A day after earning his second consecutive Conference USA Player of the Week accolade, UTSA junior guardhas been tabbed the National Player of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday by the United States Basketball Writers Association.Jackson becomes the first player in C-USA to win USBWA National Player of the Week since the inaugural year of the award in 2009-10. A 12-time C-USA weekly honoree, Jackson has been named the league player of the week in each of the last two weeks.A native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Jackson combined to score 69 points over two games last week. The nation's leading scorer upped his average to 26.8 points per game after going for 28 vs. Oregon State in Houston's Toyota Center and followed that by exploding for a season-best 41 points in a win over Illinois State on Saturday. Jackson was 12 of 25 from the field in the win, connecting on five 3-pointers and going 12 of 12 from the free-throw line, equaling a program record and becoming the 10th player in UTSA history with at least 10 makes without a miss.Jackson, who prepped at Dallas-Fort Worth's Euless Trinity High School, has four consecutive games with at least 28 points, has scored 20 or more in 10 of 12 games in 2019-20, and owns five games with 30 or more points during his junior season. He followed up a 2017-18 C-USA Freshman of the Year campaign by winning the league scoring crown with 22.9 points per game as a sophomore.Jackson, the preseason pick to win C-USA Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon Yearbook, is on the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List, given the nation's best player by the USBWA.The USBWA was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.• Week ending Nov. 17: Myles Powell, Seton Hall (Big East Conference)• Week ending Nov. 24: Vernon Carey Jr., Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)• Week ending Dec. 1: Jon Teske, Michigan (Big Ten Conference)• Week ending Dec. 8: Luka Garza, Iowa (Big Ten Conference)• Week ending Dec. 15: Payton Pritchard, Oregon (Pac-12 Conference)• Week ending Dec. 22:, UTSA (Conference USA)