Zion Harmon
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Mid-South Conference | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 12, 2002 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Zion Lamont Harmon (born March 12, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Georgetown Tigers of the Mid-South Conference. He previously played for the Seton Hall Pirates and Bethune–Cookman Wildcats.
At age 11, Harmon made headlines as the top fourth-grade basketball player in the United States.[1] In seventh grade, he joined the varsity team at Lighthouse Christian School in Antioch, Tennessee.[2] He became the first seventh-grade player to compete in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League.[3] For eighth grade, Harmon moved to Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky and led the team to its first state title, alongside current NBA player Terry Taylor.[4]
Because of a coaching change at Bowling Green, Harmon transferred to Adair County High School in Columbia, Kentucky for his freshman season.[5] He averaged 32.7 points and 7.8 assists per game, and was recognized as MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year.[6] He moved to Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky but sat out his sophomore season after being ruled ineligible.[7] During that time, Harmon joined Bella Vista Prep, a team based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He won the Grind Session title and was named game MVP.[8] As a junior at Marshall County, Harmon averaged 25.4 points and five rebounds per game.[9] In his senior season, he averaged 22.3 points, earning all-state honors from The Courier-Journal for a fourth time.[10] A consensus four-star recruit, Harmon committed to playing college basketball for Western Kentucky over offers from Kansas, Maryland, Murray State and Seton Hall.[9]
National team career
Harmon represented the United States at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Argentina. He averaged 11.4 points and 3.2 assists per game, helping his team win the gold medal.[11]