Awards and Honors
2024 ASUN Championship All-Tournament Team
2023-24 Third Team All-ASUN
2022-23 Southland Conference Player of the Year
2022-23 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year
2022-23 First Team All-Southland Conference
2022-23 Southland Conference All-Defensive Team
2022-23 Louisiana State Writers Association Louisiana Newcomer of the Year
2022-23 Louisiana State Writers Association Louisiana All-Louisiana First Team
2020-21 Missouri Valley Conference All Newcomer Team
2023 NABC All-District 22
Mid-Major Madness National Player of the Week: Dec. 6, 2022
College Insider’s Lou Henson National Player of the Week: Dec. 5, 2022
Southland Conference Player of the Week:Â Dec. 5, 2022
Southland Conference Player of the Week:Â Nov. 21, 2022
2023-24 Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week: Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Dec. 27, Jan. 22
2023 SoCal Challenge Sand Division All-Tournament Team
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: F23
Career Recap: Austin Peay
2023-24 (Graduate Student)
The first Governor to earn All-ASUN honors with his Third Team recognition, marking the 100th All-Conference honors by a Governor in program history… Led the league with four ASUN Newcomer of the Week Honors… Led Austin Peay in scoring 13 times, rebounds 15 times, and assists 19 times, all team-best marks… Tied for a program-best five double-doubles, the fifth-most in the ASUN… Made 23 starts across 29 appearances… Paced the team with 16.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.9 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game… Tallied his first double-double of the season in a 10-point, 10-rebound performance against Life (Nov. 6) in the season opener, while tallying a season-high seven assists on no turnovers… Followed his performance against the Running Eagles with his first of 11 20-point nights with 23 points on a season-high 13 rebounds at George Mason (Nov. 10) with his second-straight four-steal outing… Scored in double figures in each of his first 14 games as a Governor, including a 33-point performance against Sacramento State (Nov. 22) in the 2023 SoCal Challenge, helping earn his 2023 SoCal Challenge Sand Division All-Tournament Team honors… His performance against the Hornets sparked a streak of three-straight 20-point games, which was the longest streak by a Governor since Terry Taylor had four-straight 20-point games in Feb. 2021… Had 19 points, seven assists, six rebounds, and matched his season high with three blocks at Tennessee State (Dec. 2)… Led the Governors to their first win against rival Murray State since 2020 in a 53-49 victory against the Racers at F&M Bank Arena (Dec. 9), recording a team-best 20 points, nine rebounds, and four assists… Began a streak of four-straight 20-point games in a 22-point outing in the Govs’ second ASUN contest of the season at Eastern Kentucky (Jan. 6), which is tied for the second-longest streak in the Governors’ digital record-keeping era, and the most since Taylor in 2020… After being sidelined due to an upper-body injury, returned to the lineup and scored a season-high 35 points, including 23 across the second half and overtime period, during his third game back in the Govs’ 101-98 victory against North Florida (March 5) in the ASUN Men’s Basketball Championship Quarterfinals, which marked the Austin Peay’s first ASUN postseason victory in program history and the first postseason win at F&M Bank Arena… Scored 16 points and hauled in five rebounds in the ASUN Championship game at Stetson (March 10)… Earned ASUN Championship All-Tournament Team honors alongside Dezi Jones after averaging 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and a 53.5 field-goal percentage in the tournament... Concluded his collegiate career with his team-best 26th double-figure scoring performance against Alabama A&M (March 20) in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Basketball Tournament with 10 points.
Career Recap:Â Â Northwestern State 2022-23 (Senior)
The 2022-23 Southland Conference Player and Newcomer of the Year… Was First Team All-Southland Conference and named to the Southland Conference All-Defensive Team… One of six players who come to Clarksville from Northwestern State under Governors’ first-year head coach Corey Gipson… Led Northwestern State in scoring (644), assists (165), steals (64), blocks (26), field goals made (251) and attempted (544), three-point percentage (.547), and minutes (1,135) while starting all 33 games… Finished his senior season ranked in the top 100 nationally in nine statistical categories, including field goals attempted (11th), field goals made (15th), and points per game (32nd)… Scored at least 10 points 29 times, 20 points 16 times, 30 points six times, and 40 points once… Scored 19 points in Northwestern State’s first win against an Associated Press Top 25 team at No. 15 TCU… Had his first 20-point performance following the upset against TCU with 23 points on 10-of-20 shooting at Illinois State… Scored 30+ points in back-to-back games against Stephen F. Austin and Southern Miss… Scored 24 second-half points in a 34-point performance against the Lumberjacks, leading the Demons to a 102-96 road win. Also went 16-of-17 from the charity stripe in the victory… Scored in double figures in 18-straight games Nov. 12-Jan.12… Scored a career-high 40 points at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi… Scored at least 30 points in both of NWST’s Southland Conference Tournament games, including 32 points in the championship match on 15-of-31 shooting from the field.
Career Recap: Missouri State 2020-22 (Junior-Senior)
Started in 17-of-29 games during his two years at Missouri State where Gipson was the associate head coach… Averaged 8.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game while making 50.4 percent of his shots from the field in 21 appearances as a junior to earn Missouri Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team honors… Scored a season-high 21 points against Loyola Chicago… Was limited to eight games during his final season at Missouri State due to injury… Scored a season-high 12 points against Southeast Missouri in the season-opener of his junior season… Dished out a season-high eight assists against Alabama State.
Career Recap: Colby Community College 2019-20 (Sophomore)
Earned NJCAA DI All-America honors as a sophomore at Colby Community College… Averaged 16.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and a league-best 2.5 steals per game in 32 games… Earned All-Region VI First Team honors, while being named the Jayhawk West Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors… Made 44.0 percent of his shots from beyond the arc to lead the Trojans to a 28-5 record and secure the program’s first Jayhawk Conference Regular-Season title… Recorded a triple-double in his second and third game at CCC
Career Recap: Mobery Area Community College 2018-19 (Freshman)
Played in 35 games as a freshman at Mobery Area Community College… Averaged 4.4 points per game and made 28 three-pointers.
Career Recap: Charleston High School
Prepped at Charleston High School under head coach Danny Farmer… Averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 2.8 steals per game as a senior, leading the Blue Jays to a 25-9 record and a state runner-up finish.
Personal
DeMarcus Lee Sharp is the son of Shyretta Sharp and David Jackson… Has eight siblings: Dontarius, Alexis, Kershawnte, David Carter, Kaitlyn, Alvin, Kaylee, and Zella.
