Javon Small

West Virginia Mountaineers guard Javon Small (7) protects the ball on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 William Wotring

Photo by: William Wotring/All-Pro Photography

Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks

Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
South Bend, Ind.
High School:
AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.)
Prev School:
Oklahoma State

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