UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2024-25): Saw action in 29 games and logged 20 starts … Averaged 24.4 minutes per game … Shot 49.1 percent from the field and averaged 2.3 points per game.  

AS A SOPHOMORE AT HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2023-24): Saw action in 36 games logging 35 starts … Averaged 30.1 minutes per game … Shot 45.1 percent per game and averaged 11.0 points, 4.7 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game. 

AS A FRESHMAN AT TALLAHASSEE  STATE (2022-23): Saw action in 37 games logging a pair of states … Averaged 12.3 minutes and 2.4 points per game. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Jehovah-Jireh High School for coach Dirk Ricks … Averaged 32.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game … Scored over 3,000 points in high school … Named Player of the Year, all-Metro and All-State. 

PERSONAL: The son of Chantell and Dirk Ricks … Maintained a 3.8 grade point average at Jehovah-Jireh High School … Enjoys bowling … Lists his parents as his idols … Like Mike is his favorite movie and the Miami Heat are his favorite team … Pasta is his favorite food … A business major at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 12/17/2025)
Points	9 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
FG	3, twice - last vs. Young Harris (11/22/25)
FGA	7, twice - last vs. Lander (11/16/25)
3FG	1 vs. Lander (11/16/25)
3FGA	4 vs. Lander (11/16/25)
FT	3 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
FTA	3 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
Rebounds	3, twice - last vs. Fayetteville State (11/19/25)
Assists	9 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
Steals	2, twice - last vs. Young Harris (11/22/25)
Blocks	2 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
Turnovers	2, three times - last vs. Fayetteville State (11/19/25)
Minutes	37 at USC Aiken (11/14/25)
Double-Figure Points	None
Double-Figure Rebounds	None
Double-Doubles	None
20+ Points	None
7+ Rebounds	None
5+ Assists	3 times
5+ Steals	None