Mark Sears

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Mark Sears
File:Mark Sears.jpg
Sears with Alabama in 2023
No. 19 – Milwaukee Bucks
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (2002-02-19) February 19, 2002 (age 24)
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2025: undrafted
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2025–presentMilwaukee Bucks
2025–present→Wisconsin Herd
Career highlights
  • Consensus first-team All-American (2025)
  • Consensus second-team All-American (2024)
  • 2× First-team All-SEC (2024, 2025)
  • Second-team All-SEC (2023)
  • First-team All-MAC (2022)
  • MAC All-Freshman Team (2021)
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Wisconsin Herd. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Early life and high school career

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Sears was born on February 19, 2002 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.[1] He began his career at Muscle Shoals High School where as a junior in February 2019, he recorded 31 points, 12 rebounds and five assists in a 64–52 win over Bessemer City High School in the Class 6A Northwest Regional championship.[2] In 2019, he transferred to Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia.[3] As a senior, Sears averaged 14 points, three assists and five rebounds per game and helped lead Hargrave to the Final 4 of the National Prep Championship with a 37–4 overall record. He committed to playing college basketball for Ohio.[4]

College career

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Ohio

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As a freshman, Sears came off the bench and began to see more minutes after Jason Preston was sidelined with a leg injury.[5] Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, earning MAC All-Freshman Team honors.[6] After Preston declared for the 2021 NBA draft following the season, Sears was named the team's starting point guard going into his sophomore season. In the offseason, he worked on improving his shooting by attempting 15,000 three-point shots.[5] On December 21, 2021, Sears scored 33 points in an 85–70 win over USC Upstate.[7] He scored a career-high 37 points on March 21, 2022, in a 91–86 loss to Abilene Christian in the College Basketball Invitational.[8] Sears was named to the First Team All-MAC after the 2021–22 season.[9] As a sophomore, he averaged 19.6 points, six rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. On March 30, 2022, Sears entered the transfer portal.[10]

Alabama

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On April 8, 2022, Sears announced that he had committed to Alabama.[11] He averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Sears was named to the Second Team All-SEC. Following the season, he declared for the 2023 NBA draft before returning to Alabama for his senior year.[12]

Professional career

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After not being selected in the 2025 NBA draft, Sears signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.[13]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020–21 Ohio 24 5 19.5 .467 .279 .851 2.8 3.4 1.0 .0 8.5
2021–22 Ohio 35 35 35.7 .444 .408 .884 6.0 4.1 1.7 .1 19.6
2022–23 Alabama 37 37 29.8 .406 .345 .847 3.5 2.6 1.2 .1 12.5
2023–24 Alabama 37 37 33.6 .508 .436 .857 4.2 4.0 1.6 .1 21.5
2024–25 Alabama 37 37 32.3 .403 .345 .844 2.9 5.1 .9 .1 18.6
Career 170 151 30.9 .445 .375 .858 3.9 3.9 1.3 .1 16.7

Personal life

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Sears is a Christian.[14] He is the son of Chad and Lameka Sears.[15]

See also

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References

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