(Tucson, AZ) Pima Community College men’s basketball player Traivar Jackson closed out his career with the Aztecs and received honors from the NJCAA for the second straight year.
Jackson, a sophomore forward from West High School in Anchorage, AK, became the first men’s basketball player in program history to be named NJCAA Division II All-American in back-to-back seasons.
Jackson was selected to the Third Team this season and was named to the Second Team in 2022.
Jackson played and started in all 32 games this season as he averaged 18.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.6 steals. He scored in double figures in all 32 games this season and produced double-figure scoring in 61 of the 62 career games he played at Pima.
He is the sixth player under coach Brian Peabody to earn All-American honors; Jackson in 2022, 2023, Jake Lieppert (Saguaro HS) in 2020, Abram Carrasco (Cholla HS) in 2019, Keven Biggs (Cienega HS) in 2018, Deion James (Empire HS) in 2017 and Murphy Gershman (Tucson Magnet HS) in 2015. He is the tenth Pima men’s basketball All-American: Darrell King (1991), James Ford (1990) and Greg Cook (1980).
The Aztecs went 17-13 (9-11 in ACCAC) in his freshman year and improved to 25-7 (16-6 in ACCAC) this season.
See the NJCAA Division II All-American teams on the NJCAA website:
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2022-23/div2/all-americans/index
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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