored are the second-most ever recorded by a Cavalier in national tournament play, and his 19.0 average is the fourth-best recorded. He also made 12 3-point baskets over the four-game championship, tying the second-most in team history. Jackson tied a team national tournament record pouring in 30 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 79-63 victory over Arkansas State Mid-South in the seventh place game of the consolation bracket.
For his career, Jackson averaged 19.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 seals. He became just the 14th player in team history to surpass 1,000 career points, closing out with 1,190 ranking him third all-time. He also ranks fifth in career made field goals (419), tied for eighth in made 3-point field goals (125), eighth in made free throws (227), 11th in free throw accuracy (78.0%), 14th in 3-point accuracy (40.3%), sixth in career scoring average, tied for fourth in games with 10+ points (57) and is the all-time leader in games led in scoring (39).
His freshman year Jackson was named third-team NJCAA D-II All-American, first-team All-Region VI/Plains District and first-team All-KJCCC D-II. He was also selected the KJCCC D-II Newcomer of the Year, the first in team history. During 2021-22 campaign, Jackson was named the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week four times, earning in weeks two, four, 10 and 13. He finished second in the league in scoring with an average of 18.3 per game, and he scored in double digits 26 times, with 12 games of 20+ and two 30+ games.