West Virginia University Athletics

West Virginia (2024-25)

• Named to the All-Big 12 First Team
• Tabbed a third team All-American by the Field of 68
• Named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press
• Named to the Top 10 for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award and the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List
• Named to the John R. Wooden Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List and Naismith Trophy Midseason Team
• Tabbed a Midseason Second Team All-America Selection by the Sporting News and The Athletic
• Started all 32 games
• Averaged 18.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game
• Tied for the Big 12 regular season scoring title
• Dished out 180 assists
• Scored 23 points against Colorado in the Big 12 Championship
• Finished with 25 points, seven boards and nine assists vs. UCF on Senior Day
• Scored 18 points with seven assists at Utah
• Had 15 points at BYU
• Finished with 16 points against Cincinnati
• Scored a game-high 22 points with six assists at Baylor
• Posted 14 points to go with eight assists vs. Utah
• Finished with 20 points and seven assists at TCU
• Recorded a game-high 19 points with nine assists at Cincinnati
• Scored 22 points with five assists and three steals at Kansas State
• Had 14 points against Arizona State
• Named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 21)
• Named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Jan. 20
• Finished with 27 points (12 in the final two minutes), seven rebounds, five assists and four steals in the win over No. 2 Iowa State
• Had 13 points with eight assists at Houston
• Scored a game-high 26 points with seven assists at Colorado
• Named the Big 12 Player of the Week, NCAA March Madness and the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Jan. 6)
• Second double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds vs. Oklahoma State
• First WVU double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the win at Kansas, including the game-winning free throw
• Had 19 points and seven assists vs. Mercyhurst
• Recorded a game-high 27 points, including 11-of-11 from the free throw line against Bethune-Cookman
• Scored a game-high 26 points against Georgetown
• Named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Dec. 2)
• Recognized as Big 12 co-Player of the Week on Dec. 2
• Named to the Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team
• Had 14 points and eight assists in the win over No. 24 Arizona
• Recorded 26 points, seven rebounds and seven assists against Louisville
• Scored 31 points with seven rebounds in the win over No. 3 Gonzaga
• Had 23 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals vs. Iona
• Finished with 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals vs. UMass
• Had 15 points and five assists against Robert Morris

Prior to West Virginia

• Comes to WVU from Oklahoma State, where he spent the 2023-24 season
• Previously played two seasons at East Carolina
• Last season at Oklahoma State, he earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors after he averaged team highs of 15.1 points and 4.1 assists in 33.0 minutes per game 
• Missed the opener due to injury but started each of the last 31 games at point guard for the Cowboys
• Ranked fourth in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 86.6% (110 of 127) and had a streak of 28 consecutive free throws made from Nov. 17 to Dec. 10
• Finished ninth in the Big 12 in defensive rebounds at 4.35 per game and 10^th in minutes played (32:58), drawing a team-high 102 fouls 
• Scored in double figures 24 times and topped 20 points on six occasions, highlighted by 34 points at BYU 
• Had a pair of double-doubles, including scoring 27 of his 29 points after halftime in an overtime game at Notre Dame to go with 10 rebounds
• Had 20-point performances against Creighton (24), Southern Illinois (25), Oklahoma (21) and in the Big 12 Championship against UCF (19) 
• Had a double-double with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against WVU
• At East Carolina, he was one of the nation’s most improved players in 2022-23 before suffering a season-ending leg injury in January 
• Was averaging 15.8 points and 5.6 assists in 34.7 minutes (up from 2.0 points and 1.1 assists in 9.1 minutes as a true freshman) but missed the final 15 games 
• Made the American Athletic Conference’s weekly honor roll three times
• Had a personal best 11-assist game against Campbell and 27 points against Indiana State 
• Had a double-double against Coppin State with 21 points and 10 assists and nearly had a triple-double against High Point, finishing with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists
• Graduate of Arizona Compass Prep, where he averaged 11.0 points, 3.2 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game as a senior 
• Helped the team to a 28-2 record and a semifinal berth at the 2021 Geico High School Nationals 
• Previously attended Franklin Central High in Indianapolis for two years and spent his freshman year at Riley High in South Bend, Indiana

Personal

• Son of Jovanna Wright
• Pursuing a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree
• Birthday is Dec. 19