PHOENIX (March 29, 2024) – Intersport, producers of the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, today announced that Jermaine Hall Jr. from California (PA) has won the State Farm Dark Horse Dunker contest and has the opportunity to compete in the 2024 King’s Hawaiian Slam Dunk Championship.

The State Farm Dark Horse Dunker contest is a digital media contest that matched the top college dunkers in a bracket-style competition to determine the final participant in the King’s Hawaiian Slam Dunk Championship at the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships. The event will air live on ESPN from Global Credit Union Arena on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET.

Previous State Farm Dark Horse Dunker winners include:
2023: Carlos Pepin (East Stroudsburg)
2022: Brandon Ellis (Lynn)
2021: TJ Crockett (Lindenwood)
2020: Wayne Stewart (Texas A&M Commerce)
2019: Roderick Howell (North Greenville)
2018: Max Pearce (Purchase College)
2017: Antonius Cleveland (Southeast Missouri State)
2016: Yunio Barrueta (Barry University)
2015: Davene Carter (Tarleton State) and Antjuan Ball (West Texas A&M)
2014: Marcus Lewis (Eastern Kentucky)
2013: Corey Law (High Point)
2012: James Justice (Martin Methodist College)
2011: Jacob Tucker (Illinois College) in 2011

Lewis, Justice and Tucker all went on to win the College Slam Dunk Championship.

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