Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER
2013-14: Played in all 31 games for the Gamecocks as a junior, starting a team-high 28 of them…averaged 4.5 points and was third on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game…led the team and finished fifth in the OVC with 45 blocks…scored in double figures three times, including 11 points twice, vs. Fort Valley State on Nov. 27 and SIUE on Jan. 9…notched his first career double-double vs. SIUE with 11 points and a season-high 11 rebounds…blocked seven shots vs. SIUE on Jan. 9 and five shots at Morehead State on Feb. 1…shot a team-best .622 from the floor.

PRIOR TO JSU
Played two seasons for head coach Mark White at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, Miss…led the Lions to back-to-back region championships…as a sophomore, averaged 8.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game…shot a blistering 59 percent from the floor…scored 22 points against Holmes Community College on a night that saw him go 7-for-7 from the floor and 8-for-11 from the charity stripe and record a double-double with 13 rebounds…scored in double figures eight times and pulled down 10 or more rebounds three times.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four seasons for Noxubee County High School in Macon, Miss., under head coach T.J. Billups…as a senior for the Tigers, earned District MVP honors after averaging 15 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks per game…led NCHS to district titles in his last two years, including a 23-5 record as a senior…was named NCHS Athlete of the Year in his senior year…was part of the 4x400 relay state championship in track.

PERSONAL
Full name is Earnest Jamal Hunter…born on July 24, 1993 in Oktibbeha County, Miss…the son of Earnest and Tanya Hunter…has two older sisters, Marika Baliko and Beunika…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.