LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Two months into his tenure with the Aggies and Head Coach Jason Hooten's first roster is starting to come to form.
On Thursday, the Aggies' newest leader announced the signing of Western Kentucky transfer Jordan Rawls – giving NM State nine commits for the 2023-24 season.
Jordan Rawls | Sr. | 6-2 | Guard | Chattanooga, Tenn. | Western Kentucky | Georgia State | Hamilton Heights Christian Academy
- Begins his career as an Aggie after spending the 2022-23 season at Western Kentucky, earning minutes in 30 of WKU's 33 games. As a senior, he averaged 20.1 minutes, scored 7.5 points and pulled in 1.3 rebounds per game during his second stint at WKU.
- Dished out 79 total assists to rank 15th in Conference USA in assists per game at 2.63. He also increased his average to 2.71 assists per game against league opponents to rank 13th in conference-only games.
- Scored 10 or more points in nine of the Hilltoppers' games last season, including leading WKU on two occasions. Also posted a career-high 25 points against Charlotte on Jan. 21.
- Ahead of his time at Western Kentucky, Rawls played in nine games for Georgia State – averaging 19.7 minutes, 5.2 points, 2.2 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game.
- His time spent at Georgia State came on the heels of his first go around at Western Kentucky where he played from 2019-21.
- As a sophomore with the Hilltoppers, he averaged 8.3 points, 2.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game as he started in five games and appeared in 28.
- Recording an average of 22.9 minutes per game, Rawls posted double digits in the scoring column in 12 games, including scoring a season-high 20 points in two tilts. Rawls also came away from his second season at WKU with a career-high 35 made three-pointers to rank second on the team.
- Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 5, 2019, to kick off a freshman campaign in which he played in all 30 games and made 16 starts for the Hilltoppers. In his first season with the WKU program, he earned C-USA All-Freshman Team honors after posting 7.9 points, 2.2 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game in 27.7 minutes of action per contest.
- Was named the C-USA Freshman of the Week after averaging 8.7 points, 1.7 assists, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals across three games for the Hilltoppers. During that stretch, he also shot 58.8% from the field and 66.7% from beyond the arc.
- Played high school ball at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he averaged 23 points and seven assists per game while playing alongside new Aggie Kaosi Ezeagu to lead the Hawks to a 34-4 record and a National Association of Christian Athletics Division I national championship.
- Following his senior season, he was rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals in the 2020 class before reclassifying. He was also ranked the No. 80 player in the country and received offers from Kansas State, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Georgia State and UMass before committing to Western Kentucky.
QUOTABLE | Head Coach Jason Hooten
"We're very excited to add Jordan. He is another lead guard that can score the ball in a variety of ways, but also run a team at the top of CUSA. His experience and ability to break people down was what we were looking for. Jordan has the talent to improve his numbers with a greater opportunity, and we feel he will give us a chance to win right away. Jordan also played a year of high school ball with Kaosi so we're excited to see what that connection looks like in Crimson and White. Welcome to Aggie Nation JR!"
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