STARKVILLE, Miss. – Junior college all-American Jacquiese Holcombe from Georgia Perimeter College has signed a national letter of intent with Mississippi State University, as announced Friday by MSU head men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury.

Holcombe, a 6-foot-6, 205-pound forward, averaged 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game this past season as a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Second Team All-American and Region 17 Player of the Year.  An All-Region 17 First Team selection as a sophomore at the Decatur-based school, Holcombe helped lead coach Alfred Barney’s 23-12 Jaguars to a third straight NJCAA Tournament appearance after winning the District 10 championship and claiming both the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association (GJCAA) regular season and postseason tournament titles.

Prior to redshirting the 2006-07 campaign at GPC, Holcombe averaged 11.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest as a freshman to collect All-Region 17 First Team honors for the 29-8 Jaguars in 2005-06.  He capped his collegiate rookie season by receiving the 2006 NJCAA Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award at the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.

Hailing from College Park, Ga., Holcombe averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds per game for coach Floyd McRae as a senior team captain at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga.  Holcombe’s 2004-05 campaign was highlighted by a 40-point, 19-rebound performance against McIntosh High School.  In addition to being a two-year starter on the CHS basketball team, Holcombe was a standout track and field performer as a high jumper and 400-meter specialist.      

Holcombe joins previously announced Mississippi State men’s basketball signees Twany Beckham, Romero Osby and Dee Bost.