Bearcats G Jarron Cumberland named to Sporting News All-American second team

Senior guard Jarron Cumberland is racking up the preseason accolades. A lot of publications will be keeping tabs on the Bearcats guard and rightfully so after the season he had last year. Hopefully he will be able to be on the list as an All-American by seasons end.

Congrats to Jarron!

Per GoBearcats

University of Cincinnati senior guard Jarron Cumberland (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington HS) was named a preseason second-team All-American by Sporting News on Thursday.

It marks the latest preseason award for Cumberland, who recently was tabbed the American Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year by league coaches, selected as one of 20 players on the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year preseason watch list by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, named a preseason first-team All-American by Lindy’s Sports Magazine and chosen as a preseason third-team All-American by NBCSports.com.

Named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and the AAC Player of the Year last season, Cumberland averaged 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.5 minutes during 35 games in 2018-19. He claimed the AAC’s Most Outstanding Player honor, averaging 23.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists during the league tournament, setting a championship game record with 33 points against No. 11 Houston.

Cumberland ranked among AAC leaders in eight categories in 2018-19: points (third at 18.8), three-point field goal percentage (seventh at .388), three-point field goals made (seventh at 2.3), free throw percentage (10th at .773), assists (11th at 3.6), assist-to-turnover ratio (13th at 1.3), minutes played (14th at 32.5) and steals (15th at 1.1).

Cumberland scored 657 points during 2018-19, the 10th highest tally for a season in program history while becoming the 53rd member of Cincinnati’s 1,000-point club. He enters 2019-20 ranked 20th on the all-time scoring list with 1,363 career points.