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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

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32 Jamal Edmonson

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 215
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Charleston, SC
  • Highschool Ashley Ridge HS
  • Prev School Mt. San Antonio CC
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2022-23
  • Started in 18 of the 23 games as a junior
  • Collected 329 points and 34 assists
  • Brought down 127 rebounds and blocked 16 shots
  • Recorded 23 steals
  • Had a season high 28 points against Lees-McRae on February 15
  • Pull down a season high 12 rebounds in the game against North Greenville on December 10
MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
  • 2021-22
FRANCIS MARION
  • 2-year letterman
  • 2020-21
    • Appeared in 11 games during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season
    • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2020-21
    • FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2021 (spring)
  • 2019-20
    • Played in 25 games and made 5 starts (in the middle of the season) during the 2019-20 season
    • 7 games scoring in double figures during the 2 years with a career high 17 points vs Clayton State (1-18-20)
    • Connected on 55.7 percent of his field goal attempts as a freshman
    • FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2020 (spring)
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Ashley Ridge High School where he graduated in 2019
  • During his high school career, he was named Sate Player of the Year, 4x All-State and 2x Region Player of the Year
  • A graduate of Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, S.C., where he played for coach Curtis Capers
  • In 2019, became one of only a hand full of players in state prep history to surpass 3,000 career points
  • As a junior at Ashley Ridge HS, averaged 21.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per contest as he helped lead the Swamp Foxes to a 15-8 record.
  • In 2018, named All-Region, the SCHSL Class 5A Region VIII Player of the Year, and South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (SCBCA) 5A All-State
  • Began his high school career at Northwoods Academy in Summerville, where he was an All-Region and All-State performer
  • Played his club ball for Game Elite Black 2019
PERSONAL
  • Born October 20, 1999 to Randy Edmonson and Martha Frazier
  • His father played basketball in college
  • Majoring in psychology

What are your goals for the upcoming season? 
"Win Conference Championship and build off last year."

Why did you choose SWU? 
"Brian Hewitt sold me on it and it was close to home." 

What is your favorite thing about SWU? 
"Basketball and knowing the community."

Why is your sport important to you? 
"Took me all over the world and met wonderful people."

Who is your greatest influence in life? Why? 
"My father because he's the reason I'm who I am today." 

Where do you want to be in 5 years? 
"Los Angeles coaching basketball."

Do you have a nickname? What is it? 
"Mal, Mally, Megatron."

How did you get your nickname? 
"The team just started calling me that."

Who is your favorite athlete? 
"Stephen Curry."

What is your favorite food? 
"Chicken Alfredo."

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