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Jaime Jaquez Jr. (/ˈhaɪmeɪ ˈhɑːkɛz/, HY-may HAH-kez; born February 18, 2001) is a Mexican–American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference. He has earned two all-conference selections in the Pac-12, including first-team honors as a junior in 2022. He is also a two-time member of the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Jaquez with UCLA in 2021
No. 24 – UCLA Bruins
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(2001-02-18) February 18, 2001 (age 21) Irvine, California, U.S.
Nationality	American / Mexican
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Camarillo (Camarillo, California)
College	UCLA (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-12 (2022) Second-team All-Pac-12 (2021) 2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2021, 2022)

Early life and high school career

Of Mexican descent, Jaquez is the son of Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr., who met while playing basketball at Concordia University.[1] He was born in Irvine, California, and has a younger brother Marcos and younger sister Gabriela. Jaquez grew up in Camarillo and attended Camarillo High School. As a freshman, he averaged 15.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists. and 2.6 steals per game and led the team to a 25–7 record and the CIF semifinals. As a sophomore, Jaquez earned all-Ventura County second-team honors, averaging 24.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.6 steals per game, despite missing 12 games with an ankle injury.[2]

Jaquez averaged 31.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a senior and helped the team finish 25–4 and win its first Coastal Canyon League title.[3] He earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section honors and finished his high school career with 2,653 points.[4] Jaquez broke the school single-game scoring record with a 54-point outing against Royal High School.[5] Jaquez was a pitcher on the high school baseball team.[3]

College career

He became a starter for the team during the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in November 2019.[4] Jaquez scored 17 points and had 12 rebounds in a win against Chaminade on November 26.[1] On December 1, he scored a season-high 18 points in a 93–64 win over San Jose State.[6] He scored 18 points on February 27, 2020, and hit the game-winning three-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining in a 75–72 win over Arizona State.[7] As a freshman, Jaquez averaged 8.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He was named honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshman team.[8]

On February 18, 2021, Jaquez scored 25 points on his 20th birthday in a 74–60 win over Arizona, the Bruins fifth straight in its rivalry with the Wildcats.[9] For the season, he was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection and was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.[10] In UCLA's First Four play-in game of the 2021 NCAA tournament, he led the Bruins in scoring with a 27 points in a 86–80 overtime win against Michigan State.[11][12]

In 2021–22, Jaquez was restricted by ankle injuries throughout most of the season.[13][14] He suffered from synovitis in one ankle and began wearing braces on both ankles as a preventative measure.[15] He bounced back from a three-game stretch in mid-February 2022 in which he scored a combined 13 points.[14] On February 28, Jaquez scored a career-high 30 points in a 77–66 win over Washington.[13] In the following game, he scored 27 points in the regular-season finale against USC, helping UCLA end its five-game losing streak in their crosstown rivalry with the Trojans.[16] He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after averaging 28.5 points on 64 percent shooting along with 7.5 rebounds, as the Bruins clinched the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 tournament.[17] Jaquez was named to the All-Pac-12 first team and was voted again to the conference's defensive team.[18] He was one of five finalists for the Julius Erving Award, given to the top small forward in the country.[19] In the second round of the 2022 NCAA tournament, he scored 15 points in a 72–56 win over Saint Mary's, but exited the game and did not return after spraining his right ankle with seven minutes remaining in the second half.[15][20] He was averaging 20.5 points in his last eight games, with the Bruins going 7–1.[21] The stretch coincided with his being able to resume practicing,[21] while UCLA's leading scorer, Johnny Juzang, was in a scoring slump.[15] Jaquez recovered to play 38 minutes in the following game against North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen, but the Bruins lost 73–66. He scored 10 points, shooting 1-for-11 in the second half and missing his final nine shots.[22][23]

National team career

Jaquez played for the Mexican national team in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[4]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019–20	UCLA	31	23	26.6	.454	.313	.761	4.8	1.4	1.4	.4	8.9
2020–21	UCLA	32	32	34.9	.486	.394	.655	6.1	1.7	1.2	.7	12.3
2021–22	UCLA	34	34	30.5	.472	.276	.761	5.7	2.3	1.1	.3	13.9
Career		97	85	30.7	.472	.332	.723	5.5	1.8	1.2	.5	11.8

Source:[24]

Personal life

Jaquez's sister, Gabriela, committed to joining the UCLA women's basketball team as part of their 2022–23 freshman class. His brother, Marcos, became a defensive lineman for Camarillo High's football team.[15]

References

External links

• UCLA Bruins bio
• USA Basketball bio

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