Cal State Bakersfield added 6-foot point guard Javarus Stewart, who will play for the Roadrunners next season.
After a standout career at Cedar Shoals High in Athens, Ga. — he averaged 27.6 points and hit 41.6 percent of his 3-pointers through 29 games his senior year and was named the Athens Banner-Herald player of the year — Stewart played two seasons at Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur, Ga.
As a freshman, Stewart led the Jaguars in steals, averaging 5.7 per game. He was second on the team in assists at 8.8 and hit 57.4 percent from the 3-point line.
Stewart sat out last season to focus on school and joins the ’Runners with two years of eligibility left.
Earlier this week the university announced a partial schedule that included home dates against Oregon State and San Jose State. With a strong group of young players coming back, Brown continues to add experience through junior college players.
Stewart is the fifth junior college player to sign with Bakersfield, joining Terrence Johns (Bakersfield College), Santwon Latunde (Cowley College), Ryan Brown (Oakton Community College) and Donald Lee (L.A. Pierce College).
The ’Runners have one scholarship left and expect to have their recruiting class finalized soon.