Jared Samuelson

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Jared Samuelson at Southern Utah - 1/2/20

Jared Samuelson vs. Sacramento State - 12/30/19

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Jared Samuelson vs. Northern Arizona - 12/28/19

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Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-7 / 215
Hometown:
Billings, Mont.
High School:
Billings West H.S.
Previous School:
Rocky Mountain College

2019-20 (Senior): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... In return to Montana, played in 27 games, earning starts in 20 of final 21 games… Ranked third on the team with 8.1 points per game, also adding 2.9 rebounds per game, 12 steals, nine blocked shots and nine assists… Shot .555 from the floor (second on the team) and .463 from 3-point range (first)…. Held a .603 shooting percentage during Big Sky play, averaging 10.3 points per game (26th)... Over the final six games of the season (Feb. 15-March 7), averaged 12.5 points per game… Made at least four field goals in all six contests… Scored in double figures in nine of 10 games when logging 20 or more minutes… Was in double figures for scoring nine times and led Montana for scoring in four games… Also led Montana for rebounding four times and blocked shots on four occasions… Made nearly half of his 3-point attempts (19-of-41, .463), after making one during his freshman season at Montana… Made multiple 3-pointers in four games... Scored a team-high 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Northern Arizona (Feb. 27)… Had a career night vs. Idaho (Jan. 18), setting personal bests for points (23), minutes (32), field goals made (9), field goals attempted (15) and 3-pointers made (5)... Led the Grizzlies with 21 points at Southern Utah (Jan. 2)... Had a breakout game against Sacramento State (Dec. 30), scoring 14 points while blocking three shots (career high) and pulling down eight rebounds (career high)… Led Montana in all three categories... During an 8-0 scoring run to begin the second half, recorded three points, three rebounds, two blocked shots, one assist and one steal in just 3:24… In just 10 minutes, scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. Northern Arizona (Dec. 28)… Played eight minutes at No. 25 Washington (Nov. 22), his first game action with Montana since March 7, 2017... Averaged 3.3 points per game in seven non-conference games… Missed first four games with a preseason knee injury.

2017-19 (Rocky Mountain College): Played two seasons at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont. … Earned NAIA All-America honors both seasons, including third-team recognition as a junior in 2018-19… Was a two-time All-Frontier Conference first-team selection and the 2018 Frontier Conference Newcomer of the Year... Finished his two-year NAIA career with 1,175 points (18.7 per game) and 476 rebounds (7.6) while shooting .523 from the floor and .832 from the free-throw line… Finished his junior season ranked 21^st in all of NAIA for scoring, reaching double figures in 31 of Rocky's 32 games… Ranked second in the Frontier Conference for scoring, rebounding and double-doubles… Also shot .408 from three-point range, making 42 treys… As a sophomore, his first at Rocky, ranked in the top 35 in NAIA for shooting (.555, 20^th), scoring (18.8, 21^st), free-throw percentage (.825, 30^th) and rebounding (7.6, 34^th)… Holds career highs of 32 for scoring (two occasions), 17 for rebounding (vs. Menlo) and five for blocked shots (vs. Dickinson State)… Rocky went 18-14 in 2017-18 and 19-13 in 2018-19, advancing to the NAIA national tournament.

2016-17 (Freshman): Academic All-Big Sky Conference selection… Played in all 32 contests, earning one start… Totaled 164 points, an average of 5.1 per game (seventh on the team)… Led the Grizzlies with a .570 field-goal percentage (65-of-114)… Ranked third on the team with 11 blocks… Ranked seventh on the team with 76 rebounds (2.4 average)… Led UM in scoring twice, including a career-high 20 points in a victory at Northern Arizona (Feb. 11)… Shot 7-of-9 in that game, plus 6-for-6 from the free-throw line… Led the Grizzlies in blocked shots and steals eight times apiece… Had four double-digit scoring games, including 15 in his collegiate debut vs. Wyoming (Nov. 14)… Had at least two rebounds in 23 contests, including a six-game stretch (Feb. 4-25) in which he averaged 3.67 per game… Had a career-most five boards vs. Sacramento State (Feb. 16)… Recorded 10 steals, including two in one game on three occasions… Had two blocks vs. Weber State (Dec. 31) and Northern Colorado (Jan. 12).

2015-16 (Redshirt): Redshirted during his first season at Montana.

High School: Is a 2015 graduate of Billings West High School… As a senior, led the Golden Bears in scoring (16.3 per game) and rebounding (6.4) and helped them to a 19-4 record and a second-place finish at the Montana AA state tournament… Was named to the all-state team, in addition to being a first-team all-conference selection… Played in the Montana-Wyoming All-Star series… As a junior, averaged 17.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game… Was named to USA Today's 2013-14 All-USA Montana Boys Basketball Team… High school coach was Doug Robison, who won 355 games in 20 seasons at Billings West before stepping down at the end of 2014 year.

Personal: Born May 30, 1996 in Missoula, Mont. … Hometown is Billings, Mont. … Both parents, Shawn and Kim, graduated from Montana… His father was a two-time first-team All-Big Sky selection for the Griz, still ranking fifth for career rebounding (791) and 13^th for career scoring (1,293)… As a senior in 1995-96, he earned the Carl E. Dragstedt Award (team MVP)…. Has a younger brother, Shane… Has a daughter, Jordyn Ryan, who was 1 during his senior season… Earned his undergraduate degree in business management in May 2019 from Rocky Mountain College… Gradauted with his master's in business administration in May 2020.