Colin Porter

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-10
Weight:
170
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Ashland, Ky.
High School:
Paul G. Blazer HS
Prev School:
Liberty

2025-26 Season Notes (Sr. - Liberty): Named All-CUSA honorable mention for the second straight season … Named to the Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team for a third straight season, becoming the only player in program history to earn the honor three times … Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team for a third straight season … Named to the NABC Honors Court for the second straight season … Named to the VaSID Academic All-State Team … Helped Liberty to a 26-8 overall record, 17-3 CUSA mark and second straight outright CUSA regular season championship … Started all 32 games and finished his Liberty career having started all 135 games in which he appeared … Averaged a career-high 11.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, along with 3.4 assists and a team-best 1.4 steals per contest … Led Conference USA with a 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio and finished 9^th in the league with 110 total assists … Knocked down a career-high 62 three-pointers and shot 35.8 percent from beyond the arc … Scored 20 or more points three times, including a season-high 23 points against Charleston and at Delaware … Became the 33rd player in Liberty history to reach 1,000 career points … Finished his Liberty career ranked sixth in program history with 520 assists and 27th with 1,209 points.

2024-25 Season Notes (Jr. - Liberty): Started all 35 games … Named All-CUSA honorable mention … Named 2024 Paradise Jam MVP and to the 2024 Paradise Jam All-Tournament team … Named to College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-District Men’s Basketball Team® for second straight year … Honored on Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic team for a second straight season … Named to NABC Honors Court … Garnered inclusion on CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for a second straight year … Averaged 9.1 points, 4.3 assists (No. 2 on team), 2.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals (No. 1 on team) per game … Knocked down 54 three-pointers (third most on team) and shot 42.9 percent from deep on the year … Shot 49.1 percent from the field on the season … Posted a 2.88 assist/turnover ratio, ranked first in CUSA and 14th in the nation in the category … Tallied 13 points, nine assists (tied CUSA Championship title game record) and four boards in CUSA title game win over Jacksonville State (March 15) … Scored season-high 17 points on two occasions, against Kansas State (Paradise Jam semifinals, Nov. 24) and at Sam Houston (Jan. 9) … Scored in double figures 16 times … Dished out five or more assists 17 times.

2023-24 Season Notes (So. - Liberty): Started all 32 games … Named to College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-District Men’s Basketball Team® … Honored on Conference USA Men’s Basketball All-Academic team … Tabbed CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal winner for maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.75 … Garnered inclusion on CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Averaged 7.9 points, 3.9 assists (second on team), 2.8 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game … Posted a 3.0 assist/turnover ratio, ranked first in CUSA and 20th in the nation in the category … Averaged 7.6 ppg, 4.0 apg. and 3.6 rpg. in 16 CUSA regular season games, shot 88.5 percent from the free throw line in league play … Finished second on team in total assists and assists per game (3.9) … Scored season-high 16 points at No. 13 FAU (Nov. 30), added two steals … Scored in double figures 10 times … Dished out five or more 12 times on the year.

2022-23 Season Notes (Fr. - Liberty): Started all 36 games … Honored on ASUN All-Freshman team, the first Liberty freshman to make the squad … Honored on ASUN All-Tournament team … Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll … Averaged 7.8 points (third on team), 3.8 assists (led team), 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game … Posted a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio, third best in the ASUN … Averaged 14.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in three ASUN Tournament games … Scored 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting, was 5-of-9 from three-point land and added five boards, two assists and two steals in the win over Eastern Kentucky in the ASUN Championship semifinals (March 2) … Scored in double figures 11 times and had five or more assists nine times.

High School: Scored 1,271 career points and tallied 529 assists in three seasons at Paul G. Blazer High School … Averaged 17.1 points, 6.9 assists and 2.5 steals as a junior, named first team all-state by the Courier Journal and first team all-state by the Lexington Herald as well … Played on the AAU circuit for EAB Tennessee where it was the runner-up in the Adidas 3SSB National Championship in 2021.

Personal: Born August 7 … Son of Christopher and Hilary Porter … Porter and his wife, Taylor, were married in the summer of 2026 … Brother, Chase, played basketball at Kentucky Christian … Earned bachelor’s in business administration from Liberty.