2022 Jostens Trophy Winner
“Driven, talented, focused, compassionate. Jack Davidson is all of these things on and off the court, but so much more," explained Wabash College head coach Kyle Brumett. "Jack is the most driven basketball student-athlete that I have coached in my 23 years at the Division III level."
Davidson, a senior from Fishers, Ind., features a full trophy case of athletic and academic honors that began in 2017-18 with the Newcomer of the Year award from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) and was the only first-year athlete to earn all-league status that season. He is a four-time All-NCAC honoree and twice honored as the NCAC Player of the Year. He is a three-time All-American, earning high recognition twice from the NABC and once from D3hoops.com. He is a former region player of the year for both outfits and also earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court following the 2019-20 season.
This season, Davidson finished third in the country in scoring at 25.5 points per game and led Division III with 817 total points scored. As prolific a scorer as he is, Davidson surprises with his efficiency as a "50/40/90" shooter. Twice he has posted shooting percentages at or better than 50-percent from the field -- .497 (192-of-386) in 2018-19 and .530 (242-of-457) in 2021-22 -- 40-percent from three-point range -- .434 (66-of-152) in 2018-19 and .482 (123-of-255) in 2021-22 -- and 90-percent from the foul line -- .931 (202-of-217) in 2018-19 and .909 (210-of-231) in 2021-22. Davidson became the all-time leading scorer in Little Giants history earlier this season with his career mark standing at 2,464 points in 110 games played (22.4/g), all starts. He proved more adept as a playmaker the last two seasons, posting 104 and 124 helpers, respectively, to bring his career total to 376 assists (3.4/g). His career shooting percentages are eye-opening at .486 (706-of-1454) from the field, .456 (323-of-708) from deep, and .873 (708-of-811) from the charity stripe.
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In the classroom, Davidson boasts a 3.68 grade point average as an economics major. Three times he has been honored as an Academic All-American by CoSIDA, including first team recognition this year. Following his freshman season, Davidson was selected to Wabash's highly competitive Center for Innovation, Business, and Entrepreneurship. Through that program, he has spent the past several summers in multiple internships developing his business acumen and skills. During the school year, he and his small cohort of fellow students put their new learned skills to use in the Crawfordsville and Indianapolis communities supporting local businesses with a variety of projects they otherwise would not have been able to achieve.
Davidson is also active in service to his surrounding communities. He has worked with the Montgomery County Special Olympics as a member of the Wabash's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), and was involved in the coordination of a lunch buddies program that paired students with special needs from a local high school with student leaders. Davidson was also active with "Books, Basketball, and Beyond," which is a program developed by the Little Giants basketball program that involves meeting with local kindergarten and first-grade students to help develop and strengthen their reading skills while also serving as role models.
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