University of Nevada Las Vegas

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UNLV CAREER
Seagears enters his second season in the Runnin' Rebel program in 2015-16 ... Sat out the 2014-15 season at UNLV as a redshirt after transferring from Rutgers where he was a three-year starter.

SENIOR - REDSHIRT (2014-15)
Used the 2014-15 season as a redshirt year after transferring from Rutgers.

JUNIOR (2013-14) - RUTGERS
Briefly transferred to Auburn and was immediately eligible to play for the Tigers, but after a month with the program he transferred back to Rutgers for his junior year ... Appeared in 31 games and made 12 starts ... Averaged 7.1 points, 3.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game in 21.1 minutes per contest ... Shot 40.0 percent from the field , 40.2 percent from 3-point range and 76.1 percent from the free-throw line ... Was second on the team in assists and fifth in scoring ... Scored a career-high 23 points at George Washington, making a career-high five 3-pointers in that game ... Dished out a career-high nine assists vs. Canisius ... Scored in double figures on seven occasions.

SOPHOMORE (2012-13) - RUTGERS
Named Academic All-Big East for the second straight year ... Played in all 31 games, making 19 starts ... Averaged 27.2 minutes played ... In conference games, ranked fifth in 3-point percentage (.417) ... Scored in double figures seven times ... Shot 5-of-9 to score 15 points with seven rebounds in a Big East Tournament win over DePaul ... Scored a then-career-high 21 points at Connecticut ... Had a then-career-high-tying seven assists and six rebounds in a win over USF.

FRESHMAN (2011-12) - RUTGERS
Named Academic All-Big East ... Averaged 7.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in 25.8 minutes played per game ... Earned 25 starts over the last 26 games and started the last 22 ... Scored in double figures 10 times, including three of his last five games ... Averaged 8.4 points and 2.5 assists per game coming off the bench ... Led the team with 79 assists over the season ... Had a then-career-high seven assists against Villanova with no turnovers.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2011 graduate of Flora Macdonald Academy in Red Springs, N.C. ... Was a 2011 Jordan Brand Classic East Region All-Star ... Rated as the country's No. 89 overall prospect by Scout and No. 101 overall by Rivals ... Scout listed him as a 4-star recruit and the No. 18 point guard in the nation ... Rivals also had him as a 4-star and the No. 21 point guard, while ESPN had him No. 23 at the point guard spot ... Averaged 32.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game for the Cougars in 2010-11 under coach Derrick Bond ... Earned four varsity letters ... Was a 2011 Elite Basketball Showcase All-Star ... Averaged 18 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four steals in 2009-10 at FMA ... A Pangos All-American Camp top-20 all-star selection in the summer of 2010 ... Was First Team All-Gazette, First Team All-Montgomery County Extra and first team all-league as a sophomore at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 2008-09 ... Competed on the AAU circuit for D.C. Assault.

PERSONAL
Jerome Seagears was born Sept. 23, 1992, in Silver Spring, Md. ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... Son of Germaine Seagears and Duke Johnson ... Has four siblings: Larry (35), Rico (28), Unique (31) and Dominique (19) ... Rico was a guard at Texas-Pan American ... Plans to graduate in spring/summer 2015 ... Credits his grandfather as his biggest influence because he overcame a lot.