Mark Sears

About

Mark Christopher Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Sears was born on February 19, 2002 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 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. In 2019, he transferred to Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia. 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.

As a freshman, Sears came off the bench and began to see more minutes after Jason Preston was sidelined with a leg injury. Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, earning MAC All-Freshman Team honors. After Preston declared for the 2021 NBA draft following the season, Sears was named the team’s starting point guard going into his…