Date:
Jun 10, 2016
USA U17 head coach Don Showalter discusses the U17 World Championship Team training that gets underway Friday evening featuring 38 of the nation's best players.
Jarred Vanderbilt
POS:
Position:
F
Forward
HGT:
Height:
6-9
6-9
WGT:
Weight:
205
205
Age:
Age:
17
YOG:
Year of Graduation:
2017
Team:
School:
Victory Prep
Hometown:
Houston, TX
USA Basketball Notes
- Gold Medal: 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
- Participated in the 2015 USA Basketball Junior National Team October minicamp.
- Member of the 2015 USA Basketball U16 National Team that captured the gold medal with a perfect 5-0 record at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Played and started in all five games, averaged 9.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals a game, shot44.0 percent from the field.
- Named to the 2015-16 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team on April 23, 2015.
- Participated in the 2014 USA Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp.
High School Honors
- MaxPreps Sophomore All-America honorable mention (2015).
- MaxPreps Freshman All-America first team (2014).
- All-state first team (2014, 2015).
High School Notes
- Attends Victory Prep School (Texas), where in his two-year prep career he has helped his team capture a pair of district championships, while compiling 1,450 points, 1,155 rebounds, 403 assists and 367 steals in 79 games.
- As a sophomore in 2014-15, averaged 26.6 ppg.,15.4 rpg., 5.2 apg. and 2.1 spg. in leading Victory Prep to a 33-6 record.
- Averaged 22.4 ppg., 12.2 rpg., 4.1 apg. and 2.2 spg. in leading Victory Prep to a 31-9 record and the state tournament semifinals as a freshman in 2013-14.
- Also competes in track and field.
Personal Notes
- Son of Gwendolyn and Robert Vanderbilt; has two brothers, Jamal (29) and Robert (35), and three sisters, Rean (18), Jene Riggins (30) and Tasha Douglas (38).
- Father played basketball at Wiley College; mother played at Xavier; brother, Jamal, played at Texas-Tyler; and sister, Jenae, played at UTSA.
Inside Scoop
- Started playing basketball when he was 5.
- Favorite USA National Team athletes: LeBron James and James Harden.
- Plans on majoring in: engineering and/or sports medicine.
- Favorite Twitter account: @usabasketball.
- Favorite superhero: Superman.
- Top four movies of all time: Friday, Baby Boy, All About the Benjamins and Love & Basketball.
- Favorite non-sports websites: Nike.com and Twitter.com.
- Favorite sports website: ESPN.com/SportsCenter.
- Must-have pregame meal or snack: a granola bar.
- Favorite apps: Twitter and Snapchat.
- Favorite sports other than basketball: track and field and football.
- Favorite basketball player of all time: LeBron James.
- Favorite basketball team: Houston Rockets.
- Favorite Olympians: James Harden and LeBron James.
- Would compare his game to: LeBron James and Lamar Odom.
- Away from the court, enjoys: traveling, shopping, and hanging out with friends and family.
- Most people don’t know: he has a 4.3 GPA and plays percussion instruments.
- Has never traveled outside the United States.
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USA Basketball Statistics
| TEAM | G/S | FGM-FGA | PCT | 3PM-3PA | PCT | FTM-FTA | PCT | REB/AVG | PTS/AVG | AST | BLK | STL |
| 2015 U16 |
5/5 | 22- 50 |
.440 | 0- 2 |
.000 | 5- 11 | .455 | 39/7.8 |
49/9.8 |
12 | 4 | 9 |
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