2024-25 Season - 2024-25 SoCon Player of the Year & All-SoCon First Team Selection...Peterson was named a finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award, which is given annually to the top mid-major player in Division I...The Gary, Indiana native led the SoCon in field goals, points, points per game, steals, steals per game, and 3-point field goal percentage...He also paced all SoCon players in scoring during conference play by two full points...Scored in double figures in 31 of the team's 32 games, including 15 times where he netted 20 or more points...Scored a career-high 31 points at Chattanooga and had another 30-point outing at Kansas City...His scoring average of 19.5 points per game ranked 28th in the country and became the tenth ETSU player ever to score 600 or more points in a single season...Shot 42.0 percent from beyond the arc and made at least three triples 16 times of ETSU's 32 games...His best outing from beyond the arc came agianst UNC Greensboro where he went 7-for-13...Followed that by going 6-for-9 in a road game at Wofford...Peterson also recorded double-doubles in both of those games.Â
2023-24 Season - First Team SoCon All-Tournament Team selection … Started all 35 games … Averaged 13.5 points and 4.5 rebounds, while dishing out a team-best 131 assists in 32.1 minutes per game … Scored in double figures 24 times and had eight 20-plus point scoring games … Netted 17 points with three rebounds and two assists in SoCon Championship game vs. Samford (3/11) … Game-high 27 points on five made threes with seven rebounds and two steals vs. Chattanooga in SoCon semifinal (3/10) … Had 17 points, six rebounds and four assists vs. UNCG in SoCon quarterfinal (3/9) … Posted seven points and seven assists in SoCon first round game vs. VMI (3/8) ... Game-winning lay-up vs. UNCG (3/2) ... Finished with 14 points, four rebounds and five assists vs. the Spartans ... Posted 12 points, four assists and three rebounds at The Citadel (2/28) ... First double-double as Buc vs. VMI ... Had 13 points and a career-high 10 assists vs. the Keydets (2/21) ... Finished with 13 points, five rebounds and four assists at Western Carolina (2/17) ... Scored 22 points on four made threes at Chattanooga (2/14) ... Posted 14 points, six rebounds and two assists vs. Furman (2/10) ... Game-winning lay-up vs. The Citadel (2/3) ... Finished with nine points, eight rebounds and four assists vs. the Bulldogs ... Posted 18 points and a career-high nine rebounds vs. Chattanooga (1/21) ... Totaled 14 points, four assists, and two steals at Wofford (1/17) ... Posted 16 points and seven rebounds at Furman (1/13) ... Tallied 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals vs. WCU (1/10) ... Netted 22 points with five rebounds and three assists vs. Mercer (1/3) ... Finished with 21 points, five assists and four rebounds at ECU (12/29) ... Posted 20 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals at Utah State (12/22) ... Totaled seven points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds vs. Kansas City (12/20) ... Finished with seven points, five assists, two rebounds and two steals vs. Tusculum (12/15) ... Set career highs in rebounds (8), free throws made (7), steals (3) and blocks (3), while adding 23 points vs. TTU (12/10) ... Scored 21 points, while adding four rebounds, three assists and two steals over Alabama A&M (11/24) ... Totaled 17 points and dished out a season-high seven assists vs. Davidson (11/17) ... Career night at Elon (11/9) ... Finished with 29 points on 12-of-23 shooting, along with six rebounds, four assists and two steals against the Phoenix ... Tallied 15 points, six rebounds, three steals and two assists in ETSU debut vs. King (11/6)
Prior to ETSU - Spent the 2022-23 season at John A. Logan College in Cartersville, Ill. where he averaged 13.5 points, 4.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game ... Hotaled 163 assists to just 35 turnovers in 2022-23 for the Vols ... To go with the impressive 4.7 assist/turnover ratio, he shot 53 percent from the floor (187-354), 39 percent from long distance (48-123) and 73 percent at the free throw line (49-67)...Peterson joins Devontavius Payne, Vonnie Patterson and David Sloan as John A. Logan alums to come play in the Blue & Gold...Played a key role in the Vols’ success this past 2022-23 season as the point guard led John A. Logan to the program’s first ever NJCAA DI men’s basketball national championship ... The team went 33-2 – winning its last 31 games – and going unbeaten (16-0) in conference play ... Averaged 14.5 points, 5.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds in the NJCAA Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. ... Opened the tournament with 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in the Vols’ second round win over Monroe College, while he finished with 15 points, five assists and four rebounds in the national title win against reigning champion Northwest Florida State ... Was among the national leaders in assist/turnover ratio (4.7) and in total assists (163) ... Led his team in field goals made and was second in scoring ... Scored in double figures 24 times, including eight games with at least 20 points and a season-high 28 points against Southwestern Illinois College on Feb. 25 ... Dished out at least five assists 18 times and grabbed at least five rebounds 16 times...Peterson was a member of the Indiana State men’s basketball team in 2021-22.Â
Prep - Enjoyed a successful career at West Side High School where he played for Chris Buggs ... Was a 1,000-point scorer at West Side High School where he averaged 14 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals per game his senior season ... Led West Side to a 22-5 record and the program’s first sectional and regional titles since 2004 ... Earned Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Senior Large School all-state honors and was named 2021 Northwest Indiana Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Post-Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
