In 2012-2013
2012-13 Southland Conference Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year
2012-13 Southland Conference All-Academic Team
• averaged 18 minutes while playing in all 32 games, starting the last 27
• scored 5.4 points per game and shot 73% at the free throw line
• Sank five of eight 3s, including three on consecutive possessions, in career-best 19-point outburst at UCA
• scored 15 in homecourt win over UCA
• posted six double-digit scoring games to raise his career total to 16
• backup point guard in first 5 games as Jalan West and Shamir Davis started
• Academic All-America (3.5 cumulative GPA) and NABC Good Works Team nominee
• Student-Athlete Advisory Council member for second straight year
• 87 of 157 shots (55%) are 3s
• Has recorded 16 career double-digit scoring games, six this season
In 2011-12
• 2011-12 Southland Conference Steve McCarty Citizenship Award winner, fourth time in five years of the award that a Northwestern State male or female has been honored for citizenship, sportsmanship, community service and leadership
• voted to the 10-man roster on the 2011-12 Academic All-Southland Conference basketball team
• 3.5 GPA in psychology
• Student-Athlete Advisory Council member
• 5.1 points per game, 2.2 rebounds, in 32 games last year, with 3 starts, averaging 16.5 minutes
• had six double-figure scoring games, including season highs of 13 points against Campbell and at Central Arkansas, both NSU wins
• scored 12 at nationally-ranked Mississippi State
In 2010-11
• played in 31 games and earned four starts, averaging 13 minutes pg
• recorded 4 double-digit scoring totals in first 8 games, but none afterward
• opened his college career with 13 points at LSU
• season-best 14 points in win over Central Baptist
• impressive line of 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists in comeback win at Centenary, with rebounds and assists finishing as season bests
• shot 24-31 (.774) from the free throw line, the highest of any returning player
• knocked down a team-high .438 from 3-point range, sinking 21
• 45-98 (.459) from the field
In High School
• led Vikings to 2010 Class 3A state title, as championship game Most Valuable Player, with 17 points,
16 rebounds in 82-59 victory over Carroll
• earned his second straight first-team Class 3A All-State honor as a senior, when he averaged 17 points,
7 rebounds, 9 assists as VHS went 30-2 in 2009-10
• one of 30 players, along with Demon teammates Patrick Robinson and Tyler Washington, nominated from Louisiana for the 2010 McDonald’s High School All-America Team
• rated 18th in Scout.com’s Louisiana Top 20 Division I signees for 2009-10
• voted state Class 3A MVP as a junior when Vidalia made its first state championship game appearance since 1979 as he averaged 17 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists
• overcame a partially torn ACL in his knee sustained in football practice in October 2008
• named to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s Academic All-State Composite Boys Basketball Team for 2009-10
• earned the same honor as a senior in football
• honorable mention All-State as a freshman and sophomore
• averaged 18 ppg, 7 rpg, 5 apg as a sophomore
• as a freshman he averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
• selected All-Parish, All-Natchez Metro, and was named team Most Valuable Player four years in a row
• named team Rookie of the Year as a freshman
• made appearances in state playoffs in all four years of his career under coach Robert Sanders with a combined record of 110-13, including a 48-9 record during his freshman and sophomore years, state runner-up finish and 32-2 season in his junior year
• lettered all four years in football and basketball, and considered playing football in college
• All-Concordia Parish and All-District 3-3A as a receiver in football (18 catches, 540 yards) and also made 4 interceptions on defense
• won $2,000 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame scholarship presented by Miss-Lou Chapter at a banquet with Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen as keynote speaker
• gained leadership skills as the president of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and vice-president of Beta Club and Student Council
• graduated with a 4.0 G.P.A.
Personal
• born March 16, 1992, son of Gary, Sr. and Sharron Stewart
• has one sister, Sharon Johnson
• majoring in psychology with plans to pursue a career as a counselor
• nicknames include Dewayne, G-Money, G-Baby
