Rasir Bolton

Photo by: Tim Aylen

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Petersburg, Va.
High School:
Massanutten Military Academy
Prev School:
Penn State

Awards & Honors
All-Big 12 Third Team (21)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (20)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 9, Jan. 27)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (21)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S20, F20, S21)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (21)
NABC Honors Court (21)

2020-21 (Iowa State)
Saw action in 21 games, making 20 starts ... missed three games with an ankle injury ... earned All-Big 12 Third-Team accolades after leading the team with 15.5 points ... ranked seventh in the Big 12 in scoring, sixth in field goal percentage (45.9), eighth in assists (3.9), fourth in free-throw percentage (84.3) and ninth in steals (1.3) ... owned a 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio, the best mark of his career ... reached double figures in 18 games, including a 26-point showing at TCU ... scored 20 points in four games, tallying 25 points at West Virginia and 21 points at Oklahoma and Baylor ... made 5-of-8 three-pointers against the Sooners ... dished out seven assists in three different games and posted 10 games with at least five assists ... made all 13 free-throw attempts against TCU, becoming just the sixth Cyclone in school history to make every free throw while attempting at least 13 in a single game ... notched four steals against South Dakota State and Baylor.

2019-20 (Iowa State)
Played and started 30 games in his first season as a Cyclone ... missed final two games of the season due to injury ... second on team with 14.7 points per game ... also averaged 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals per contest ... was seventh in the Big 12 in scoring and 15th in assists per game, one of seven players in the league to rank in the top 15 in both categories ... led team and was third in the Big 12 Conference shooting 84.8 percent on free throws ... made a team-high 117 free throws ... had two streaks of 23 consecutive free throws made ... connected on 45 three-pointers ... reached double figures in 23 games, scoring a season-high 29 points against Florida A&M ... was in double figures in 12 of his final 13 games ... had seven games with 20 or more points ... scored 22 points against Alabama and 20 against Seton Hall at the Battle 4 Atlantis ... scored 23 points in win against Oklahoma, connecting on 10-of-17 field goals.

2018-19 (Penn State)
Played 32 games as a freshman, making nine starts and averaging 26.9 minutes ... second among all Nittany Lions averaging 11.6 points ... shot 36.1 percent behind the arc and 87.6 percent at the free-throw line ... connected on 52 three-pointers ... reached double figures in 20 games, including three games scoring 25 or more points ... scored a career-high 27 points against Colgate, making 7-of-9 three-pointers ... scored 25 points against NC State, making 10-of-11 free throws ... was 8-for-12 from the field and scored 21 points against Nebraska.

High School
Prepped at Massanutten Military Academy (Va.) ... led the Colonel's post graduate men's team to the nation's No. 1 prep school ranking, a school-record 32 wins and the National Prep Tournament Elite 8 as a senior ... averaged 20 points with 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds as a senior ... made 60 consecutive free throws and shot 90 percent at the line as a senior ... finished his high school career with 2,066 points ... played AAU for Team Loaded Virginia squad that won the 2017 Adidas Uprising championship ... rated as top point guard in Virginia and one of the top point guards on the East Coast ... four-star recruit by ESPN ... was MVP of both the 804 and A.S.S.I.S.T Student Athletes All-Star games.

Personal
Born on Sept. 27, 1999 in Petersburg, Virginia ... son of Ray and Chalonda Bolton ... father, Ray, played basketball at Bethune-Cookman, and coached Rasir in high school and AAU ... hospitality management major.