Shippensburg University Athletics

2019-20 PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Year
2019-20 NABC All-District First Team
2019-20 D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team
2-Time All-PSAC East First Team (2018-19, 2019-20)
 
2020-21 (Senior): No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20 (Junior): Named the PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Year among numerous postseason accolades in a banner third season…selected to the NABC All-District First Team and the D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team…was one of two players to start all 31 games…finished second in the PSAC in total minutes played (1,102)…led the team in scoring, averaging 15.9 points per game to rank 16th in the PSAC…slotted ninth in the PSAC in total points (493)…scored in double figures in 25 games, including 20 or more points in ten games…tied his career high with 32 points in the season opener against Virginia Union…became the 34th player in school history to surpass 1,000 career points…led the team and ranked third in the PSAC with 137 assists…finished fourth in the PSAC with 4.4 assists per game…posted a career high with 11 assists against Mansfield, resulting in his first career double-double (17 points, 11 assists)…made 73 three-pointers, the fourth-most in the PSAC…ranked ninth in the PSAC for three-pointers per game (2.35)…sank multiple three-pointers in 17 games, including five or more three-pointers in four games and a season-high six three-pointers on two occasions…shot 41 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range…led the team in free-throw percentage, shooting 89.9 percent (62-of-69)…named the PSAC East Athlete of the Week on two occasions…ranked ninth in the PSAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.6)…led the team with a total of 42 steals, ranking 12th in the PSAC…averaged 4.0 rebounds per game.   
 
2018-19 (Sophomore): Named to the All-PSAC East First Team after a banner first season as the team’s starting point guard…started all 30 games…ranked second on the team in scoring (20th in the PSAC)…averaged 15.8 points per game and posted double figures in all but two games…averaged 4.4 assists per game, sixth-best in the PSAC…totaled 11 games with five or more assists, including a career-high eight assists on two occasions…ranked seventh in the PSAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) among qualified players…posted a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in all but four games…named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on three occasions…scored 22 or more points in each of his final six regular-season games – shooting 58.1 percent (54-of-93) from the field, including 54.3 percent (19-of-35) from three-point range, and making 91.7 percent (22-of-24) from the free-throw line in that span…averaged 18.9 points per game, shot 50 percent from the field (100-of-200), including 47.9 percent (35-of-73) from three-point range, made 78.9 percent (30-of-38) from the free-throw line, and averaged 4.0 assists per game against Eastern Division opponents…made multiple three-pointers in 25-of-30 games, including three or more three-pointers in 10 games…grabbed four or more rebounds in 13 games, including a career-high six rebounds on three occasions…scored a career-high 32 points in a home win over West Chester.  
 
2017-18 (Freshman): Appeared in all 33 games as a reserve point guard in his debut season, averaging 9.8 minutes per game…totaled 117 points, 32 assists and 16 steals…averaged 3.5 points per game…shot 46 percent from three-point range, making 16-of-35 attempts…finished with a 57.5 field-goal percentage…posted double figures in three games, including a season-high 15 points at Chestnut Hill…contributed multiple assists in six games, including a career-high six assists against Cheyney…grabbed multiple rebounds in nine games, including a career-high six versus Wilson.
 
Greater Latrobe High School: Earned four varsity letters for the Wildcats under head coach Brad Wetzel…graduated as the all-time assists leader…selected to the exclusive "Terrific 10" squad by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review as a junior and senior…received All-Conference and All-Section honors as a junior and senior…led his team to back-to-back-to-back section championships…averaged 12 points, six assists and four rebounds per game as a senior…chosen to participate in the 2017 Roundball Classic, acknowledgment as one of the top players in the WPIAL….exceled as a member of the Spanish National Honor Society…was a recipient of the Rotary Leadership Award…also honored with the Joe Howard Memorial Award and the American Legion Award…competed at the club level with PK Flash for coach Joe Lewandowski…also lettered in golf.
 
About Biss: Full name is Jacob David Biss…is the son of Jim and Darnell Biss…seeking his MBA, concentrating in business analytics, after graduating cum laude in May 2021 with a degree in finance…has two brothers, Chuck and Ben.