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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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3 Zavian McLean

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Spring Lake, N.C.
  • Previous School Village Christian Academy
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Urban Studies

Biography

2023-24: Appeared and started in all 27 games… Dropped a season-high 19 points vs. Mount Saint Vincent on Jan. 4… Scored double-figures in four straight games to end the season… Was second on the team and fourth in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (56.6).

2022-23: Appeared in 26 games and made 10 starts… Academic All-Ivy Team selection… Dropped a season-high 19 points at Penn on Feb. 3… Had a career-high five assists against Harvard on Feb. 17… Set a career-high twice by going 7-7 from the free throw line (Dec. 4 vs. Sarah Lawrence and Dec. 28 vs. UMES).


2021-22: Played in 23 games, starting 12...Scored a career-high 21 points against Dartmouth on Feb. 19...Finished second on the team in free-throw attempts, shooting 71.1 percent from the line...Finished second on the team in steals, recording a career-high of five against Dartmouth on Feb. 19.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville, North Carolina … Four-time letter winner with the Knights … Made 910 Preps All-Region 1st Team in 2019 and 2020 … Unanimous NCISAA 3A All-State Selection in 2020 and re-classed in 2019 … Pac-9 Conference Player of the Year in 2019 … Made Sandhills’ All-Conference Team in 2020 ... First Team Mid-South 4A All-Conference Selection in 2018 … NCBCA District 8 Player of the Year 2019 … N&O All-Metro Team 2019 … N&O Southern Counties’ Player of the Year 2019 … Overhills’ all-time leading scorer with 1,076 points in two years … VCA Male Athlete of the Year 2020 … Team Captain for Overhills in 2018 and 2019 … Team Captain for Village in 2019 and 2020 … Helped Overhills team to become regional season conference champions in 2018 and Co-Champions in 2019 … Guided Village become state championship game in 2019 and won conference tournament  and become state runner-up in 2020.

PERSONAL: Born August 31, 2001 In Izmir, Turkey… Son of Jerome and Kimberly McLean … Has three siblings, Myzhia, Jarieka, and Zykimius … Holds dual citizenship in Turkey and the United States ... Club team, Team Wall, were Adidas Gauntlet Affiliates from 2017-2019 … Received 2020 VCA Journalism and IV English Honors Awards … Graduated with Honor Cord for 4.2 GPA … A part of the National Beta Club and National Honor Society … Has a Podcast called Truey Talks on Anchor and Spotify … Enrolled in Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21First Year

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    6'4" 193 lbs
    3
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    2021-22Sophomore

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    6'4" 203 lbs
    3
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    2022-23Junior

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    6'4" 205 lbs
    3
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    2023-24Senior

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    6'4" 205 lbs
    3