Wilson with his 1,000-point game ball, with mother Sabrina Coleman and father Gordon Wilson.
In Penn State Altoona men’s basketball’s win over Mount Aloysius College on Feb. 8, senior guard Javon Wilson became the sixth player in team history to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career.
By the end of the season, Wilson finished his collegiate basketball career tied for third on the Lions’ all-time scoring list with 1,170 points scored during his four-year career, which spanned from 2013-17. During the 2016-17 season, Wilson scored 493 points to tie for the most points scored in a single season in team history. The senior guard was a first team All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference selection, as well as a second team Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Region All-Star.
Wilson helped lead the Lions to a resurgent 2016-17 season. Penn State Altoona earned its first AMCC Tournament berth since 2009-10, and the team also earned a selection to the ECAC Division III Tournament for the first time since 2008-09. The Lions’ fourteen overall wins tied a program record, and their twelve AMCC wins were the most in team history.
Wilson is a native of Washington, D.C. and graduated from T.C. Williams High School.