JONESBORO, Ark. (11/4/20) – With the 2020-21 basketball season nearing, the Sun Belt Conference released its preseason All-Conference teams on Wednesday, which included Arkansas State's Jireh Washington.

Washington was voted Preseason Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference by the league's coaches after earning a Third-Team nod at the end of the 2019-20 campaign.

The rising junior led A-State in scoring (13.0 points per game) and assists (111) while ranking second on the team in steals (42) and third in rebounding (4.3 rebounds per game). Her 3.7 assists per game ranked fifth in the league while she ranked ninth in assists/turnover ratio (1.17). Washington ended the season having scored 10-plus in four straight games and in 10 of her last 11.

The Memphis, Tennessee, native also shot 42.6 percent from the field last season and enters the season with 702 career points, needing 298 to eclipse the 1,000-point milestone. Washington also enters the season with 206 total assists over her first two seasons, needing 81 to move into the top 10 all-time at A-State in career assists.

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2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference
First Team
Antoinette Lewis, South Alabama 
Ty'Reona Doucet, Louisiana 
Alexus Dye, Troy 
Aja Blount, Coastal Carolina 
Savannah Jones, South Alabama

Second Team
Teal Battle, Little Rock
Pre Stanley, Appalachian State
Jasmine Robinson, Troy
Da'Nasia Hood, Texas State
Taylor Hosendove, Georgia State

Third Team
Jireh Washington, Arkansas State
Claire Chastain, UTA
Brandi Williams, Louisiana
Felmas Koranga, Troy
Katie Ferrell, UTA