#1  Jestin Porter

Honors & Awards

• 2024-25 All-CUSA Second Team
• 2024-25 CUSA Player of the Week (Jan. 13)
• 2024-25 Blue Ribbon Preseason All-CUSA
• 2024-25 Preseason All-CUSA
• 2023-24 All-CUSA Second Team
• 2023-24 CUSA All-Tournament
• 2023-24 NABC Second Team All-District
• 2023-24 Two-time CUSA Player of the Week (Jan. 29, Feb. 19)

Middle Tennessee State (2024-25)

• Named Blue Ribbon Preseason All-Conference USA, voted Preseason All-CUSA, named Second Team All-CUSA and was the CUSA Player of the Week (1/13/25).
• Led the team in points per game (15.0), three-pointers made (84), free throw percentage (82.2%) and minutes per game (33.8).
• Eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark, becoming just the 16th Blue Raider to do it in three years or less, and sits in the top-25 with 1,163 career points.
• Tallied 25 double-figure scoring games and 10 with 20+ points.
• Scored a team-leading 26 points in the Myrtle Beach Invitational semifinal win over South Florida on 9-of-12 shooting with four made threes (11/22/24)
• Snatched a season and career-high four steals at Abilene Christian (11/9/24) and against Jax State (1/11/25).
• Led the team in scoring in 14 contests and was one of just two Blue Raiders to start every game for MT.
• Scored a season-high 29 points against Jax State with six made threes (1/11/25).
• Tied himself for second in program history with eight made threes at Sam Houston for a 28-point night (1/23/25).
• Came just short of his first career double-double at WKU with 14 points and nine rebounds, a career-high in boards (2/15/25).
• Scored in double-digits in 11 consecutive games from 1/9/25 through 2/20/25, adding four 20+ point games in that span.
• Played a career-high 50 minutes in the triple-overtime game against Chattanooga in the NIT, scoring 19 points on 8-for-17 shooting.
• His 84 three-pointers made rank third in single season program history and his 166 career made threes are the tenth most.Middle Tennessee State (2023-24)
• Second Team All-Conference USA selection, All-CUSA Tournament, NABC Second Team All-District and two-time CUSA Player of the Week.
• Averaged a team-high 13.9 points to go along with 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
• Led the Blue Raiders with 32 steals, second on the team with 60 assists.
• Scored 13 points while recording a career-high nine rebounds against Western Carolina (11/13).
• Put up 17 points to go along with four assists and four steals against Milligan (11/18).
• Scored 15 points in a career-high 38 minutes against Wofford (12/2).
• Set a new career high with 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting to go along with five rebounds and three assists at Southern Utah (12/22).
• Led MTSU with 24 points in 38 minutes against LA Tech (1/11).
• Scored a career-high 29 points in 40 minutes against Sam Houston (1/13).
• Set a new career high with 30 points on 10-of-18 shooting in a win over Jacksonville State and finished 4-for-6 from 3-point range and 6-for-6 from the free throw line (1/24).
• Scored 20 points with eight rebounds and four assists against FIU (1/27).
• Scored 26 points against New Mexico State while pulling in five rebounds and dishing out four assists without a turnover in 33 minutes as the Blue Raiders’ primary ballhandler (2/15).
• Tied the third-highest single-game scoring total in MTSU history with 41 points on 11-of-16 shooting vs. UTEP, setting a program and CUSA record by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range (2/17).
  • Also went 11-for-12 from the free throw line while pulling in seven rebounds and recording three assists against UTEP.
• Scored 19 points in a win over WKU (2/24).
• Scored 18 points – all in the second half – with four steals as No. 7 seed MTSU knocked off No. 2 LA Tech in the CUSA Quarterfinals (3/13).
• Scored 14 points with five rebounds and two assists against WKU in the CUSA semifinals (3/15).

Middle Tennessee State (2022-23)

• Averaged 5.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.
• Made his NCAA debut with a game-high 14 points against Brescia (11/7).
• Led the way with 19 points, going 8-8 from the free throw line in a win over Stephen F. Austin (11/26).
• Was 17-32 (.531) from the floor and18-20 (.900) from the free throw line on the four-game road trip to Montreal and St. Bonaventure.
• Scored nine of his 12 points in the second half at UTSA, going 5-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 from 3-point range with the first two blocked shots of his career (1/5).
• Provided 12 points off the bench, going 2-for-2 from behind the 3-point line at LA Tech (1/21).
• Went 5-for-6 from the floor for 14 points against UTEP (2/2).
• Scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and 2-for-3 from 3-point range against UTSA (2/4).

Junior College (2020-22)

• Led Tyler Junior College with 17.1 points and 3.3 assists per game in 2021-22.
• Shot 42.3 percent (93-220) from the floor and 40.0 percent (42-105) from 3-point range.
• Went 13-15 from the free throw line on his way to a season-high 28 points in a win at Victoria College (Dec. 1).
• Scored 20 or more points seven times in a nine-game stretch from Nov. 13-Dec. 30.
• Ranked eighth nationally in NJCAA Division I with 21.4 points per game 10th in total points at 449 and sixth with 121 free throws made in 2020-21.
• Shot 39.9 percent from the floor, 32.7 percent from long distance and 81.7 percent from the free throw line.
• Scored 30 or more points on four separate occasions, including a season-high 38 on March 22.

High School:

• Played for head coach Marcus Gabriel and averaged 22 points, four assists, three steals and four rebounds per game.
• Was a four-time First Team All-District selection for the Rams.
• Named to the Cypress Ridge Honor Roll three times.

Personal

• Born March 5, 2002.
• Son of Antoinette and Jessie Porter.
• Has two siblings, Jessie and Jessica.