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| Nickname: PacMan |
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| Favorite Class: Sport in Global Perspective |
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| I am the best on the team at: Singing |
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Superstitions: I have to take a shower before every game |
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Favorite part about the Italy trip: Team and building chemistry. Lake Como was also great |
YouTube.com highlight of Sherman's game-winning dunk vs Western
Michigan (Jan. 30, 2010)
• Capped off his career with a thrid straight outright MAC
Championship in 2011
• Was the first MAC player in since 1951 (60 years) to play
for three outright MAC Regular Season Championship teams
• Played in more games (137) than any player in Kent State history
• Helped lead the Golden Flashes to a 97-40 (.712) record in his career including a 50-14 (.781) record in the MAC
• His 97 wins are the fourth most in school history
• Also ended his career ranked 15th in scoring (1,183
points), sixth in steals (165) and fourth in career starts
(110)
2010-11 Senior Season
• Second Team All-MAC
• Averaged a career best 12.6 points
• Was the only player in the MAC ranked in the top 15 in
scoring, assists, steals, field goal percentage, free throw
percentage and three-point field goal percentage
• Became the 27th player in school history to score 1,000
career points when he reached the milestone on Feb. 12 at Northern
Illinois
• Named the MAC East Player of the Week the final week of the
season
2009-10 Junior Season
• Played in all 34 games making 33 starts
• Averaged a career best 10.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game Ranked 20th in the MAC in scoring
• Also handed out 102 assists averaging 3.0 per game
• Tied for the team lead with 53 steals while his 1.6 spg ranked eighth in the league
• Gave Kent State a +169 advantage (5.0 ppg) in points scored over the opposition when he was on the court
• The number included a KSU single game high for the season, +40 in an 89-54 win over Buffalo (Jan. 20) that began an eight game winning streak
• Named MVP of the Hispanic College Fund Classic to start the year after averaging 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists in three games
• Also named MAC East Player of the Week (Nov. 16) for the performance
• Had a streak of four consecutive games in which he had at least 15 points, four assists and four rebounds in four straight games (Nov. 14 – Nov. 22)
• Dating back to the 1994-95 season no KSU player has accomplished the feat
• Posted 20 double-digit scoring games
• Had his first career double-double at Morehead State (Nov. 29) with 14 points and 10 rebounds while also adding a career best five steals
• Made ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 with the No. 5 Player of the Day when his game-winning and-one dunk and free throw with two seconds remaining gave the Golden Flashes a 74-73 win over Western Michigan (Jan. 30)
• Scored a go-ahead lay-up with 19 seconds left in the 75-74 NIT win over Tulsa (Mar. 17) that gave Kent State its first postseason win since 2002
• Finished with 15 points in the win.
Summer 2009 In Italy
• Was second on the team averaging 15.5 points a
game
• Shot 54.8 percent from the field
• Only player to score in double figures in all four games, he dished out 5.0 assists per contest
• Also recorded a team-best 13 steals.
2008-09 Season
• Red-shirted while recovering from off-season knee
surgery.
2007-08 Sophomore Season
• Played in all 35 games making 13 starts
• Was KSU’s primary sixth man, averaging 19.5 minutes
• Averaged 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per games
• Record a 1.5:1 assist:turnover ratio
• As a starter KSU had a 12-1 record
• Was one of two (Al Fisher) KSU players to reach double figures, scoring 10 points in the 49-47 MAC Tournament semifinal win vs Miami (Mar. 14)
• Scored eight points and had four rebounds in the 61-58 regular season finale win at Akron (Mar. 9) that gave KSU the MAC title outright
• Shot 4-4 from downtown as KSU hit 15 three-pointers – the second most in school history – in an 82-67 win vs Northern Illinois (Feb. 9)
• Ended the NIU games with a career high 16 points and four rebounds whil also hitting 4-4 from the foul line
• Made a steal with 21 seconds left in overtime vs Ball State (Feb. 6) to set up the game winning possession for KSU
• Scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and matched a season high five rebounds as KSU erased a 10-point deficit with 13 minutes to play in a 67-58 win vs Western Michigan (Jan. 27)
• Had seven points and three rebounds vs Akron (Jan. 23)
• Equaled a career best with four steals while adding four points at Ohio (Jan. 19)
• Had 11 points – all in the second half - four rebounds and three assists vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 9)
• Had five rebounds and three assists vs Buffalo (Jan. 6)
• Had four assists and four points vs Cleveland State (Dec. 29)
• Shot 2-2 from three adding two assists and eight points vs George Mason (Dec. 8)
• Scored 14 points and had two steals at UNC Greensboro (Dec. 1)
• Had four points, four steals, four assists and three rebounds vs Illinois State (Nov. 24)
• Had eight points vs Longwood (Nov. 20 )
• Made a then career best three, three-pointers scoring 13
points while handing out a career high five assists and zero
turnovers vs Coppin State (Nov. 18).
2006-07 Freshman Season:
• MAC All-Freshman
Team
• Appeared in all 32 games making 28 starts, second most on the team
• Averaged 5.7 points and 2.8 rebounds
• Was a MAC All-Freshman Team selection along with fellow teammate Chris Singletary
• Nicknamed “The Rock” by head coach Jim Christian due to his lock down defensive skills, he often guarded the opposing teams best offensive talent
• Ranked fifth on the team in three-point percentage at .316 hitting on 18-of-57 attempts
• Recorded six double-digit scoring games including 14 points, all in the second half vs. Bowling Green (Mar. 1)
• Poured in a career high 15 points in the season opener against South Dakota State (Nov. 10) connecting on 6-of-8 field goal attempts, 1-of-2 from beyond the arc, and 2-of-2 from the FT line while also grabbing five rebounds
• In his first taste of MAC Tournament play, he scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds in 32 minutes of play, a career high
• Pulled down a personal best seven rebounds three times with the last vs. Akron (Mar. 4)
• Had at least two steals in nine games during the season
• Elevated his play over the last eight games, averaging
8.0 points on 25-of-48 shooting, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per
game.
Prior to Kent State
• Was ranked the second-best point guard and ninth best
player in the state of Indiana by hoosierhoops.com
• Three-year letterman
• Scored 12.2 points and grabbed five rebounds a game as a senior at Ben Davis
• Named to All-Metro Second Team, All-Marion County Third Team and was a City/Count All-Star
• Also selected to Hoosier Basketball Magazine Preseason Second Team
• Nominated for Marion County Academic All-Stars
• Averaged 13 points, five rebounds and four assists per game as a junior before suffering season-ending knee injury
• Played on the Indiana Elite AAU team prior to his junior
year.
Personal:
• Born July 14, 1987
• Is the son of Tatia Webber
• Is a sports management major.
| Career Stats |
| Minutes | Total | 3-Point | F-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | gp-gs | min | avg | fg | fga | pct | fg | fga | pct | ft | fta | pct | off | def | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | t/o | blk | stl | pts | avg | |
| 2006-07 | 32-28 | 654 | 20.4 | 69 | 155 | .445 | 18 | 57 | .316 | 27 | 47 | .574 | 29 | 60 | 89 | 2.8 | 58 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 183 | 5.7 | |
| 2007-08 | 35-13 | 682 | 19.5 | 66 | 181 | .365 | 19 | 64 | .297 | 34 | 50 | .680 | 28 | 55 | 83 | 2.4 | 64 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 185 | 5.3 | |
| 2008-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-10 | 34-33 | 1009 | 29.7 | 131 | 326 | .402 | 17 | 69 | .246 | 83 | 129 | .643 | 29 | 108 | 137 | 4.0 | 84 | 1 | 102 | 92 | 6 | 53 | 362 | 10.6 | |
| 2010-11 | 36-36 | 1099 | 30.5 | 158 | 347 | .455 | 46 | 124 | .371 | 91 | 121 | .752 | 52 | 85 | 137 | 3.8 | 83 | 1 | 103 | 88 | 4 | 56 | 453 | 12.6 | |
| TOTAL | 137-110 | 3444 | 25.1 | 424 | 1009 | .420 | 100 | 314 | .318 | 235 | 347 | .677 | 138 | 308 | 446 | 3.3 | 289 | 2 | 276 | 246 | 17 | 165 | 1183 | 8.6 | |



















