22 John Zhao
22 John Zhao
Height: 6-4
Weight: 180
Year: Junior
Hometown: Sevierville, Tenn.
High School: Sevier County
Position: G
gp 30
pts/g 19.1
fg % 61.5
3pt % 52.5
ft % 82.1
reb/g 5.0
a/g 1.8

2022-23: A CSC Academic All-District selection, Zhao has continued his sharp-shooting ways from his freshman campaign, averaging 6.6 points per game while knocking down 40 threes this season. He is shooting 37 percent from deep. Zhao has a pair of 20-point games this season and seven double-digit scoring efforts. He went off for 20 against Southern Wesleyan on the strength of four threes on Nov. 19 and a career-high 21 against Mars Hill on Dec. 14 behind 5-of-10 shooting from three.  He averaged 1.9 rebounds per game.  He had six games this season where he converted at least three triples.  

HONORS

  • CSC Academic All-District

2021-22: A reserve small forward in his freshman season at Carson-Newman, John Zhao established himself as a three-point marksman early.  Zhao connectd on 27-of-65 triples on the year (41.5 percent).  He made a splash in his third career game, exploding for 18 against No. 11 Queens (11/20) in a tight loss.  he canned 6-of-8 triples against the Royals.  Zhao also produced a double-digit scoring effort against Anderson (12/4) when he scored 10 against the Trojans.   He also had a career-best four rebounds against the Trojans (1/24) on the road.  He dished out three assists against Wingate (11/27).  

HIGH SCHOOL: A 6-4, 180-pound guard who played for Ken Wright at Sevier County High School. Zhao was a member of the 2020 All-District and All-Tournament teams.  He helped the Smoky Bears to a pair of district tournament titles as well as a regional and sub-state title in 2019.  He was named the District 2-AAA Player of the Year and the IMAC Player of the Year as a senior. He earned 5Star Preps Player of the Week honors after scoring 40 points on eight made threes in a win over Fulton. Zhao averaged 23.5 points per game as a senior to go along with six boards, three assists and two steals per game.  He finished his high school career 20 points shy of 1,000.  He was selected to the BCAT All-Star Game.  He also ran track and field for the Smoky Bears and completed his high school career with a 4.0 GPA. 

PERSONAL: The son of Richard May and Mary Zhao, he plans to study finance at Carson-Newman. 

Recent Games
Feb 17 Anderson (S.C.) W, 103-101
Feb 21 at Virginia-Wise W, 94-83
Feb 24 at Limestone L, 79-72
Mar 2 Mars Hill W, 109-99
Mar 6 vs. Tusculum W, 68-60
Mar 7 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 70-65
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 30 20
Games started 30 20
Minutes 850 590
Minutes per game 28.3 29.5
FG 206-335 139-230
FG Pct 61.5 60.4
3PT 84-160 56-114
3PT Pct 52.5 49.1
FT 78-95 55-71
FT Pct 82.1 77.5
Off rebounds 33 21
Def rebounds 116 86
Total rebounds 149 107
Rebounds per game 5.0 5.3
Personal fouls 51 36
Disqualifications 2 2
Assists 55 40
Turnovers 53 41
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.0
Steals 16 8
Blocks 7 6
Points 574 389
Points per game 19.1 19.4
Points per 40 min 27.0 26.4
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 11 vs. Lees-McRae W, 101-77 1 20 10-12 83.3 5-6 83.3 3-3 100.0 28
Nov 12 vs. King (Tenn.) W, 74-72 1 31 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Nov 18 Southern Wesleyan W, 108-78 1 25 9-11 81.8 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 23
Nov 25 at Lander L, 81-72 1 20 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 7
Nov 27 Milligan College W, 111-60 1 23 11-15 73.3 4-5 80.0 5-6 83.3 31
Dec 2 Clayton St. W, 108-81 1 22 9-12 75.0 3-4 75.0 3-3 100.0 24
Dec 9 Limestone L, 85-77 1 28 8-14 57.1 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 17
Dec 13 at Tusculum W, 83-73 1 30 6-10 60.0 0-3 0.0 11-12 91.7 23
Dec 16 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 94-81 1 30 8-11 72.7 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 21
Dec 19 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 107-83 1 29 6-11 54.5 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 16
Dec 30 Belmont Abbey W, 98-87 1 32 7-12 58.3 4-8 50.0 2-2 100.0 20
Jan 3 at #22 Lincoln Memorial L, 83-64 1 21 4-9 44.4 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 6 Newberry W, 103-51 1 32 4-11 36.4 4-11 36.4 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 10 Emory & Henry W, 105-77 1 28 5-6 83.3 1-2 50.0 2-3 66.7 13
Jan 13 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 72-63 1 35 9-17 52.9 3-9 33.3 1-4 25.0 22
Jan 18 Virginia-Wise W, 109-72 1 28 6-10 60.0 4-7 57.1 5-5 100.0 21
Jan 20 at RV Wingate L, 84-83 1 21 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 8
Jan 24 at Emory & Henry W, 106-99 1 38 15-17 88.2 8-9 88.9 0-0 - 38
Jan 27 Coker W, 120-81 1 25 11-14 78.6 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 26
Jan 31 RV Lincoln Memorial W, 91-82 1 37 7-13 53.8 3-6 50.0 16-19 84.2 33
Feb 3 at Catawba L, 87-68 1 34 3-10 30.0 3-9 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Feb 7 at Mars Hill W, 99-72 1 29 8-12 66.7 4-6 66.7 3-3 100.0 23
Feb 10 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 91-73 1 31 11-15 73.3 7-10 70.0 4-6 66.7 33
Feb 14 Tusculum L, 84-81 1 32 2-9 22.2 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 17 Anderson (S.C.) W, 103-101 1 15 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 21 at Virginia-Wise W, 94-83 1 27 6-13 46.2 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 14
Feb 24 at Limestone L, 79-72 1 36 9-17 52.9 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 20
Mar 2 Mars Hill W, 109-99 1 33 12-15 80.0 5-6 83.3 1-2 50.0 30
Mar 6 vs. Tusculum W, 68-60 1 28 6-10 60.0 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 16
Mar 7 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 70-65 1 30 4-9 44.4 1-5 20.0 1-1 100.0 10
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 11 vs. Lees-McRae W, 101-77 1 20 1 2 3 3 1 3.0 1 0 2 -
Nov 12 vs. King (Tenn.) W, 74-72 1 31 1 4 5 2 1 2.0 0 0 2 -
Nov 18 Southern Wesleyan W, 108-78 1 25 3 4 7 2 0 - 0 0 1 -
Nov 25 at Lander L, 81-72 1 20 2 1 3 0 0 - 1 0 1 -
Nov 27 Milligan College W, 111-60 1 23 1 4 5 2 1 2.0 2 1 1 -
Dec 2 Clayton St. W, 108-81 1 22 1 5 6 1 2 0.5 0 0 1 -
Dec 9 Limestone L, 85-77 1 28 0 3 3 3 2 1.5 0 0 1 -
Dec 13 at Tusculum W, 83-73 1 30 1 5 6 1 4 0.3 2 1 2 -
Dec 16 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 94-81 1 30 1 5 6 0 1 0.0 1 0 3 -
Dec 19 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 107-83 1 29 1 5 6 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 -
Dec 30 Belmont Abbey W, 98-87 1 32 2 2 4 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 -
Jan 3 at #22 Lincoln Memorial L, 83-64 1 21 1 1 2 1 3 0.3 0 1 5 1
Jan 6 Newberry W, 103-51 1 32 1 5 6 6 2 3.0 0 1 0 -
Jan 10 Emory & Henry W, 105-77 1 28 1 2 3 1 1 1.0 1 0 2 -
Jan 13 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 72-63 1 35 2 5 7 1 2 0.5 0 1 0 -
Jan 18 Virginia-Wise W, 109-72 1 28 1 3 4 5 1 5.0 1 0 0 -
Jan 20 at RV Wingate L, 84-83 1 21 0 1 1 2 2 1.0 0 0 1 -
Jan 24 at Emory & Henry W, 106-99 1 38 0 4 4 1 3 0.3 0 1 3 -
Jan 27 Coker W, 120-81 1 25 2 5 7 3 2 1.5 0 1 1 -
Jan 31 RV Lincoln Memorial W, 91-82 1 37 0 6 6 3 0 - 1 0 2 -
Feb 3 at Catawba L, 87-68 1 34 0 5 5 0 4 0.0 0 0 1 -
Feb 7 at Mars Hill W, 99-72 1 29 4 6 10 3 2 1.5 0 0 2 -
Feb 10 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 91-73 1 31 0 8 8 2 1 2.0 1 0 0 -
Feb 14 Tusculum L, 84-81 1 32 0 10 10 0 3 0.0 1 0 1 -
Feb 17 Anderson (S.C.) W, 103-101 1 15 1 2 3 1 3 0.3 0 0 5 1
Feb 21 at Virginia-Wise W, 94-83 1 27 1 2 3 1 2 0.5 0 0 4 -
Feb 24 at Limestone L, 79-72 1 36 2 4 6 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 -
Mar 2 Mars Hill W, 109-99 1 33 3 4 7 6 1 6.0 0 0 2 -
Mar 6 vs. Tusculum W, 68-60 1 28 0 3 3 1 2 0.5 3 0 4 -
Mar 7 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 70-65 1 30 0 0 0 2 3 0.7 0 0 1 -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2021-22 27 - 12.2 1.4-3.4 40.2 1.0-2.4 41.5 0.2-0.3 66.7 4.0
2022-23 28 1 16.7 2.2-5.5 39.9 1.4-3.9 37.0 0.8-0.9 84.6 6.6
2023-24 30 30 28.3 6.9-11.2 61.5 2.8-5.3 52.5 2.6-3.2 82.1 19.1
Total 85 31 19.4 3.6-6.8 52.4 1.8-3.9 45.3 1.2-1.5 81.5 10.2
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 27 - 329 37-92 40.2 27-65 41.5 6-9 66.7 107
2022-23 28 1 468 61-153 39.9 40-108 37.0 22-26 84.6 184
2023-24 30 30 850 206-335 61.5 84-160 52.5 78-95 82.1 574
Total 85 31 1647 304-580 52.4 151-333 45.3 106-130 81.5 865
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2021-22 27 - 12.2 4.5-11.2 40.2 3.3-7.9 41.5 0.7-1.1 66.7 13.0
2022-23 28 1 16.7 5.2-13.1 39.9 3.4-9.2 37.0 1.9-2.2 84.6 15.7
2023-24 30 30 28.3 9.7-15.8 61.5 4.0-7.5 52.5 3.7-4.5 82.1 27.0
Total 85 31 19.4 7.4-14.1 52.4 3.7-8.1 45.3 2.6-3.2 81.5 21.0
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2021-22 27 - 12.2 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.0
2022-23 28 1 16.7 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 0.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.3
2023-24 30 30 28.3 1.1 3.9 5.0 1.7 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.2
Total 85 31 19.4 0.6 2.1 2.7 1.4 0.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.2
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2021-22 27 - 329 9 17 26 28 0 15 14 1.1 8 1
2022-23 28 1 468 10 43 53 44 0 24 21 1.1 8 7
2023-24 30 30 850 33 116 149 51 2 55 53 1.0 16 7
Total 85 31 1647 52 176 228 123 2 94 88 1.1 32 15
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 27 - 12.2 1.1 2.1 3.2 3.4 0.0 1.8 1.7 1.1 1.0 0.1
2022-23 28 1 16.7 0.9 3.7 4.5 3.8 0.0 2.1 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.6
2023-24 30 30 28.3 1.6 5.5 7.0 2.4 0.1 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.3
Total 85 31 19.4 1.3 4.3 5.5 3.0 0.0 2.3 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.4
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 30 30 28.3 6.9-11.2 61.5 2.8-5.3 52.5 2.6-3.2 82.1 19.1
Conference 20 20 29.5 7.0-11.5 60.4 2.8-5.7 49.1 2.8-3.5 77.5 19.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 15 15 28.0 7.3-11.4 64.3 3.1-5.5 55.4 3.1-3.7 82.1 20.8
Away 11 11 29.2 6.5-11.2 58.5 2.5-5.5 46.7 2.4-3.0 78.8 18.0
Neutral 4 4 27.3 6.0-10.2 58.5 2.5-4.2 58.8 1.5-1.5 100.0 16.0
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Wins 22 22 28.5 7.8-11.8 66.2 3.2-5.6 57.3 3.1-3.7 84.0 22.0
Losses 8 8 27.8 4.2-9.4 45.3 1.6-4.5 36.1 1.2-1.8 71.4 11.4
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November 5 5 23.8 7.0-10.2 68.6 2.6-3.4 76.5 3.2-3.4 94.1 19.8
December 6 6 28.5 7.3-11.7 62.9 2.3-4.8 48.3 3.2-3.5 90.5 20.2
January 9 9 29.4 7.1-11.2 63.4 3.1-6.1 50.9 3.3-4.1 81.1 20.7
February 7 7 29.1 5.9-11.3 51.9 2.7-6.1 44.2 1.6-2.4 64.7 16.0
March 3 3 30.3 7.3-11.3 64.7 3.3-5.3 62.5 0.7-1.0 66.7 18.7
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 30 30 850 206-335 61.5 84-160 52.5 78-95 82.1 574
Conference 20 20 590 139-230 60.4 56-114 49.1 55-71 77.5 389
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Home 15 15 420 110-171 64.3 46-83 55.4 46-56 82.1 312
Away 11 11 321 72-123 58.5 28-60 46.7 26-33 78.8 198
Neutral 4 4 109 24-41 58.5 10-17 58.8 6-6 100.0 64
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Wins 22 22 628 172-260 66.2 71-124 57.3 68-81 84.0 483
Losses 8 8 222 34-75 45.3 13-36 36.1 10-14 71.4 91
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November 5 5 119 35-51 68.6 13-17 76.5 16-17 94.1 99
December 6 6 171 44-70 62.9 14-29 48.3 19-21 90.5 121
January 9 9 265 64-101 63.4 28-55 50.9 30-37 81.1 186
February 7 7 204 41-79 51.9 19-43 44.2 11-17 64.7 112
March 3 3 91 22-34 64.7 10-16 62.5 2-3 66.7 56
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 30 30 28.3 9.7-15.8 61.5 4.0-7.5 52.5 3.7-4.5 82.1 27.0
Conference 20 20 29.5 9.4-15.6 60.4 3.8-7.7 49.1 3.7-4.8 77.5 26.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 15 15 28.0 10.5-16.3 64.3 4.4-7.9 55.4 4.4-5.3 82.1 29.7
Away 11 11 29.2 9.0-15.3 58.5 3.5-7.5 46.7 3.2-4.1 78.8 24.7
Neutral 4 4 27.3 8.8-15.0 58.5 3.7-6.2 58.8 2.2-2.2 100.0 23.5
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Wins 22 22 28.5 11.0-16.6 66.2 4.5-7.9 57.3 4.3-5.2 84.0 30.8
Losses 8 8 27.8 6.1-13.5 45.3 2.3-6.5 36.1 1.8-2.5 71.4 16.4
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November 5 5 23.8 11.8-17.1 68.6 4.4-5.7 76.5 5.4-5.7 94.1 33.3
December 6 6 28.5 10.3-16.4 62.9 3.3-6.8 48.3 4.4-4.9 90.5 28.3
January 9 9 29.4 9.7-15.2 63.4 4.2-8.3 50.9 4.5-5.6 81.1 28.1
February 7 7 29.1 8.0-15.5 51.9 3.7-8.4 44.2 2.2-3.3 64.7 22.0
March 3 3 30.3 9.7-14.9 64.7 4.4-7.0 62.5 0.9-1.3 66.7 24.6
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 30 30 28.3 1.1 3.9 5.0 1.7 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.2
Conference 20 20 29.5 1.1 4.3 5.3 1.8 0.1 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 15 15 28.0 1.1 4.5 5.7 1.3 0.1 2.5 1.4 1.8 0.5 0.2
Away 11 11 29.2 1.3 3.5 4.8 2.1 0.1 0.9 2.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Neutral 4 4 27.3 0.5 2.3 2.8 2.3 - 2.0 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.0
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Wins 22 22 28.5 1.3 4.1 5.4 1.8 0.0 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.3
Losses 8 8 27.8 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.5 0.1 1.0 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.1
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November 5 5 23.8 1.6 3.0 4.6 1.4 - 1.8 0.6 3.0 0.8 0.2
December 6 6 28.5 1.0 4.2 5.2 1.5 - 1.2 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.2
January 9 9 29.4 0.9 3.6 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.6 1.8 1.4 0.3 0.6
February 7 7 29.1 1.1 5.3 6.4 2.0 0.1 1.0 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.0
March 3 3 30.3 1.0 2.3 3.3 2.3 - 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 30 30 850 33 116 149 51 2 55 53 1.0 16 7
Conference 20 20 590 21 86 107 36 2 40 41 1.0 8 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 15 15 420 17 68 85 19 1 37 21 1.8 8 3
Away 11 11 321 14 39 53 23 1 10 25 0.4 4 4
Neutral 4 4 109 2 9 11 9 - 8 7 1.1 4 0
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Wins 22 22 628 28 91 119 39 1 47 34 1.4 14 6
Losses 8 8 222 5 25 30 12 1 8 19 0.4 2 1
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November 5 5 119 8 15 23 7 - 9 3 3.0 4 1
December 6 6 171 6 25 31 9 - 7 11 0.6 4 1
January 9 9 265 8 32 40 14 1 23 16 1.4 3 5
February 7 7 204 8 37 45 14 1 7 17 0.4 2 0
March 3 3 91 3 7 10 7 - 9 6 1.5 3 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 30 30 28.3 1.6 5.5 7.0 2.4 0.1 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.3
Conference 20 20 29.5 1.4 5.8 7.3 2.4 0.1 2.7 2.8 1.0 0.5 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 15 15 28.0 1.6 6.5 8.1 1.8 0.1 3.5 2.0 1.8 0.8 0.3
Away 11 11 29.2 1.7 4.9 6.6 2.9 0.1 1.2 3.1 0.4 0.5 0.5
Neutral 4 4 27.3 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.3 0.0 2.9 2.6 1.1 1.5 0.0
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Wins 22 22 28.5 1.8 5.8 7.6 2.5 0.1 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.9 0.4
Losses 8 8 27.8 0.9 4.5 5.4 2.2 0.2 1.4 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.2
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November 5 5 23.8 2.7 5.0 7.7 2.4 0.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 1.3 0.3
December 6 6 28.5 1.4 5.8 7.3 2.1 0.0 1.6 2.6 0.6 0.9 0.2
January 9 9 29.4 1.2 4.8 6.0 2.1 0.2 3.5 2.4 1.4 0.5 0.8
February 7 7 29.1 1.6 7.3 8.8 2.7 0.2 1.4 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.0
March 3 3 30.3 1.3 3.1 4.4 3.1 0.0 4.0 2.6 1.5 1.3 0.0
John Zhao action photo 1
    Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Carson-Newman
John Zhao action photo 2
    Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Carson-Newman