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Born | Bethesda, Maryland | March 12, 2002||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
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Zion Lamont Harmon (born March 12, 2002) is an American college basketball player currently in the transfer portal. He previously played for the Seton Hall Pirates and the 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]
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]
Harmon's older brother, Zalmico, played college basketball for UC Santa Barbara. [12]