Norfolk State University Athletics

2015-16 (Redshirt Senior Year)
Named first-team All-MEAC for the second straight season … Became the fifth different NSU player to earn first-team All-MEAC honors twice … Was the league’s Preseason Player of the Year … Also voted to the MEAC All-Tournament Team … Team co-MVP … Earned a spot on the NABC All-District 15 first team and the BOXTOROW HBCU All-America second team, both for the second year in a row … Named to the preseason Lou Henson Award watch list by CollegeInsider.com, presented to the top mid-major player in Division I … Competed in 33 games and made 27 starts … Led the Spartans with 15.4 points per game while also adding 3.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists … Played in a team-high 28.9 minutes per game … Shot 41.1 percent from the field on 154-of-375 shooting, including 67-of-186 (36.0 percent) from 3-point range … Also connected on 133-of-162 (82.1 percent) from the charity stripe … Totaled 508 points, 119 rebounds, 86 assists, 28 steals and four blocks on the year … Became the seventh player in NSU history to score 1,000 points in his first two seasons and the 35^th all-time 1,000-point scorer … Ranked fourth in the MEAC in free throw percentage (82.1), ninth in scoring (15.4), 10^th in 3-point field goal percentage (36.0), 12^th in 3-point field goals per game (2.0) and 14^th in assists (2.6) … Also stood 119^th in the nation in free throw percentage and 245^th in scoring … Ended the year 135^th in the nation in career points (1,338) and 147^th in career scoring average (13.1) … Ranked fifth in NSU D-I season records in 3-point field goals (67), 3-point field goal attempts (186) and free throw percentage (.821), seventh in free throws (133), 10^th in points (508) and free throw attempts (162), 12^th in field goal attempts (375) and 15^th in 3-point field goal percentage (.360) … Also ranked seventh in overall season records in 3-point field goal attempts (186) and eighth in 3-point field goals (67) and free throw percentage (.821) … Finished his career at NSU second all-time in free throw percentage (.821), seventh in 3-point field goals (136), eighth in 3-point field goal attempts (361), 9^th in 3-point field goal percentage (.377), 16^th in scoring average (17.3) and 32^nd  in points (1,156) … Had 28 games of 10 or more points, including six with 20 or more points … Made a 3-pointer in 18 straight games at one point in the year and in all but four games overall … Shot 10-of-12 from the floor for a season-high 28 points to go with a season-high seven rebounds and three assists in a win over Mercy College on Dec. 2 … Finished with 20 points in the next game at Coppin State on Dec. 7 on 6-of-9 shooting with seven boards … Closed a stretch of five games in which he averaged 20.4 points per game … Included in that stretch were games of 19 points against Ohio on Nov. 21 (including 4-of-6 on 3-pointers) and at Northern Arizona on Nov. 30 … Added 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting with three boards and three assists in a home win over Washington Adventist on Nov. 17 … Hit 8-of-16 from the floor for a 22-point effort at Evansville on Dec. 17 … Then in the next two games at the Sun Bowl Invitational from Dec. 21-22, scored 18 points with seven rebounds in a win over UTEP and added 24 points, six rebounds and two assists against UC Irvine … Hit 8-of-16 and totaled 23 points, four rebounds and three assists at Hampton on Jan. 30 to reach 1,000 points for his NSU career … Hit 5-of-7 from the 3-point line, tying a career high for makes, and tallied 18 points, five assists and three steals in the return game against Hampton at home on March 3 … Made 9-of-9 from the free throw line with 19 points, four assists and three boards at home against Bethune-Cookman on Jan. 11 … Two days prior on Jan. 9, again tied his season high with seven boards while adding 15 points (6-of-11) and four assists in a win over Florida A&M … Posted seven rebounds again with 17 points, five assists and two steals against Coppin State on Feb. 22 … Scored just nine points but tied his career high with seven assists in a home win over Howard on Feb. 29 … Tied his career high with four steals to go with 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting at Delaware State on Feb. 20 … Against crosstown rival ODU on Dec. 29, had 14 points on 5-of-11 from the floor with six rebounds and six assists … Shot 4-of-7 from 3-point range to finish with 16 points at Alabama on Jan. 2.
 
2014-15 (Redshirt Junior Year)
A first-team All-MEAC honoree … Also earned first-team NABC All-District 15, second-team Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State and second-team BOXTOROW HBCU All-America honors … One of two NSU players to compete in all 34 games, starting 33 … Averaged a team-best 19.1 points with 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steals in a team-high 33.9 minutes per game … Shot 49.8 percent from the floor (212-of-426), 39.4 percent from 3-point range (69-of-175) and 82.0 percent from the free throw line (155-of-189) … Ranked second in the MEAC in scoring, fifth in minutes, sixth in 3-point field goal percentage, seven in 3-point field goals per game and eighth in field goal percentage and free throw percentage … Also ranked 29^th in the nation in scoring, 74^th in field goal percentage and 98^th in free throw percentage … A finalist for the Riley Wallace Award, presented by CollegeInsider.com to the top transfer in NCAA Division I … A member of the Lou Henson Award mid-season watch list by CollegeInsider.com … Named the MEAC Player of the Week on Jan. 26 after averaging 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals in two games … MVP of the Saint Peter’s division of the Barclays Center Classic in late November … Team Co-MVP along with RaShid Gaston … Totaled 648 points, 142 rebounds, 66 assists, 32 steals and 14 blocks on the season … Finished second in NSU’s D-I single-season record book in free throws, third in points, fourth in field goals, 3-point field goals and free throw attempts, fifth in scoring average and free throw percentage, sixth in 3-point field goal attempts, eighth in field goal attempts and 3-point field goal percentage and 15^th in field goal percentage … Also finished seventh in 3-point field goals and free throw percentage in NSU’s overall records and 10^th in free throws … Ended the year tied for 17^th in NSU records with 69 career 3-point field goals … Scored in double figures in all but one game on the year … Hit a 3-pointer in all but four contests … Had 15 games with 20+ points … Tallied a career-high 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting and went 8-of-10 from the charity stripe with three rebounds against North Carolina Central on Jan. 17 … Also had 30 points with eight rebounds in a win at James Madison on Dec. 22 … In the very next game, shot 6-of-11 from the floor and 9-of-12 from the free throw line for 23 points at No. 22/22 Baylor on Dec. 30 to close out a four-game stretch in which he averaged 26.3 points … Began that streak with 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, with eight rebounds, two assists and two steals versus U.Va.-Wise on Dec. 15 … Added 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting, 3-of-5 from long range, against Northern Arizona on Dec. 19 … Shot a career-best 12-of-14 from the charity stripe and posted his first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Morgan State on Feb. 14 … Scored 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting with seven rebounds, three assists and two steals at South Carolina State on Jan. 24, closing out a stretch of 11-of-16 games with 20 or more points … Hit 8-of-19 field goals for 28 points and added six rebounds against Boston University on Nov. 19 … In a sweep of Morgan State and Coppin State on Dec. 6 and 8, posted 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting against the Bears and then 20 points on 6-of-12 field goals versus the Eagles … His 9-of-10 effort stood as the fourth-best shooting percentage in NSU D-I single-game records … In back-to-back games, had 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting at Princeton on Jan. 6 and 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-6 on 3-point field goals, at Florida A&M on Jan. 10 … Tallied 19 points (8-of-15 shooting) against St. Francis Brooklyn on Nov. 28 and 20 points (7-of-12) with six rebounds the next day against Saint Peter’s to lead NSU to the Saint Peter’s division title of the Barclays Center Classic … In the second game of the season, hit 4-of-7 from long range for 19 points with five rebounds at No. 9/8 Virginia … During a four game stretch from Feb. 23-March 11, scored 25 points (8-of-14) with six rebounds, two assists and two steals against Delaware State, 26 points (9-of-14, 3-of-5 3-pointers) at Hampton and 25 points (9-of-14) against South Carolina State in the MEAC tournament … Posted a career-high seven assists with 13 points and five rebounds at Coppin State on Feb. 21 … Set a career best with four steals to go along with 17 points, four assists and three rebounds against UMES on Feb. 9 … Competed in the summer of 2015 in the Hampton Roads 7 Cities Basketball Pro-Am.
 
2013-14 (Redshirt Sophomore Year)
Sat out the year due to NCAA Division I transfer rules … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll.
 
At Fordham (Redshirt Freshman Year – 2012-13)
Appeared in 27 games at guard for the Rams, starting three … Averaged 5.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game … Scored a season-high 17 points, shooting 3-of-3 from behind the arc, against Fairfield on Nov. 20 … Grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds and scored six points in the loss to St. John’s on Dec. 8 … Finished with 15 points, including five 3-pointers, and added four rebounds against Temple on March 6 … Scored 12 points, shooting 4-of-6 from the field, and added two rebounds at Dayton on Jan. 23 … Finished with 12 points and three rebounds in the win over Penn on Nov. 19 … Scored 12 points and added four rebounds against Richmond on Feb. 23… Netted 11 points at Pitt on Nov. 12 … Made first career start at Saint Joseph's on March 3, scoring eight points … Scored seven points and added two rebounds in a win over Duquesne on Jan. 9.
 
At Fordham (Freshman Year – 2011-12)
Appeared in eight games at guard before missing rest of the year due to injury … Received a medical redshirt … Averaged 3.9 points and 1.0 rebounds per game … Scored nine points and added two steals at St. John's on Dec. 17 … Finished with seven points and one assist in the win over Texas State on Dec. 22 … Scored five points in the win over Georgia Tech on Dec. 29 … Netted three points and added four rebounds and two assists against Monmouth on Dec. 10 … Finished with three points and two steals at Siena two days later.
 
High School/Prep
Competed at John F. Kennedy HS under coach Johnny Mathis … Averaged 28.7 points, 14.0 rebounds and more than five assists per game as a senior in 2009-10 … Named the Bronx Player of the Year and first-team All-City by the New York Post … Had the second best scoring average in the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) that year …  Also garnered Class AA first-team All-State honors by the New York State Sportswriters Association … Named team MVP and team captain … Helped lead Kennedy to the Class AA City Championship game at Madison Square Garden in his junior year in 2008-09 … Led Kennedy to its first Bronx AA title … Ranked as the fourth-best recruit in New York City by GothamHoops.com … A New York McDonald’s All-America nominee … Appeared with the New York City team in the 2010 Jordan Classic Regional Game, also at Madison Square Garden … Competed at Notre Dame Prep in 201-11 … Also played with the New York Panthers AAU team … Named second-team All-Tournament at the 2010 iS8/Nike Tip-Off Fall Classic.
 
Personal
Full name is Jeffrey  Wayne Short … Born on Feb. 21, 1992 … Son of Bernetta Watson … Has an older sister, Tyesha Watson … Majoring in mass communications … Enjoys dancing and playing jokes.

Short's Career Statistics

YEAR	GP-GS	FGM-A	PCT	3PM-A	PCT	FTM-A	PCT	REB/AVG	AST/AVG	BLK/AVG	STL/AVG	PTS/AVG
2011-12*	8-0	10-33	.303	7-27	.259	4-5	.800	8/1.0	3/0.4	1/0.1	6/0.8	31/3.9
2012-13*	27-3	50-154	.325	26-81	.321	25-36	.694	51/1.9	18/0.7	5/0.2	6/0.2	151/5.6
2014-15	34-33	212-426	.498	69-175	.394	155-189	.820	142/4.2	66/1.9	14/0.4	32/0.9	648/19.1
2015-16	33-27	154-375	.411	67-186	.360	133-162	.821	119/3.6	86/2.6	4/0.1	28/0.8	508/15.4
Totals	102-63	426-988	.431	169-469	.360	317-392	.809	320/3.1	173/1.7	24/0.2	72/0.7	1338/13.1
Totals (NSU only)	67-60	366-801	.457	136-361	.377	288-351	.821	261/3.9	152/2.3	18/0.3	60/0.9	1156/17.3

* At Fordham
 

CAREER HIGHS
Points	31, N.C. Central (1-17-15)
FG Made	11, N.C. Central (1-17-15)
FG Att.	19 (2x), last: at James Madison (12-22-14)
3 Pt. FG Made	5 (2x), last: Hampton (3-3-16)
3 Pt. FG Att.	10 (3x), last: at UMES (2-8-16)
FT Made	12, at Morgan State (2-14-15)
FT Att.	14, at Morgan State (2-14-15)
Rebounds	11, at St. John’s (12-8-12)
Assists	7 (2x), last: Howard (2-29-16)
Steals	4 (2x), last: at Delaware State (2-20-16)
Blocks	2 (2x), last: at Princeton (1-6-15)
Minutes	45, at Howard (2-6-16)