WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW men's basketball great Jaylen Sims has signed a 10-day contract with his hometown Charlotte Hornets, the National Basketball Association club announced on Thursday afternoon.

Sims, a star guard for the Seahawks from 2018-2022, has spent the previous three seasons with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. The Charlotte, N.C., native is the Swarm's all-time leading scorer and led Greensboro to its first NBA G League playoff berth this season.

Sims has appeared in 137 games (81 starts) in three seasons with the Swarm, recording 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per outing. He recorded 19.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 49 contests (30 starts) this year, leading the Swarm in points (936) and free throws (174) while finishing second on the team in three-pointers (101).

The 6-6, 210-pound Sims played in 112 games for the Seahawks in his four-year collegiate career where he scored 1,363 points and shot 35.7 percent (174-of-487 from three-point range.

A 2021-22 All-CAA First Teamer, Sims averaged 16.4 points and 5.8 rebounds as UNCW experienced a resurgence in his senior year. The team leader became known for his late-game, clutch heroics that included a buzzer-beater at James Madison and a game-winner vs. Drake in the CBI Quarterfinals.

Sims led the Seahawks in scoring 21 times and reaching double figures in 32 contests in 2021-22. UNCW achieved 27 wins that season, the second most in the program's Division I era, won a share of the league regular season title, reached the CAA Championship Game and captured the program's first postseason tournament crown with the 2022 CBI Championship.

One of the best to ever don the Teal and Navy, Sims will become the fourth Seahawk to play in the NBA when he makes his debut, joining other Seahawk greats Devontae Cacok, Matt Fish and Brian Rowsom.

Sims joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2022 NBA Summer League before signing with the Hornets on Sept. 12, 2022. He was added to the Swarm's opening night roster in November 2022.

During his prep career in the Queen City, Sims earned all-state recognition at United Faith Christian Academy.

The Hornets are back in action on Friday, Apr. 4, vs. the Sacramento Kings at 7 p.m. at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.