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Jason Grunkemeyer






General
Verizon Academic All-America candidate (3.3 GPA in physical education) ... in his third and final season with the RedHawks after transferring from Ohio University ... one of nation's top perimeter shooters ... ranks first on Miami's career three-point field goal percentage list with a .476 (79 of 166) mark ... if he stays healthy, could be a tremendous asset to this year's club ... troubled in recent years with back injuries ... smart, heady player ... fundamentally sound.

1999-00
Started 11 of 28 games played ... GTE CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee (3.29 GPA in physical education) ... missed Toledo (Feb. 1) and Northern Illinois (Feb. 6) games with back injury ... hit, perhaps, the biggest shot of his career when he buried a 30-footer at the end of regulation to send Miami's MAC Tournament quarterfinal game vs. top-seeded Bowling Green into overtime ... finished with 11 points, five rebounds and three assists against the Falcons ... had 17 points (three-of-four treys) and career-high two blocks in MAC Tourney semifinal win over Marshall ... scored nine points (three treys) in MAC Tourney first-round win over Eastern Michigan ... after leading scorer Anthony Taylor went down with an ankle injury, scored a career-high 26 points in regular-season finale at Buffalo (Feb. 26) ... prior to Buffalo contest (Feb. 26), had played in four games and scored 13 points in 40 minutes ... sank a personal-best six treys (14 attempts) against the Bulls ... named MAC's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 19) for his showings against Ball State and Akron ... scored in double figures 12 times ... averaged 12.3 ppg in his last six outings ... five of his top seven performances came off the bench17 vs. Marshall (MAC semifinal), career-high 26 at Buffalo, 19 points at Tennessee, 16 vs. Xavier and 15 at Central Michigan ... poured in 16 points at Bowling Green (Jan. 19) ... started vs. Notre Dame and responded with 18 points and a career-best 5 assists and 3 steals ... totaled 15 points (4 treys) in triple overtime win vs. Ball State ... hit three-pointer with 4.9 seconds to go vs. BSU to send game into first overtime ... sank five-of-five 3's against the Volunteers ... equaled that with five treys (nine attempts) vs. Notre Dame ... slowed by flu vs. Kent State (two points in 13 minutes) ... ranked second in MAC and 13th nationally in three-point field goal percentage with a .462 (54 of 117) mark ... ranked ninth in MAC in 3-FG per game (1.9 pg) ... at conclusion of season, was shooting 47.6 percent for Miami career from 3-point range (79 of 166), which ranks first above second-place Wally Szczerbiak (.431) ... led team with a career-high five rebounds vs. Wright State ... pilfered personal-best three steals vs. Xavier.

1998-99
Received team's Marshall North Award, given for loyalty and dedication ... first-team academic all-MAC selection (3.31 GPA in physical education) ... led Miami in three-point field goal shooting with .510 mark (25 of 49) ... played in 28 of Miami's 32 games ... did not start a gamestarted six at Ohio as a freshman ... missed last two games of MAC Tournament with back spasms ... returned and played in all three NCAA Tournament gamesfive minutes vs. Washington, six vs. Utah and six vs. Kentucky ... missed two three-point attempts vs. Kentucky ... missed Marshall and Central Michigan contests (December) with post-concussion syndrome ... suffered a grade-two concussion and 10-stitch cut to his head when he flipped over Xavier's Gary Lumpkin and hit the floor (Dec. 2) ... photograph of his fall appeared in Dec. 14 Sports Illustrated ... scored in double figures three times ... in 13 of the 23 games he attempted a field goal, he shot 50 percent or better from the floor ... hit a three-point field goal in 16 of 28 games played ... season highlight came on Feb. 6 when he swished a 10-footer at the buzzer to give Miami a 70-69 road victory vs. Western Michigan ... played a career-high 29 minutes and scored a personal-best 16 points (four treys) in Jan. 23 road win over Marshall ... hit 5-of-10 shots (four-of-nine treys) vs. the Herd ... prior to sitting out the two games and three days after the fall at Xavier, scored a then-Miami-high 12 points in 78-60 road loss to UW-Green Bay ... had 10 points and three assists in home win over Dayton.

Ohio University
Played in 26 of Bobcats' 27 games as a freshman, including six as a starter ... averaged 4.4 points and 16.5 minutes per game ... led Ohio with a .474 three-point field goal percentage (27-57) ... scored a season-high 16 points at Illinois State.

High School
Earned first-team all-district and all-state honors as a senior at Moeller ... voted Greater Catholic League MVP ... averaged 19.6 points and led Crusaders to state sectional championship game as a senior ... averaged 19.5 points as a junior ... concluded his prep career with 1,261 points ... played in Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game ... coached by Carl Kremer.

Personal
Born September 15, 1977 in Cincinnati (23 years old) ... son of John and Nancy Grunkemeyer ... both parents are Miami graduates ... father, a long-time Cincinnati area high school coach, used to bring his team to Miami to play three or four games each year ... Jason served as a ball boy for Miami ... majoring in physical education.

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