Eastern Michigan Athletics
2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Jarred Axon
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Mich.
- High School:
- Jackson (Schoolcraft C.C.)
EMU: 2006-07: Joined the team as a walk-on transfer from Schoolcraft Community College and earned a scholarship in his first year after playing in 32 games...Called on to start 14 games after Carlos Medlock went out with a broken ankle...Responded with a 6.7 scoring average and a 1.3 assist average...Ranked third on the team and sixth in conference-only stats with an 82.1 free throw percentage (55-of-67)…Scored a career-high 17 points, going a MAC season-best 10-for-10 at the free throw line, to help EMU record a 65-63 victory over Bowling Green (Feb. 10)…Led the team in three-point field-goal percentage at 41.7 percent (30-of-72) from three-point range and ranked 13th in conference stats only in three-point field goal percentage (39.0 percent)…Fifth on the team with 43 assists…Tied for fourth on the team with four blocks…Tallied 48 rebounds and 18 steals…Shot 45.5 percent from the field (65-for-143)...Led the team in scoring four times, with 15 against Eastern Illinois (Dec. 28), 14 versus Miami (Feb. 7), 17 against Bowling Green and 16 versus Ball State (Feb. 25).
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played at Schoolcraft Community College in Livonia, Mich....Named first-team All-Region XII as a sophomore...Also named to the NJCAA All-Academic team last year...Won the Business Honor Award at Schoolcraft.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Jackson H.S. where he played basketball for head coach Tracy Lowder...Named to the Academic Honor Roll all four years of high school and earned the High Academic Achievement Award three times, in the ninth, 11th and 12 grades...Senior Year: Named the Jackson Citizen Patriot newspaper’s County Player of the Year...Led the team to the district championship and was named the Most Valuable Player...First-team Capital Area A selection...Junior Year: Helped lead team to the district and regional championships.
PERSONAL: Name: Jarred Bruce Axon...Son of Bruce and Rebecca Axon...Born 11-19-85...Father, Bruce, is a Geneva College graduate and a three-year letterman in tennis...Mother, Rebecca, is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University...Has two brothers, Tyler and Collin, and three sisters, Janine, Brianna and Kara.
