2023-24 (Junior): Played 31 of 33 games... Averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds with 18 steals and 17 blocked shots...
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Season-high 21 points (7-8 FG, 3-3 3FG, 4-5 FT) with 4 rebounds in NIT first round at Indiana State 3/20... Added 6 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals in win at Tulane 2/15...Team-high 14 points (5-8 FG, 2-5 3FG, go-ahead 3FG with 3:17 left), 4 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in the win vs North Texas 2/11... Had 8 points (3-4 FGs), 2 rebounds and 2 assist in win at Rice 2/7... Added 5 points, 4 assists (career high), 3 rebounds, 2 steals and a block vs Houston Christian 12/19... Had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks against Dayton 11/29.
Summer 2023 (SMU 3-0 in Spain): In three games, averaged 9.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and a steal… Recorded his tour-best 12 boards in the final contest at Barcelona.
Ja’Heim transferred from Georgia State in the Summer of 2023 with two seasons to play.
2022-23 (Sophomore at Georgia State): Averaged team-best 6.9 rebounds (12
th Sun Belt) with 10.1 points… Led the team with 22 blocked shots and was third with 27 steals ... Had three double-doubles ... Scored in double figures 13 times and grabbed double-figure rebounds in five games…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Career-high 26 points (9-13 FG, 4-7 3FG) with five rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in the win vs Coastal Carolina... Recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds vs Georgia Tech… Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Middle Georgia ... Grabbed 11 rebounds, along with eight points at Auburn ... Had a double-double in win over South Alabama with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
2021-22 (Freshman at Georgia State): Played in 27 games as a freshman, including 12 starts, averaging 5.0 points and 4.6 rebounds per game… Also had 23 blocks and 10 steals on the year…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Earned start in regular season opener against Brewton-Parker finishing with nine points and three rebounds while going 5-of-5 from the free throw line… Scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds against Northeastern… Garnered first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds at High Point… Finished with eight points (4-of-5 FGs), six rebounds, and two steals at Georgia Tech… Grabbed 11 rebounds to tie his career high while picking up six points against Appalachian State… Scored 15 points with seven rebounds against Coastal Carolina… Finished with nine points and six rebounds against Georgia Southern… Scored five points, grabbed nine rebounds, and blocked four shots at Georgia Southern… Had five points and five rebounds in NCAA Tournament game vs Gonzaga.
Prep: Led Wheeler High School to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior, earning AJC Class AAAAAA All-State First Team honors his senior year as Wheeler finished with a top 25 national ranking . . . Finished with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds in the state championship game against region rival Kell… Ranked by 247Sports as a 3-star and among the top 75 power forwards in the country and No. 30 player in Georgia… As a junior helped the Wildcats win the Georgia Class AAAAAA Championship earning AJC All-Cobb County Second Team honors ... Before transferring to Wheeler for the 2019-20 season, played at South Gwinnett High School . . . Played for the Game Elite and HYPE Hawks AAU programs.
