5 Jacoby Claypool
Jacoby Claypool
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    180
  • Hometown:
    Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    JR
  • High School:
    Northrop H.S.

Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2016-17: NAIA Division II All-American (third team) and All-River States Conference honoree after averaging 11.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and a team-best 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 36 games, all starts. ... Scored season-high 33 points at Indiana University Southeast on Jan. 28. ... Scored 16 points and dished out season-high 10 assists in win against Reinhardt University in the opening round of the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship on March 8. ... Scored 16 points with season-best eight rebounds in win at Carlow University on Feb. 4. ... Scored 20 points in home win against WVU Tech on Feb. 11 in the River States Conference and NAIA Network Game of the Week. ... IU East nominee for NABC-Allstate Good Works Team.

2015-16: All-Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference second-team honoree after averaging 7.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and a team-best 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 35 games, including 32 starts. ... Season-high 23 points and blocked three shots in win at then-No. 20 University of Rio Grande on Jan. 16. ... Scored nine points and grabbed season-high nine rebounds in win at Indiana University Kokomo on Feb. 11. ... Scored 10 points and dished out season-high nine assists in win at West Virginia University Institute of Technology on Jan. 19. ... Scored 15 points and matched season high with four steals in home win against the University of Rio Grande on Jan. 30.

2014-15: Started all 34 games at point guard and finished with 5.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and a team-best 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game. ... Finished 43rd in the nation with a 2.31-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. ... Scored season-high 23 points at Cincinnati Christian University on Feb. 3. ... Scored eight points and posted season-bests with six rebounds and eight assists in win at Indiana University South Bend on Nov. 14. ... Scored 13 points and made season-high four steals in win at Carlow University on Jan. 13. ... Scored in double figures in seven games. ... More assists than turnovers in 25 games.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-time career assist leader at Fort Wayne (Indiana) Northrop High School. ... First-team all-conference honoree as a senior. ... Part of three Indiana Class 4A sectional champion teams.

ALL ABOUT JACOBY

AREA OF STUDY: Business/Entrepreneurship

WHY JACOBY CHOSE IU EAST: It felt like a family at IU East. I had a good visit, and I like the way they play.

MOST MEMORABLE BASKETBALL MOMENT: Winning three sectional championships

FAMILY: Teresa Williams (aunt) and Angela Rivas (mother)

SIBLINGS: Emilio Rivas and Mateo Rivas