Houston Christian University Athletics

2019: Sterns earned All-Southland Conference Third Team and Southland Conference All-Academic Team honors…led the nation with 105 receptions, recording 833 yards and nine touchdowns…ranked 10^th in the conference with 69.4 receiving yards per game and tied for fourth in touchdown receptions…returned 17 punts for 121 yards with a long of 28 yards and ranked third in the conference with a 7.1-yard punt return average…also completed 2-of-4 passes for 47 yards and a touchdown and rushed 11 times for nine yards and a touchdown…made eight catches for 62 yards at UTEP (8/31)…had six catches for 44 yards and a touchdown against Texas Wesleyan (9/7)…made 10 catches for 114 yards at South Dakota (9/14)…made nine catches for 89 yards and a touchdown, while adding a nine-yard touchdown pass against Northwestern State (9/21)…had 12 catches for 104 yards and two touchdowns against Texas Southern (9/28)…tied the Southland Conference record with 18 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown against UIW (11/5)…had 10 catches for 51 yards and a touchdown at Abilene Christian (10/12)…made nine catches for 56 yards at McNeese (10/19)…held to two catches for 13 yards, but rushed for a six-yard touchdown against Southeastern Louisiana (10/26)…made seven catches for 54 yards at #25 Nicholls (11/9)…made five catches for 53 yards and tied the school record with three receiving touchdowns, while also completing a 38-yard pass against Lamar (11/16)…made nine catches for 57 yards at Sam Houston State (11/23)…named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Played in all 11 games as a freshman, earning All-Southland Conference honorable mention…led the Southland Conference and set the school record with 68 catches for 684 yards and four touchdowns, rushed eight times for 27 yards and a touchdown and was 2-for-2 on completions for 63 yards and a touchdown…recorded three of the seven 100-yard receiving performances in HBU history…made 11 catches for 115 yards at Central Arkansas (10/6)…had 11 catches, tying his own school record, for 67 yards and rushed for a touchdown against Nicholls (11/3)…made nine catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns and completed a 42-yard touchdown pass at Southeastern Louisiana (10/13)…posted eight catches for 107 yards and completed a 21-yard pass at Lamar (11/10)…named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner for coach Jon Kitna, who is a former NFL quarterback...played on both sides of the ball as a senior, scoring 18 total touchdowns and making eight interceptions...earned academic all-state honors and was an academic all-district honoree all four years.

Personal: Has six siblings...brother, Josh, is a freshman on the HBU football team…brother, Caden, is a junior on the University of Texas football team...brother, Jordan, played for the Kansas City Chiefs after playing collegiately at Oklahoma State and his brother, Jamison, played at West Texas A&M...his father, James, played basketball at Baylor.