Titans Jackson Earns National Player of Week Honor

The honors keep coming for Eastern Florida's men's basketball point guard C.J. Jackson.

Jackson, a freshman from Charlotte, North Carolina and Montverde Academy on Wednesday was named NJCAA Division I National Player of the Week.

The national honor follows Jackson being named NJCAA Region 8 Player of the Week for the last two weeks. He also earned the Region 8 honor in November.

Jackson averaged 30 points per game in the national voting period that covered Feb. 1-Feb.8. He also averaged 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals.

"I am so proud of C.J.," said Eastern Florida head coach Jeremy Shulman. "I've been saying it for a long time now that I feel I have the best point guard in the country, and he finally got the national recognition he deserves for this week. What an honor for a great kid and a great player."

Jackson is the first player in Shulman's six-year tenure at Eastern Florida to receive the national honor.

Eastern Florida is on a 12-game winning streak, all in the FCSAA Southern Conference, and won its believed to be unprecedented fourth straight conference title last Saturday.

The Titans are 24-3 overall. Their next game is 4 p.m. Saturday against ASA Miami at the Titan Field House on the Melbourne Campus.

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