Jared Josten

Jared Josten

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Webster City, Iowa

High School:
Webster City

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 175

Position:
G

JUNIOR (2006-07)

Led the Panthers and was fourth in the MVC in three-point field goal percentage (.479)...reached double-figures in scoring 10 times, including seven of last nine games...scored career-high 16 points against Missouri State 2/10...scored 15 points at Evansville (2/3), making 4-of-7 from the floor and 6-of-6 at the free throw line...tallied 14 points at Missouri State 1/18, made 5-of-7 shots from the floor (including 4-of-5 on three pointers)...scored 13 points, making three three-pointers, against Wichita State 1/30...scored 12 points in season-opening win over Nicholls State (11/12)...made 4-of-6 three-pointers against NSU, with two steals and two assists, in career-best 39 minutes played...also had 12 points against Southern Illinois 1/6, hitting 4-of-5 field goals and all four of his free throws...had 11 points and two assists in 17 minutes against Wartburg 12/20...was 3-for-3 from three-point land that night against the Knights...scored 10 points (5-of-6 shooting) against UW-Milwaukee 11/19...added career-high five rebounds and three assists versus UWM...held Iowa's Adam Haluska, the Big Ten's leading scorer, to nine points on 3-of-10 shooting 12/5.

SOPHOMORE (2005-06)

Played in all 33 games...had career-best nine points against UMKC Dec. 10...also had career-best four assists in 16 minutes against Kangaroos...scored eight points with one assist against Indiana State Feb. 4...played 15 minutes in double overtime win over Southern Illinois Jan. 16, including all of the second OT...scored six points Nov. 20 against Western Carolina in season opener Nov. 20...hit two three-pointers, and had one rebound and one assist in 13 minutes versus WCU...scored two points in 11 minutes of action against Upper Iowa Nov. 27...hit his only shot attempt, a three-pointer, against Loyola Dec. 3.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2004-05)

Appeared in 13 games...scored four points in five minutes against Longwood Dec. 23...had three points in eight minutes against Wagner Dec. 21...played four minutes in season-opener against Wayne State Nov. 21...scored two points and had one assist against UMKC Dec. 11.

FRESHMAN (2003-04)

Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL

Broke into the starting varsity lineup as a sophomore, helping lead the Lynx to the Class 3A state tournament...averaged 26.9 points, eight assists and 4.2 steals as a junior while shooting 52.5 percent overall, 48 percent from three-point range and 85.3 percent at the line...as a senior, averaged 26.1 points, 8.1 assists, 4.3 steals, 5.3 rebounds while making 45 percent of his treys, 51.5 percent overall, and 83 percent of his free throws...had seven games scoring 30 or more points, with a high of 37...tallied 1,458 career points in three years...school's career scoring leader...three-time unanimous all-North Central Conference...conference's leading scorer as a junior and senior when he also led the league in assists...two-time first team Des Moines Register all-stater, first team all-state Iowa Newspaper Assoc., three-time all-district, three-time IBCA Junior Select All-Star Team selection...also recruited by Oregon, Harvard, Ohio, Manhattan, Creighton and Wichita State.

PERSONAL

Born Nov. 5, 1984, in Iowa City, Iowa...son of Bob and the late Sandy Josten...chose UNI because of the coaching staff and the program.

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