Texas State senior guard Nijal Pearson was voted to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District First Team for District 23, the school announced on Monday.
Pearson reached historic milestones in his senior season, breaking the program’s all-time scoring record of 1,884 points, set in 1960 by former Bobcat Charles Sharp, becoming Texas State’s first-ever 2,000-point scorer. He also led the team to 20 wins for the third time in 4 years.
No. 3 seed Texas State was scheduled to face No. 2 seed South Alabama in the Sun Belt tournament semifinals before the event was canceled due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Pearson finished the year leading the league with 19.4 points per game and posting career totals ranking in the school’s top-10 in rebounds (739, No. 9), assists (232, No. 6), steals (177, No. 3).
