Accolades: (2015-16) Named to America East All-Rookie Team… (2016-17) Selected to Academic All-District 2 First Team (CoSIDA) and 2017 America East All-Academic Team... (2017-18) Selected to Academic All-District 2 First Team (CoSIDA), America East All-Academic Team in and earned his undergraduate degree with a 4.0 grade-point average in financial economics... First player in league and UMBC men’s basketball history to be named to the 2017-18 Academic All America® Division I Men’s Basketball First Team… Named an America East Presidential Scholar, one of seven Retrievers to earn that distinction. (2018-19) Selected to Academic All-District 2 First Team (CoSIDA) for third consecutive year... Named the 2018-19 Academic All America® Team Member of the Year, the first-ever in any sport in America East history... Received the 2019 America East Conference's Men's Basketball Elite 18 Award, which is awarded to the highest-achieving competitor in academics and athletics by a student-athlete in each America East sponsored sport... Named 2019 America East First Team forward, selected to All-Academic Team for the the third consecutive year and to the 2019 America East All-Tournament team... Invited to compete in the Dos Equis 3-on-3 Tournament in Minneapolis... Named UMBC's 2018-19 Outstanding Senior Male Athlete and its 2018-19 Matt Skalsky Outstanding Scholar-Athlete (repeat winner).
Record-Book Material: His season mark of 45.0 percent from long range in ‘17-’18 is the third-best single season mark in school history... The second player in school history (Terence Ward, ‘97-2001) to convert 60+ treys in his first 3 seasons.
Has now moved into sixth position with 1,563 points on UMBC's all-time scoring list... 42nd all-time leading scoring in America East history... ... Has moved into 2nd in school history with 266 treys … Became the 1st UMBC DI player to record 1,500 points, 600 caroms and 200 assists in a career... Now 10th all-time with 611 career rebounds ... Became 8th Retriever to record 500 field goals in his career, finished 6th with 574... Fifth in all-time free throw percentage efficiency at 82.2 percent.
Competed in all 136 games that UMBC tipped off for in four seasons - broke former teammate Jourdan Grant on UMBC’s all-time list... On Jan. 16 vs. Binghamton, broke school record for starts (113, finished at 128)...With 47 minutes played vs. Hartford on March 12, now UMBC’s all-time leader in minutes (4,244).
2018-19: Competed as a graduate student, studying data science at UMBC… Played in front of dozens of family members and friends in the opener at Marquette, about 10 minutes from his home in Whitefish Bay... . Scored season-high 24 points in double OT win over Air Force... Made all 8 FG attempts from inside the arc (0/2 from 3) in 18-point effort at NKU... Scored 22 pts. (7/9 fg, 4/5 3pt. FG, 4/4 ft) in win at Coppin State... Scored 20 or more points for 21st time with 20 at UML on Jan. 12... Now has 23 games of 20+ points... Scored in double figures in 12 straight games from Nov. 24 - Jan. 16 a career best... Led UMBC with 20 pts. in win at Vermont - his previous high vs. the Catamounts was 12 pts. in 2017... Posted first double-double of season (4th career) with 17 pts./ 11 caroms vs. Stony Brook and his 2nd/5th (12 pts./career-best tying 12 rebs.) vs. Hartford in AE semis... Posted seasonal career highs in points, rebounds, assists, field goals and free throws... Now 11th in America East in scoring (14.1), 5th in field goal percentage (48.4) and 4th in minutes/game (36.4) and assist-turnover ratio (1.7) ... Finished 10th in rebounding in AE play (6.3)... Finished in the top 40 in the nation in minutes played (38th) and played per game (37th).
2017-18: Missed substantial time in the pre-season (injury), but did play 22 minutes off the bench at SMU and saw 17 minutes of action (5 pts.) at Arizona... Averaged team-best 17.5 ppg in two Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland tourney games... Tied season high with 5 treys (of 6) at UML on Jan. 13... Earned game-scoring honors with 18 in home win over Binghamton... Recorded career high 5 steals at Stony Brook (Jan. 31)... Tallied season-high 24 points and set new mark with 10 field goals at Binghamton on Feb. 8... Posted first double-double of season (3rd career) with 21-10 (season high in rebounds) vs. UML on Feb. 24... Averaged 9.3 ppg and a team best 7.0 rpg in three America East tournament games… Scored 14 points, including the first six of the second half to give the Retrievers the lead for good, in NCAA Tournament victory over Virginia… UMBC went 21-1 when he scored in double figures, 4-10 when he did not... Finished fourth in AE in 3-pt. field goal percentage (41.2), fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1), sixth with 2.1 treys made per game and ninth in field goal percentage (45.3).
2016-17: Posted second career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds versus Kennesaw State on Dec. 19... Scored 16 points at Duquesne, hitting 6-of-7 from floor and all four treys... In two games at Duquesne, he has averaged 20.5 ppg and buried 10 treys... Hit 8-of-10 shots from 3-pt. range in games vs. Duquesne and Messiah and earned College Sports Madness America East Player of the Week honors (Dec. 4)... Scored a career high 28 points, setting a new school record by hitting 6-of-6 treys, at Mt. St. Mary’s on Dec. 7... Did not hit a trey vs. Albany on Jan. 16 (0/2), snapping a 17-game streak dating back to last season... Was 17-of-27 from the floor (63.0 percent, 13.3 ppg) during UMBC’s three-game winning streak (Jan. 28-Feb. 4) ... Did not attempt a trey for the first time in his career (58 games) at Albany on Feb. 15... After 59 consecutive starts, ceded spot on Senior Night to Ben Grace... Finished third in America East in 3-pt. field goal percentage (45.8) and ninth with 2.0 treys per game.
2015-16: Debuted in starting lineup and scored 12 points in team-high 39 minutes played at Wake Forest… Scored in double figures in 16 of his first 20 collegiate contests… Tacked on six treys at Duquesne on Dec. 8 and scored season and game-best total of 25 points… Became the second Retriever freshman to hit at least six treys in a game - Rich Giddens did it twice (7,6) in 1998… Became the first Retriever overall to convert six in a game since Brian Neller did it vs. Hartford (3-9-13)… Posted a season-high 12 caroms (9 in second half) in Feb. 6 win at Maine... Added 12 points for his first career double-double…Lead UMBC in minutes played (1,026) and three-point field goals (61)… Became the 14th player in school history to exceed 1,000 minutes played in a campaign and is ninth overall… In final America East rankings, he finished ninth in 3-pt. field goals made (1.9) and minutes played (32.1)...Amongst UMBC all-time freshmen, he placed second in treys attempted (176), third in field goals made (120), attempted (284) and treys made (61), sixth in rebounds (144), seventh in steals (37) eighth in rebounds per game (4.5), and ninth in scoring average (10.5).
Background: Competed for Brewster Academy in 2014-15… One of the Bobcats’ top three scorers a month into the season and continued to establish himself as one of the best available three-point shooters in the second semester… Scored 16 points off the bench, including 4-of-4 from behind the arc, to help the Bobcats to their second consecutive National Prep Championship… Averaged 7.3 points per game for the season… A Whitefish Bay NOW All-Suburban selection in 2013-14… Also earned Honorable Mention All-State and Academic All-State honors… Earned U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award and was selected to play in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches’ Association Division 2 All-Star game… Went over the 1,000 point barrier (1,001) for his career in the season-ending loss to Piux XI in the WIAA regional final… Led Bay to an 18-6 overall record, leading the team in scoring and rebounding and earning the second spot in assists… Also earned honorable mention WBCA D2 All-State and co-North Shore Conference Player of the Year… A First Team All-NSC selection in his junior and senior campaigns…Earned a state title (WIAA Division 2) as a freshman on the varsity… Finished his high school career with an impressive 120 3-pointers…During his three full years on varsity, the Blue Dukes were a combined 51-20… Lettered in football at Whitefish Bay and earned All-NSC and All-Area honors as a wide-out and defensive back… A member of the National Honor Society and finished first in his post-graduate class at Brewster, earning the Ronald “Buzzy” Dore Memorial Award… The youngest of three brothers… Jimmy Sherburne earned four letters in basketball at Princeton (’14) and started 14 games during his senior campaign… Lists favorite professional team as the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and a fan of the Harry Potter series… Son of Jan and Paul Sherburne.
