2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Hopkins, AJ
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Jersey Number 11
AJ Hopkins
- Position:
- G/F
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Previous School:
- Florida SouthWestern State College
- High School:
- Whitefield Academy
Bio
2024-25: Saw playing time in 24 games while logging nine starts (including the final four contests of the season)…Tallied 73 points, 70 rebounds, 14 steals, six assists and five blocks while playing 16.9 minutes per outing…Best game of the season came at Tennessee Tech on Feb. 20, setting career-highs in points (16), field goals made (six in 10 tries), three-point field goals made (four in seven attempts) and minutes played (38) while pulling down six rebounds…Also knocked down a career-best four trifectas in seven attempts for 12 points while dishing out a career-high two assists in just 24 minutes against Kentucky Christian on Nov. 7…Led team in rebounding four times, including a career-best eight boards in only 22 minutes against Le Moyne on Nov. 22…Swiped a career-high four steals in just 18 minutes at Western Illinois on Jan. 9…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
BEFORE UTM: Came to UT Martin from Florida Southwestern State College, located in Fort Myers, Fla….Played two seasons under head coach Eric Murphy, helping the Buccaneers record a 42-18 overall record with a 19-9 mark in the conference standings (including 22-9 and 12-4 in league play in 2023-24)…Scored 472 points with 110 three-pointers (in 281 attempts, 39.1 percent), 160 rebounds, 64 assists, 49 steals and 26 blocks in 60 career games at FSSC, logging 50 starts…Notched All-Citrus Conference second team accolades as a sophomore, averaging 9.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per outing while making 77 three-pointers (second-most for a single-season in school history) on a 41.6 percent accuracy (185 attempts)…Upped his production to 10.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in conference play, knocking down a sizzling 45 percent (45-for-100) of his tries from beyond the three-point arc…His 45 triples in league play ranked fourth in the Citrus Conference…Went off for 13 games of double figures scoring in 2023-24, including three 20-plus point outings…Pumped in a career-high 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting (including 7-for-11 from three-point land) at No. 4 Daytona State on Feb. 3…Made at least three 3-pointers in 13 separate contests, including a trio of games with at least six trifectas (6-for-9, 20 points against East Georgia State College on Nov. 11; 6-of-9, 20 points against St. Petersburg College on Feb. 21)…Pulled down a career-best eight rebounds at Tallahassee Community College on Dec. 16…Had seven multi-steal games and a pair of multi-block performances (including a career-high three swats against Santa Fe College on Feb. 24)…Logged the most starts (26) on the team as a true freshman in 2022-23, averaging 6.0 points and 2.1 rebounds over 29 games overall…Shot an even 80 percent (24-for-30) from the free throw line…Scored in double digits five times with his season-high tally of 15 points (4-of-7 shooting with three made treys) came on Feb. 6 at Hillsborough Community College…Had five multi-steal outings and three games with at least two blocks (tying a career-high with three rejections against State College of Florida on Feb. 16…Was a two-time all-state honoree at Whitefield Academy, wrapping up his storied high school career with 1,200 points, 600 rebounds and 200 assists…Averaged a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds per game during his senior campaign, achieving second team all-state and first team all-region honors.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 7, 2001...Son of Arthur and Yvonne Hopkins...Has three siblings, Moriah, Will and Ally...Has a rich athletic background in his family as his father Arthur ran track at Maryland, his mother Yvonne played basketball at Drake, his brother Will is his Skyhawk teammate and his sister Moriah played volleyball at Xavier...Sister Ally graduated from Georgia Tech in three years and is now a project manager at Microsoft...Majoring in computer science.
BEFORE UTM: Came to UT Martin from Florida Southwestern State College, located in Fort Myers, Fla….Played two seasons under head coach Eric Murphy, helping the Buccaneers record a 42-18 overall record with a 19-9 mark in the conference standings (including 22-9 and 12-4 in league play in 2023-24)…Scored 472 points with 110 three-pointers (in 281 attempts, 39.1 percent), 160 rebounds, 64 assists, 49 steals and 26 blocks in 60 career games at FSSC, logging 50 starts…Notched All-Citrus Conference second team accolades as a sophomore, averaging 9.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per outing while making 77 three-pointers (second-most for a single-season in school history) on a 41.6 percent accuracy (185 attempts)…Upped his production to 10.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in conference play, knocking down a sizzling 45 percent (45-for-100) of his tries from beyond the three-point arc…His 45 triples in league play ranked fourth in the Citrus Conference…Went off for 13 games of double figures scoring in 2023-24, including three 20-plus point outings…Pumped in a career-high 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting (including 7-for-11 from three-point land) at No. 4 Daytona State on Feb. 3…Made at least three 3-pointers in 13 separate contests, including a trio of games with at least six trifectas (6-for-9, 20 points against East Georgia State College on Nov. 11; 6-of-9, 20 points against St. Petersburg College on Feb. 21)…Pulled down a career-best eight rebounds at Tallahassee Community College on Dec. 16…Had seven multi-steal games and a pair of multi-block performances (including a career-high three swats against Santa Fe College on Feb. 24)…Logged the most starts (26) on the team as a true freshman in 2022-23, averaging 6.0 points and 2.1 rebounds over 29 games overall…Shot an even 80 percent (24-for-30) from the free throw line…Scored in double digits five times with his season-high tally of 15 points (4-of-7 shooting with three made treys) came on Feb. 6 at Hillsborough Community College…Had five multi-steal outings and three games with at least two blocks (tying a career-high with three rejections against State College of Florida on Feb. 16…Was a two-time all-state honoree at Whitefield Academy, wrapping up his storied high school career with 1,200 points, 600 rebounds and 200 assists…Averaged a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds per game during his senior campaign, achieving second team all-state and first team all-region honors.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 7, 2001...Son of Arthur and Yvonne Hopkins...Has three siblings, Moriah, Will and Ally...Has a rich athletic background in his family as his father Arthur ran track at Maryland, his mother Yvonne played basketball at Drake, his brother Will is his Skyhawk teammate and his sister Moriah played volleyball at Xavier...Sister Ally graduated from Georgia Tech in three years and is now a project manager at Microsoft...Majoring in computer science.
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