Jaycee Carroll
Encyclopedia
Jaycee Don Carroll is an American
professional basketball
player. While playing for the Utah State University Aggies
, he was best known for his scoring prowess, shooting ability, range, and endurance. He has the 4th highest 3 point field goal percentage, 14th most 3 pointers made, and 52nd most points in NCAA
history. He is the Aggies' all-time scoring leader and holds 9 other school records. He is currently playing for Real Madrid
, a team in the Spanish
ACB.
, Wyoming
, Jaycee earned a spot on the varsity squad. During his junior year, he averaged 27.4 points, 3.3 steals and 2.8 assists per game. In his senior year, he set the state record for points per game at 39.4. Additionally, he averaged 9.1 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game. During a game against Green River, Jaycee scored 56 points, making 14 of 16 three-point attempts. Jaycee was named the Wyoming Gatorade
Player of the Year as both a junior and senior. Carroll chose to play college ball at Utah State University
in nearby Logan
, Utah
.
, Carroll was outstanding, breaking many school and league records and earning multiple conference and national honors. Carroll was named a Freshman All-American by CollegeInsider.com and Rivals.com. He finished the year scoring 18 points against ninth-ranked Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament
. He averaged 14.7 points per game, making 47.5 percent of his three-point shots and 53.2 percent overall. He broke Utah State
's freshman single-game scoring record (with 28 points) and season scoring record (with 407 points). Carroll also became the first freshman in the history of the Big West Conference
to be named the Most Valuable Player of the league's postseason tournament.
During his sophomore season, Carroll continued to break records. On February 2, 2006 versus New Mexico State, Carroll made 10 three-pointers, which broke both the team and conference records. He averaged 16.3 points per game, converting 45.1 percent of his three-pointers (which led the WAC
) and 46.5 percent overall. He scored 21 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists against Washington in a losing effort in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March. For the second straight season, he earned second-team all-conference honors. By the end of his sophomore year, Carroll was ranked 33rd all-time in career scoring, and 5th all-time in three-pointers made at Utah State.
Carroll continued to increase his scoring in his junior year. His 21.3 points per game led the WAC and was 10th in the nation. He also led the WAC in three-point shooting percentage (43.2 percent), shot 52.7 from the field and pulled down 6.3 rebounds per game. Carroll had a career-high scoring game against New Mexico St. on scoring 44 points in 34 minutes, shooting 12 of 16 from the field, 5 of 7 from three-point range, and 15-15 from the free throw line. The 44-point mark was the most points ever scored by a Utah State Aggie in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in a single game. By the end of his junior season, he ranked 7th all-time at USU for career points with 1,737, needing only 391 points to pass the mark of 2,127 set by Greg Grant
in 1986. Carroll was named to the Associated Press
All-American Team
as an honorable mention.
Carroll spent much of the summer prior to his senior year in the gym practicing his shot. He attempted 23,963 shots, making 20,010 of them. He was named the WAC Preseason player of the year for the 2007-08 season by both the media and WAC coaches, one of the top 15 seniors by SportsIllustrated
.com, and a first-team high-major All-American by Collegehoops.net. Amongst all active Division 1 basketball players, Carroll started the season ranked first in career three-point shooting percentage (45.2), third in career scoring and third in career scoring average (17.5) (among returning seniors). Carroll's 32 points versus Utah Valley State on December 20, 2007 propelled him past Wayne Estes
to reach second place on USU's all-time scoring list with 2,009. Carroll became Utah State's all-time leading scorer on January 19, 2008 in a game against Idaho in Logan. He passed Greg Grant on his first basket – a three-pointer – which gave him 2,129 career points. After leading his team to a regular-season conference championship, he was named WAC player of the year.
Carroll completed his career at Utah State with a loss to Illinois State in the first round of the NIT
. He scored a total 2,507 career points, falling 35 short of breaking the record, at the time held by Keith Van Horn
, for all-time leading scorer in the state of Utah
. That record is now 2,599 career points, currently held by Jimmer Fredette
of BYU. Carroll was selected as one of the best three-point shooters in the nation and along with 7 others competed in the 3-Point Shootout at the 2008 NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. The final event of his collegiate career was the NABC All-Star Game at the Final Four.
– on April 9–12, 2008. Undrafted, he played for the New Jersey Nets in the 2008 Orlando Pro Summer League camp, earning second-team honors. He also signed contracts to play for the Nets in the 2008 Rocky Mountain Revue
in Salt Lake City and for the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 Las Vegas Summer League.
After the completion of the summer leagues, Carroll signed a contract with Teramo Basket
, a team in the Italian first division where, after hitting two three-point shots in less than 7 seconds, he was nicknamed JayCee "Boom-Boom" Carroll. He is also known as "sharp-shooter" and "Wyoming squirrel".
In 2009, he started playing for CB Gran Canaria
in the Spanish
ACB. According to his agent: "Jaycee hopes to develop his combo guard
skills this year and sign a contract with an NBA team in the near future".
Carroll played for the Boston Celtics
in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010
, and later with the New York Knicks
in the NBA Summer League
.
In July 2011, he signed a three-year contract with Real Madrid
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player. While playing for the Utah State University Aggies
Utah State Aggies men's basketball
The Utah State Aggies are a Division I men's college basketball team that plays in the Western Athletic Conference, representing Utah State University. The Aggies have enjoyed an extremely high amount of success in recent years under head coach Stew Morrill...
, he was best known for his scoring prowess, shooting ability, range, and endurance. He has the 4th highest 3 point field goal percentage, 14th most 3 pointers made, and 52nd most points in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
history. He is the Aggies' all-time scoring leader and holds 9 other school records. He is currently playing for Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
, a team in the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
ACB.
High school
As a sophomore at Evanston High School, in EvanstonEvanston, Wyoming
Evanston is a city in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 12,359 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Uinta County.-Geography:Evanston is located at...
, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, Jaycee earned a spot on the varsity squad. During his junior year, he averaged 27.4 points, 3.3 steals and 2.8 assists per game. In his senior year, he set the state record for points per game at 39.4. Additionally, he averaged 9.1 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game. During a game against Green River, Jaycee scored 56 points, making 14 of 16 three-point attempts. Jaycee was named the Wyoming Gatorade
Gatorade
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Player of the Year as both a junior and senior. Carroll chose to play college ball at Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
in nearby Logan
Logan, Utah
-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
.
College
As a freshman, after taking a two-year break from basketball to serve an LDS mission in ChileChile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Carroll was outstanding, breaking many school and league records and earning multiple conference and national honors. Carroll was named a Freshman All-American by CollegeInsider.com and Rivals.com. He finished the year scoring 18 points against ninth-ranked Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
. He averaged 14.7 points per game, making 47.5 percent of his three-point shots and 53.2 percent overall. He broke Utah State
Utah State Aggies men's basketball
The Utah State Aggies are a Division I men's college basketball team that plays in the Western Athletic Conference, representing Utah State University. The Aggies have enjoyed an extremely high amount of success in recent years under head coach Stew Morrill...
's freshman single-game scoring record (with 28 points) and season scoring record (with 407 points). Carroll also became the first freshman in the history of the Big West Conference
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
to be named the Most Valuable Player of the league's postseason tournament.
During his sophomore season, Carroll continued to break records. On February 2, 2006 versus New Mexico State, Carroll made 10 three-pointers, which broke both the team and conference records. He averaged 16.3 points per game, converting 45.1 percent of his three-pointers (which led the WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
) and 46.5 percent overall. He scored 21 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists against Washington in a losing effort in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March. For the second straight season, he earned second-team all-conference honors. By the end of his sophomore year, Carroll was ranked 33rd all-time in career scoring, and 5th all-time in three-pointers made at Utah State.
Carroll continued to increase his scoring in his junior year. His 21.3 points per game led the WAC and was 10th in the nation. He also led the WAC in three-point shooting percentage (43.2 percent), shot 52.7 from the field and pulled down 6.3 rebounds per game. Carroll had a career-high scoring game against New Mexico St. on scoring 44 points in 34 minutes, shooting 12 of 16 from the field, 5 of 7 from three-point range, and 15-15 from the free throw line. The 44-point mark was the most points ever scored by a Utah State Aggie in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in a single game. By the end of his junior season, he ranked 7th all-time at USU for career points with 1,737, needing only 391 points to pass the mark of 2,127 set by Greg Grant
Greg Grant
Gregory Alan 'Greg' Grant is a retired American professional basketball player.Growing up in a broken home, Grant worked in a fish market after high school...
in 1986. Carroll was named to the Associated Press
Associated Press
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All-American Team
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
as an honorable mention.
Carroll spent much of the summer prior to his senior year in the gym practicing his shot. He attempted 23,963 shots, making 20,010 of them. He was named the WAC Preseason player of the year for the 2007-08 season by both the media and WAC coaches, one of the top 15 seniors by SportsIllustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
.com, and a first-team high-major All-American by Collegehoops.net. Amongst all active Division 1 basketball players, Carroll started the season ranked first in career three-point shooting percentage (45.2), third in career scoring and third in career scoring average (17.5) (among returning seniors). Carroll's 32 points versus Utah Valley State on December 20, 2007 propelled him past Wayne Estes
Wayne Estes
Wayne Vernon Estes was a 6'6" forward All-American basketball player for Utah State University from 1963 to 1965. Wayne is the third-leading scorer in Utah State history with 2,001 points and the fourth-leading rebounder...
to reach second place on USU's all-time scoring list with 2,009. Carroll became Utah State's all-time leading scorer on January 19, 2008 in a game against Idaho in Logan. He passed Greg Grant on his first basket – a three-pointer – which gave him 2,129 career points. After leading his team to a regular-season conference championship, he was named WAC player of the year.
Carroll completed his career at Utah State with a loss to Illinois State in the first round of the NIT
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
. He scored a total 2,507 career points, falling 35 short of breaking the record, at the time held by Keith Van Horn
Keith Van Horn
Keith Adam Van Horn is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6-foot-10, 240-pound forward graduated from Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, California and attended the University of Utah where he went on to be a consensus First Team All-American in 1997...
, for all-time leading scorer in the state of Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. That record is now 2,599 career points, currently held by Jimmer Fredette
Jimmer Fredette
James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association...
of BYU. Carroll was selected as one of the best three-point shooters in the nation and along with 7 others competed in the 3-Point Shootout at the 2008 NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. The final event of his collegiate career was the NABC All-Star Game at the Final Four.
Professional career
Carroll was one of 64 players in his first NBA pre-draft camp event – the Portsmouth Invitational TournamentPortsmouth Invitational Tournament
The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, or "PIT", is the United States' oldest amateur basketball tournament and the only postseason camp conducted for the top NCAA seniors only....
– on April 9–12, 2008. Undrafted, he played for the New Jersey Nets in the 2008 Orlando Pro Summer League camp, earning second-team honors. He also signed contracts to play for the Nets in the 2008 Rocky Mountain Revue
Rocky Mountain Revue
The Rocky Mountain Revue, until 2008, was one of the NBA's summer leagues, along with the Vegas Summer League and the Orlando Pro Summer League. It is hosted by the Utah Jazz. It started in 1984 as a pro-am league with students and alumni of Utah, BYU, Weber State and Utah State...
in Salt Lake City and for the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 Las Vegas Summer League.
After the completion of the summer leagues, Carroll signed a contract with Teramo Basket
Teramo Basket
Teramo Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Teramo, Italy and plays in the Italian League. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bancatercas Teramo. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.-History:...
, a team in the Italian first division where, after hitting two three-point shots in less than 7 seconds, he was nicknamed JayCee "Boom-Boom" Carroll. He is also known as "sharp-shooter" and "Wyoming squirrel".
In 2009, he started playing for CB Gran Canaria
CB Gran Canaria
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria - Claret, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team that plays in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. The team is based in the autonomous community's capital and largest city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It plays at Centro Insular.-History:CB Gran...
in the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
ACB. According to his agent: "Jaycee hopes to develop his combo guard
Combo Guard
A combo guard is a basketball player who combines the attributes of a shooting guard and point guard , but does not necessarily fit the standard description of either position...
skills this year and sign a contract with an NBA team in the near future".
Carroll played for the Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010
2010 in basketball
Tournaments include international , professional and amateur and collegiate levels.-Men's tournaments:* 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey** ** All-tournament team:*** Kevin Durant, *** Linas Kleiza,...
, and later with the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
in the NBA Summer League
NBA Summer League
The NBA Summer League is a period during which NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups. Typically, there is a mix of rookies and some of the younger bench players to see how well some players work with others...
.
In July 2011, he signed a three-year contract with Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
.
Awards
- 2008 Orlando NBA Summer League Second Team Honors
- 2007-08 Lowe's Second Team All-Senior All-American
- 2007-08 AP All-American Honorable Mention
- 2007-08 Collegehoops.net Second Team High-Major All-American
- 2007-08 NABC All-Star Game
- 2007-08 CollegeInsider.com WAC Player of the Year
- 2007-08 WAC Player of the Year
- 2007-08 WAC First Team All-Conference
- 2007-08 United States Basketball Writers Association All-District VIII Team
- 2007-08 National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 14 Second Team
- 2007-08 Chip Hilton Player of the Year Finalist
- 2007-08 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- 2007-08 Preseason WAC Player of the Year (both media and coaches)
- 2007-08 Sports Illustrated top-15 Senior
- 2007-08 Collegehoops.net Preseason High-Major All-American
- 2006-07 AP All-American Honorable Mention
- 2006-07 WAC First Team All-Conference
- 2006-07 United States Basketball Writers Association All-District VIII Team
- 2006-07 National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 14 Second Team
- 2005-06 WAC Second Team All-Conference
- 2004-05 Rivals.com Freshman All-American
- 2004-05 CollegeInsider.com Freshman All-American
- 2004-05 Big West Conference Tournament MVP
- 2004-05 Big West Second Team All-Conference
- 2004-05 Big West Freshman of the Year
- Wyoming High School Player of the Year (twice)
External links
- Jaycee Carroll scores 44 points versus New Mexico St.
- Jaycee Carroll makes 10 three-pointers versus New Mexico St.
- Official Utah State University Basketball site
- USUStats.com - Your Online Resource For USU Basketball Stats
- 'Boom Boom Carroll: La hora del cañonero' (Spanish), by Daniel Barranquero in ACB.COM