2013-2014
Point guard Zalmico Harmon had a standout first season atUCSB...Named Honorable Mention All-Big West...Averaged 7.8 points,5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game...Led the Big West Conferenceand finished second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at4.6-to-1...Had 153 assists, the seventh most in UCSB history, andjust 33 turnovers...Had one or fewer turnovers in 21 of his 30games, including the last 14 in a row...Over the final 14 games,Harmon had 71 assists and seven turnovers, a better than 10-to-1ratio...In fact, he had zero turnovers 11 times...Passed off for acareer-high 10 assists three times, twice vs. Cal State Fullertonand once vs. Cal...Had 10 assists and no turnovers in two of thosegames...Also had a game of nine assists vs. Long Beach State andgames of eight assists vs. Cal State Northridge and South DakotaState...Harmon had five or more assists 16 times...Scored acareer-high 21 points vs. Cal State Northridge...Had 20 points and10 assists in a win over Cal State Fullerton, becoming the firstGaucho since 1989 to have 20 or more points and 10 or more assistsin a game...Scored in double-figures 10 times, including five timesin the final 10 games...Averaged 9.2 points per game over the final10...Was fourth on the team with 21 three-point baskets and hit aseason-high three at UCLA and at UC Riverside...Had two or morethrees seven times...One of the team's best free throw shooters, hemade 75.5%...Made 11-of-12 free throws in a win at Seattle...Harmonled UCSB in total minutes with 925 and he was the only player onthe team to play in and start all 30 games...Logged 30 or moreminutes 21 times.
Junior College
Harmon arrives at UCSB from Ventura Community College where heplayed two seasons...As a sophomore he was named Western StateConference North Division Player of the Year, First Team All-Stateand First Team All-Western State Conference...Led Ventura Collegeto a 24-7 record and a Western State Conference championship and aspot in the California Community College Tournament...Averaged 15.8points, 5.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game...He made 40-of-108three-point shots, 37.0%...Tallied a season-high 35 vs. Los AngelesPierce College and 27 more against Saddleback College...Was one ofthe best free throw shooters in California as he made 171-of-197,86.8%...As a freshman at Ventura College, he averaged 19.8 points,10.1 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game...Named All-State andAll-Western States Conference...Scored 35 points in a game againstAntelope Valley College...Had 27 vs. Oxnard College and 25 vs.Santa Barbara City College...Played for Joey Ramirez.
High School
Played for three years at Bishop O'Connell High School inArlington, Va., before completing his high school career at FrankBallou High School in Washington D.C....Helped lead Ballou to a30-5 record as a senior...As a senior at Ballou HS Harmon averaged15 points, eight assists, four rebounds and two steals pergame...Shot 88% from the free throw line...Scored a high of 30points...Poured in 26 vs. Taft HS and 25 against Lake CliftonHS...Helped Ballou to the District of Columbia InterscholasticAthletic Association championship as a senior...Was named All-Cityafter the season...Following his time at Ballou, he spent one yearat Redemption Christian Academy in Albany, N.Y.
Personal
Zalmico Lamont Harmon was born December 8, 1991 in Washington,D.C....The son of Zalmico Harmon, Sr., and SheilaWashington...Nicknames include Z, Zeek, Zo, Zoeyzo and UncleZeus...Earned Honor Roll status in high school with a 3.5 gradepoint average...Was in AP English and history...Also competed intrack and field as a high school athlete...His most memorablemoments as an athlete include playing basketball in Italy with hishigh school basketball team and his sophomore season at VenturaCollege...Harmon's favorite novels include biographies of PistolPete Maravich and Michael Jordan...Hobbies are reading, basketball,spending time at the beach and hiking...Roots for the BaltimoreRavens, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors and OklahomaCity Thunder...Favorite movies include Sisterhood of the TravelingPants 2, Men of Honor, The Avengers and Warrior...Favorite athletesare Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving, Pistol Pete Maravich, Steph Curry,Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson...Hopes to major in sociologyand would like to go into sports medicine or sports management.
