Academic Notes: Major in criminology and criminal justice.
2013-14: Named the 2013-14 Big Sky Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Year…Earned All-Big Sky First Team honors…Voted Big Sky Player of the Week twice…Named the Joseph C. Rolle Team Most Valuable Player…Appeared in all 32 games…Recorded 30 starts…Averaged 15.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game…Led NAU in scoring 10 times and steals 18 times…Recorded a career-high 32 points (11-of-13 FG, 7-for-8 3-Pts, 3-of-4 FTs) at Northern Colorado (1/23)…His 11 field goals set a new career high…Scored 25 points at Loyola Marymount (11/17) for his first 20-point game as a Lumberjack…Made eight three-pointers at Idaho State (2/27) to tie for the fifth most in a game in school history, and seven at Northern Colorado for the tenth-most in a game…Hit a career-high 11 free throws against Eastern Washington (1/16)…Collected two or more steals 16 times…Recorded three blocked shots three times…Grabbed four or more rebounds nine times, including eight twice…Registered a team-high 27 double digit scoring games…Led the team with eight 20-plus point scoring games…Scored in double digits 14 straight games…Finished the season with 491 points, the ninth-best total in school history...Tallied 105 rebounds, 52 steals, and 27 assists…His 191 three-point attempts was the fifth-most in single season history…Finished as the team leader in scoring average and steals…Tied with multiple players on the individual season games played chart with 32.
Previous School: Played one year at Virginia Military Institute, before transferring to Kilgore JC…Named First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference…Was a JUCO All-American nominee…While at Kilgore, helped lead the team to the regular season championship and an automatic bid to the JUCO National Tournament…Helped Kilgore to an overall record of 27-6.
High School: Competed at Booker T. Washington High School for Coach Darren Sanderlin…Served two years as team captain… Averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists his senior season of 2010-11...Averaged 14.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists as a junior...Also a standout on the Booker T. Washington volleyball team.
Personal: Born to Brenda Harps and Wilbert Upshur on June 16, 1993…Has two brothers, Avery and Zain, and a younger sister, India.