BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Thursday the addition of Jackson Harlan (6-5, Guard) in the 2019 class.
"We're excited to have Jackson become a part of our program," Stansbury said. "He's a Governor's Scholar in the state of Kentucky, and he comes from a really good high school program with coach Messer. He has a terrific family. His father played college basketball at Transylvania, and his mother is a Western Kentucky graduate. He brings a lot of different abilities, most of all the ability to shoot that basketball. At the same time, he can put it down and go score it."
Harlan averaged 26.4 points per game as a junior at Clinton County High School in Albany, Ky. The Bulldogs finished 18-13 under head coach Todd Messer.
The high-scoring guard totaled 819 points a year ago while also averaging 4.1 rebounds. He shot 47 percent from the floor, 37.4 percent from 3-point range and 83 percent from the free-throw line.
Harlan had 30-plus points in 16 games as a junior, including three games of 40 or more points.
He was an honorable mention all-state selection by the Louisville Courier-Journal and an All 'A' State Tournament all-tournament pick. He's also excelled in the classroom with a GPA over 4.0 and participation in the Governor's Scholar program.
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