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2016-17 RED WOLVES
PLAYERS
JAHMIAH SIMMONS
Forward | Fr | 6-4 | 205
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands | Pace (Fla.) HS
Major: Undecided
HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 15.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists during
his senior season and was named the Pensacola News Journal
Player of the Year ... Helped the Patriots to the quarterfinals
of the Class 6A Regional scoring 23 points in the 62-52
setback to No. 3 Gainesville ... Played in the 2016 Pensacola
Sports/Subway All-Star Game scoring 17 points, including 11
in the second half, helping the East squad to a 100-91 victory
... Finished his prep career at Pace averaging a double-double
in all three seasons ... Played for the U.S. Virgin Islands
U17 team and was voted the best small forward at the FIBA
Centrobasket in the summer of 2015 ... The squad defeated
Mexico in the 2015 FIBA Centrobasket U17 tournament last
year to qualify for 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championships
... Scored 13 points and pulled in nine rebounds in the win
over Mexico ... The silver medal finish was the highest finish
in the history of the U.S. Virgin Islands junior national team
... Led by A-State assistant Jareem Dowling, the junior national
team competed in the FIBA Tournament of Americas,
the second-highest games on the junior level ... Averaged
11.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in five games
played.
PERSONAL
Guardians are Kelley and Carmen Joseph ... His favorite alltime
player is Tracy McGrady ... If he could play another
sport, he would play baseball ... Voted Donte Thomas as the
funniest player on the team.
DEVEN SIMMS
Guard | Jr | 6-4 | 200
St. Louis, Mo. | Connors State College
Major: General Studies
2015-16 | SOPHOMORE (CONNORS STATE)
First Team NJCAA All-American ... Averaged 20.3 points and
10.1 rebounds to rank 22nd and 23rd, respectively, in the
NJCAA statistical rankings ... Dished out 99 assists (4.1 APG),
grabbed 58 steals and posted nine double-doubles ... Posted
triple-double of 25 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists at
Redland College ... Named to the Region II and Oklahoma
Collegiate Athletic Conference (OCAC) Player of the Year
honors ... Helped team to a 26-5 record and a 16-2 mark in
the OCAC leading the Cowboys to their third-straight league
title ... Finished year shooting 57.2 percent (187-327) from
the field and 74.8 percent (122-163) from the charity stripe.
2014-15 | FRESHMAN (CONNORS STATE)
Averaged 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 54.8
percent (120-219) from the field ... Helped team to a 32-0 record
and a 17-0 mark in conference action ... Team advanced
to the Elite Eight of the NJCAA Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped two seasons at Clarksville (Ark.) High School playing
in 42 games while averaging 13.0 points ... Named the
Times Record Newcomer of the Year in 2012, helping the
Panthers to the 2012 Class 4A State Title ... Capped his junior
season at Clarksville High (2011-12) with 23 points and
11 rebounds against Pulaski Academy in the state title game
... A 2013 Class 5A All-Tournament team selection, averaged
13.6 points for the 27-5 squad that advanced to the semifinals
of the state tournament and fell to eventual champion
Jacksonville.
PERSONAL
Son of Kenya and Bennie Simms ... If he could learn to do
anything, he would learn to do magic ... When asked what
is something he can do better than anyone else he said he
could pitch with both hands ... His favorite player is Demar
Derozan ... Voted Donte Thomas as the funniest player on
the team.
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