Pronunciation - Ezra Manjon |
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HONORS & AWARDS
• 2021-22 All-Big West First Team
• 2022 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2021-22 Big West Conference Player of the Week (12/20/21, 2/7/22)
• 2021-22 Preseason All-Big West Coaches' Team
• 2021-22 Preseason All-Big West Media Team
• 2021 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2020-21 All-Big West Conference Second Team
• 2020-21 Lou Henson Award Watch List (top Division I mid-major player in the nation)
• 2020-21 Preseason All-Big West Conference Team
• 2019-20 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2019-20 All-Big West Second Team
• Big West Conference Player of the Week (1/20/20, 2/17/20 — first true freshman since 1974 to win this award twice in a single season — 11/30/20)
2021-22: Became the 24th Aggie to reach 1,000 career points in program history and the fifth to do so in less than three seasons...Officially crossed the plateau with a lay-up at the 14:52 mark of the first half in a Mar. 5 game at Cal State Fullerton...Finished sixth in the Big West in scoring, sixth in field goal percentage, fifth in assists, and fourth in minutes per game...Set career-high with 27 points to lead UC Davis to a win over Oregon State on Dec. 4...Scored or assisted on nine of UC Davis' last 11 points in opening night win over Utah State on Nov. 9...Posted six 20-point games and reached double-digits 20 times...Averaged career-high 3.6 rebounds per game.
2020-21: Will not use a year of eligibility, and maintain his current status, due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 policy… Ended the season with seven individual NCAA rankings: No. 32 in free throw percentage (.869), No. 128 in minutes per game (34:14), No. 213 in points per game (15.6), No. 230 in free throws made, No. 248 in assists-to-turnovers (1.40), No. 269 in field goal percentage (.423) and No. 270 in assists per game (3.3)… Responsible for the top individual free throws made total, among all Big West players, when he connected on 15 of 19 attempts vs. Nicholls State (11/15) in the team’s season opener at the Bronco Invitational… Those 19 attempts are a single-game conference high… Led all Aggies with four 20-point games: 25 vs. Nicholls State, 23 vs. Idaho State (11/28), 21 at Santa Clara (11/27) and 20 at Cal Poly (2/27)… One of only two sophomores (teammate Elijah Pepper is the other) named to the All-Big West First or Second Team… Against league teams (UC Davis played the fewest non-conference games due to its seven-week pause), Manjon held top Big West individual stats in four categories: No. 6 in scoring (14.80/gm.), No. 7 in free throw percentage (.860), No. 8 in assists (3.20) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.60)… Scored double figures in 16 of 18 games… For the second time in the last seven games, he hit the game-winning layup, which broke a 56-56 tie with one second remaining, to help the Aggies advance to the Big West Tournament semifinals... Finished with a game-high 16 points in that quarterfinal vs. CSU Bakersfield (3/11)... Scored 13 of his 17 points vs. Hawai’i (3/5) after halftime; hit 8 of 15 shots in the Aggies’ season finale to finish with 16 points… Scored 19 points and collected a career-high nine assists vs. Long Beach State (2/12); in that game, Manjon scored the game-winning points on a layup with 1.2 seconds remaining… Scored the final points in regulation for either team, which tied UC Davis’ series finale against the Beach at 67 apiece in a game the Aggies won by two in overtime… Finished with 19 points for the second straight game in the Aggies’ series opener at CSUN (2/5) and shot .667 overall that evening (6-for-9)… Recorded 19 points and was one of four Aggies to finish in double figures vs UCSB (1/30)… Scored a career-high 25 points, on 5 of 9 shooting and hit a 15 of 19 free throws, both career highs, vs. Nicholls State (11/25)… Posted 20 or more points in each of the Aggies’ first three games (accomplished this feat four times as a freshman)… Averaged 23.0 points, 4.0 assists, shot 46 pct. overall and 85 pct. at the line at the Bronco Invitational to earn the season’s inaugural Big West Player of the Week award (third of his career)… The 2019-20 Big West Freshman of the Year is the only sophomore on the 2020-21 Preseason All-Big West Team.
2019-20: Ended his freshman season ranked No. 62 in the nation with a 2.06 assists-to-turnover total, No. 119 in total assists (130) and No. 130 in assists per game (4.1)... Manjon led all Big West freshmen in six statistical categories, and held the following top-15 rankings among all league players: No. 3 in total assists (130), No. 4 in assists (4.06 apg), No. 5 in field goal percentage (.454) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.06:1), No. 10 in free throw percentage (.760) and No. 14 in scoring (12.13 ppg)... One of 10 Big West players who shot a perfect 1.000 from the free throw line in a single game (minimum eight attempts) when he connected on all eight vs. CSUN (2/15)... Finished with a team-high scoring total in 11 games; led all Aggies in assists in 23 of the team’s 32 games... No Aggie collected more assists in a single game than Manjon when he finished with eight vs. CSUN... Became the fourth Aggie in program history named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year, and earned a spot on the All-Big West Second Team, when league officials announced their end-of-season honor roll on March 10... Led all players with 18 points and five assists vs. Hawai’i (3/5); shot 8 of 11 from the floor that night... When his team hosted CSUN — the Aggies scored a school-record 110 points — Manjon was directly responsible for 36 percent of the team’s offense; in addition to scoring 16 points (he also led all players with a career-high seven rebounds), Manjon’s teammates scored another 24 off his career-high eight assists, which led to Big West Player of the Week accolades for the second time in his career... He is the first true freshman to win multiple Player of the Week awards, in one season, since 1974 (Cliff Pondexter, Long Beach State; Feb. 11 and 18)... By averaging 18.0 ppg, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, shooting 52.4% overall, a perfect 100% at the free throw line and posting a 9:2 assist-to-turnover ratio, true freshman Ezra Manjon led UC Davis to a pair of victories against UC Santa Barbara (2/13) and CSUN... Notched the fourth 20-point game of his career by finishing with that exact total vs. UCSB... One of six Aggies who scored in double figures at Cal State Fullerton (2/8); he finished with 11 on three field goals and four free throws... Hit 9 of 15 shots from the field to finish with a team-high 22 points at Hawai’i... That marked Manjon’s sixth game in a row with a double-figure point total and second straight 20-point performance... On a career-high 11 field goals, Manjon scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed five rebounds, one shy of his career high, vs. Cal State Fullerton (1/22)... Led the Aggies in scoring for the second straight game, by finishing with 16 points, by hitting 6 of 13 overall, a career-high three shots from three (in as many attempts) and a career-high six rebounds at CSUN (1/18)... Finished with 19 points, two shy of a career high, at Long Beach State (1/16)... Led all players with 17 points and three steals vs. UC Riverside (1/9)... Scored 17 points on 7 of 11 shooting, and earned a team-high five of the Aggies’ nine assists at San Francisco (12/21)... Grabbed a career-high six rebounds at Northern Arizona (12/4)... Scored double figures for the fifth game in a row and earned a game-high seven of the Aggies’ 12 assists at Utah (11/29)... Enjoyed a breakout performance in the Pac-12 Networks nationally televised game at Cal (11/26): Scored a career-high 21 points, his first 20-point total as an Aggie, on a career-high eight field goals, and finished with a 6:1 assist-to-turnover ratio against the Golden Bears... Posted 10 or more points for the fourth time in the last five games by finishing with 10 versus Sacramento State (11/20) in the annual rivalry game hosted by the Golden 1 Center... Scored double figures for the third time in the last four games by finishing with 15 vs. VMI (11/17) in the team’s finale at the Red Wolves Classic... Of his 17 points scored against Idaho (11/14) at the Red Wolves Classic, his final two lifted UC Davis to a 65-64 victory since his last-second basket was the game-winner... Recorded 16 points, on 7 of 9 shooting, and collected five rebounds in his home debut vs. William Jessup (11/7)... Scored seven points and earned a team-high three assists in his UC Davis debut at Loyola Chicago (11/5).
HERITAGE HS '19: Led his team to a 29-3 record and a CIF North Division I championship, a title run that included wins against the section's top two seeds... By winning the program's first NCS crown in an instant classic — Heritage needed two overtimes to secure a championship-clinching 100-98 victory — the Patriots earned a No. 1 seed in the NorCal Division I regionals in the process... In that game against Clayton Valley Charter, he scored 33 points, include the game-tying points that forced overtime... Earned All-Bay Area, All-Metro and All-Bay Valley Athletic League first team honors as a junior by averaging 15.8 points, five assists and two steals per game... In 2019, a Manjon-led Patriots team won all three games at the McKinleyville Rotary Tip-Off to win this tournament for the sixth year in a row... Throughout that event, he averaged 21 points a game, including a 32-point performance in the tournament's championship game to earn Most Valuable Player honors... Heritage HS won two league championships throughout Manjon's tenure with the boys' basketball program... Manjon averaged 18 points, six assists and five steals as a freshman... In his final season on campus, he averaged 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals per game... Two-time Honor Roll and Merit Roll selection.
PERSONAL: One of Dr. Sonia and Winston Manjon's four children... Amani is his younger sister, Zyan is his older brother and Judah is his younger brother... His uncles Humberto Gray and Julio Rymer were student-athletes at Whittier College and the University of Alaska, respectively... Competed for the Oakland Soldiers, one of the top travel teams in the country that reached the semifinals of the 2018 Nike Peach Jam... Not many people know that he use to play the drums and is extremely afraid of heights... Earning his first Division I offer is his proudest personal accomplishment because he promised this to his grandfather... Josh Corbin is the best athlete he competed against... Favorite facility that he competed in is the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex... Winning a NCS title is his career sports highlight... Kobe is his sports hero... Jesus is his non-sports hero... Chose UC Davis because of the coaches and players, the world-class academics, beautiful campus and college-town vibe.
