Standing tall
Try seeing eye-to-eye with W. Kentucky’s Sharp
Fred Jeter | 1/5/2023, 6 p.m.
At 7-5, Western Kentucky University’s center Jamarion Sharp is the tallest player in college basketball; No. 4 for Louisville is 6-11 Roosevelt Wheeler from John Marshall High.
It is apropos that Jamarion Sharp plays basketball for the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers.
Stretching to 7-foot-5, Sharp appears to be standing on a hill even when on flat land. He is currently the tallest player in all of college basketball.
From Hopkinsville, Ky., Sharp is averaging seven points, seven re- bounds and an NCAA best 4.5 blocked shots per game for 8-4 WKU.
Last season as a junior, Sharp led the nation with 4.6 blocks per and was Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year.
Sharp’s take-notice height makes sense in that his father, Mario Sharp, is 6-foot-9 and his mother, Shiby Watkins, is 6-foot-5.
