2007-08 (As a Junior): Played in all 31 games with 17 starts in his first season with the Trojans ... Averaged 6.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, while leading the team with 34 steals ... Also led the Trojans with 86 made free throws and a .735 free-throw percentage ... Started 11 of 18 conference games, ranking third on the team in scoring at 7.1 points per game against league opponents ... Shot 42.3 percent from the field on the year, but raised his shooting percentage to .465 in conference games ... Also improved his free-throw shooting in league play, going 56-of-72 at the charity stripe for a .778 percentage (14th in the Sun Belt) ... Tied for the team lead with 10 blocks in conference play ... Scored in double figures seven times on the year, with the Trojans going a perfect 7-0 when he reached double-digits in points ... Poured in a season-high 17 points in UALR’s 84-82 win over North Texas on Feb. 9, going 4-of-5 from the field and 8-of-10 at the foul line ... Chipped in 15 points off the bench in a 63-61 win at Troy on Jan. 24 ... Had a perfect shooting night at Troy, going 4-for-4 from the field and 6-of-6 at the foul line ... Scored 12 points at New Orleans on Jan. 2, converting 9-of-10 foul shots ... Went 7-of-8 from the foul line over the final 41 seconds against the Privateers to help the Trojans hang on for an 84-75 victory ... Hit a pair of foul shots with 7.4 seconds remaining to help UALR pull out a 59-55 win at ULM in the regular-season finale (March 1), and clinch a share of the west division title ... Ranked second on the team with 53 offensive rebounds ... Had 11 games with five-or-more rebounds, grabbing a season-high eight boards against Centenary on Nov. 20 ... Collected seven rebounds against Ozarks and UT Arlington ... Came up with a season-high four steals against John Brown on Dec. 8 ... Started the team’s final 10 games of the year, averaging 26.5 minutes per game.
Mineral Area CC: Named NJCAA All-Region XVI First Team as a sophomore after averaging 12 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game for the Cardinals ... Shot 53.7 percent from the field (110-of-205) and 85.3 percent at the foul line (99-of-116), while averaging 1.5 steals per game en route to honorable mention All-MCCAC honors ... The Cardinals went 23-10 and won the conference championship his sophomore season, climbing as high as No. 4 in the national rankings, and fell one game shy of the NJCAA National Tournament ... MAC lost to Three Rivers CC in the final game of a best-of-three series despite his 21-point, 10-rebound double-double ... Entered his sophomore season ranked 65th in the nation by JUCO Junction in its preseason top-150 rankings ... Played for head coach Corey Tate ... Spent the first semester of his junior college career at Bosier-Parish (La.) Community College, where he led the team in scoring and rebounding before transferring to MAC.
Blytheville HS: Two-time All-State honoree at Blytheville HS ... Named Player of the Year by the NEA and the Courier News as a senior in 2004-05 after averaging 21.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, five blocks, four steals and 3.2 assists per game ... Led the Chickasaws to a 25-4 record, an NEA championship and a No. 2 ranking in the state his senior year ... Three-time All-Conference selection who averaged 20 points and eight rebounds per game as a junior ... Averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game as a sophomore ... Selected to play in the Arkansas High School All-Star game following his senior season.
Personal: Full name is John Earnest Fowler ... Born Nov. 8, 1986 in Osceloa, Ark. ... Son of Earnest and Virginia Fowler ... Has four sisters ... Played five years off AAU ball for the Arkansas Lakers and six years for the NYS Magic ... Former teammate of Rickey Claitt (Oregon State) and Willie Hassell (Canisius College) ... Majoring in sports management with a minor in health science.
