#5 Zeke Mayo

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Position: Guard

Height: 6-4

Weight: 185

Class: Senior

Hometown: Lawrence, Kan.

High School: Lawrence HS

Previous School: South Dakota State

OVERVIEW:

A local product from Lawrence, Kansas, Zeke Mayo is a combo guard who transferred from South Dakota State and will be a senior at Kansas in 2024-25.

Mayo was the 2024 Summit League Player of the Year as a junior and a two-time All-Summit League First Team selection in 2023 and 2024.

In 2023-24, Mayo averaged 18.8 points per game and led the Jackrabbits to Summit League regular season and conference tournament titles. Iowa State defeated SDSU, 82-65, in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. I

n addition to leading SDSU in scoring, Mayo made a team-high 92 three-point field goals last season and led the Summit League with a 39.1 three-point field goal percentage and averaged 2.6 threes made per game. Mayo also led SDSU in assists with 3.5 per contest and free throw percentage at 82.8 percent.

Mayo graduated from Lawrence High School in May 2021 where he was the co-recipient of the 2021 DiRenna Award, which recognizes the top boys' basketball player in the Kansas City area. He was named the Lawrence Journal-World's Player of the Year, the Sunflower League Player of the Year and also earned all-state honors from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, Topeka Capital Journal, and Wichita Eagle his senior year at LHS.