Jahmar Thorpe

Jahmar Thorpe

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Morristown, N.J.

High School:
Morristown

Last College:
Western Oklahoma State College

Height / Weight:
6-6 / 225

Position:
Forward

Birthdate:
09/02/1984

Experience:
1L

Major:
Sociology

2005-06 (AS A JUNIOR)
• Played in all 31 games, making 25 starts.
• Scored a career-high 25 points at Memphis.
• Had a double-doubles of 11 points and 12 rebounds against UCF and 10 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Rice.
• Scored 19 points against Sam Houston State.
• Netted 18 points versus South Alabama and 15 each against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Florida Tech.
• Pulled down nine rebounds against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• Registered a career-high of four assists at Missouri State in the second round of the NIT.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
• Named First-Team, All-Region II and First-Team, All-Bi-State Conference selections after leading Region II in scoring and rebounding with 18.1 points and 11 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
• One of his best performances was when he scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Clarendon.

COLLEGE
• Played at Caldwell College, a NCAA Division II school in Caldwell, N.J. during his freshman season.
• Was named a Second-Team, All-Metropolitan Division II selection.
• Named an All-Central Atlantic Conference performer after averaging 17.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
• Ranked seventh among the Central Atlantic Conference scoring leaders and fifth among the league's rebounding leaders.
• Best game was when he scored 31 points and pulled down 18 rebounds vs. Teikyo Post.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Morristown High School.
• Named a First-Team, All-Iron Hills Conference, Iron Division All-Star and All-Morris County selection as a senior.
• Led Morristown to a 24-3 record during his senior year.
• Was named the Morris County Tournament MVP after averaging 13.5 points, 10 rebounds and four assists per game.
• Had career highs of 40 points and 26 rebounds to go along with his three assists while playing for his AAU team, the Morris County Bulls.
• Best game at Morristown was when he scored 26 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out eight assists.

PERSONAL
• Major is sociology.
• Son of Joseph Thorpe and Viola Stokes.
• Born September 2, 1984, in Morristown, N.J.
• Hobbies include playing PlayStation video games.
• Community service involvement includes working with mentally- challenged children at a regional day school.