2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Easter II, Jerry

Jersey Number 8
Jerry Easter II
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- Toledo, Ohio
- High School:
- Link Academy (Mo.)
Bio
HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball at Link Academy (Branson, Mo.), where he was a two-time Player of the Year … as a senior, Easter led Link to an inaugural Nike EYBL Scholastic League Conference Tournament title, posting 15 points, three rebounds and six assists in the championship game … named to the 2024-25 Nike EYBL Scholastic All-Tournament Team … 2024-25 McDonald’s All-American nominee … named to Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year watch list in Nov. 2024 … Two-time Mr. Basketball finalist … First Team All-State Ohio in 2022-23 … First Team MaxPreps in 2021-22 … Played his first two seasons of prep ball at Toledo Emmanuel Christian, averaging 32.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 3.5 steals per game as a sophomore … named the Toledo Blade’s Boys Basketball Player of the Year as a freshman and sophomore … TAAC Player of the Year 2022 and 2023 member of the National Honors Society and a repeat on both the Principal’s list and Honor Roll … Also attended La Lumiere High School … Played basketball, football, baseball, soccer and track … also trained at the Nike Skills Academy, Chris Paul Academy, Formula Basketball Academy, USA Basketball and Nike EYBL (First Team EYBL).
PERSONAL: Jerry Easter II was born February 5, 2006 in Toledo, Ohio … son of Jerry and Trena Easter … comes from a family of athletes including his uncle Jimmy Jackson (Los Angeles Lakers), uncle Melvin Newbern (Detroit Pistons), uncle Ronnie Easter (Youngstown State - basketball), cousin Perry Robinson (University of Detroit - basketball) and cousin Maleeka Kynard (Ohio State - basketball) … cousin Fred Davis graduated from USC in 2007 … Aspires to continue a career in basketball at the professional level and afterwards become a sports analyst … Easter has an active YouTube channel where he posts vlogs and other basketball/lifestyle content … majoring in Sports Management.
PERSONAL: Jerry Easter II was born February 5, 2006 in Toledo, Ohio … son of Jerry and Trena Easter … comes from a family of athletes including his uncle Jimmy Jackson (Los Angeles Lakers), uncle Melvin Newbern (Detroit Pistons), uncle Ronnie Easter (Youngstown State - basketball), cousin Perry Robinson (University of Detroit - basketball) and cousin Maleeka Kynard (Ohio State - basketball) … cousin Fred Davis graduated from USC in 2007 … Aspires to continue a career in basketball at the professional level and afterwards become a sports analyst … Easter has an active YouTube channel where he posts vlogs and other basketball/lifestyle content … majoring in Sports Management.
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