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Jamie Ahale #20 Guard

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    205
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Montrose, Australia
  • Highschool:
    Box Hill Senior Secondary

Summary

Biography

2020-21: One of three players to appear in all 22 games, making 18 starts … Averaged 6.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while leading the team with 46 made 3-pointers on the season … Scored a career-high 25 points against Oakland (Dec. 19), finishing 8-for-12 from the field with all eight field goals coming from 3-point range … His eight made triples fell one shy of matching the school record for most 3-pointers in a single game … Followed up with a 17-point effort against the Golden Grizzlies (Dec. 20), shooting 5-for-6 from long distance … Added a 15-point performance against Purdue Fort Wayne and a 12-point effort against Robert Morris … Made at least one 3-pointer in 18-of-22 games this season.

2019-20: Horizon League All-Academic Team … Named to the NABC Honors Court … One of three players to appear in all 35 contests, making seven starts … Averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 20.3 minutes per contest … Had a career day against San Diego in the Boca Raton Beach Classic, finishing with a career-high 23 points on 5-for-7 shooting while going a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line to set a new career high in free throws … Followed up the performance with a 19-point effort against Purdue Fort Wayne, going 6-for-10 from beyond the arc to set a new personal best in 3-point field goals in a single game … Had a perfect day shooting against IUPUI (Feb. 22), going 5-for-5 from the field, all from long distance … Made his first career start in the season-opener against Olivet Nazarene (Nov. 5), finishing with 10 points and five rebounds on 4-for-6 shooting.

2018-19: Appeared in all 32 games off the bench ... Averaged 15.3 minutes per game ... Ranked third on the team with 35 3-pointers and shot over 37 percent from beyond the arc ... Attempted only five two-point field goals during the season and made two ... Played season-high 27 minutes and made three triples in Horizon League quarterfinal at Green Bay (March 5) ... Matched season high with seven attempts from downtown in that game ... Tied season high with three rebounds for the fifth time at Detroit Mercy (March 2) ... Scored 11 points in 18 minutes at IUPUI (Feb. 9) ... Matched a season high with four field goals in the game ... Buried game-winning 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds remaining to take down Northern Kentucky by two (Feb. 3) ... Scored season-high 12 points on 4-of-5 from 3-point range against Cleveland State (Jan. 12) ... Handed out three assists, a season high, against Youngstown State (Jan. 10) ... Made UIC debut with two points in 15 minutes at Notre Dame (Nov. 6).

PRIOR TO UIC: Played for the Mineral Area College Cardinals in the Region 16 Conference in 2017-18 ... Named All-Conference First Team and All-Region Second Team ... Played and started all 31 games and averaged 11.4 points per game ... Made 100 3-pointers which ranked 17th in all of NJCAA ... Shot 39.8 percent from downtown on the season ... Earned Academic All-America honors.

PREP/PERSONAL: From Montrose, Australia where he attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College ... Won the state championship his senior year in 2016 … Also won club state championship in 2017… Was named Junior Player of the Year on the Kilsyth Cobras club team in 2016 … Won the League Rising Star Award at the Victorian Youth Championship in 2017 …  Loves traveling and lived in New Zealand for three years … Son of Trevor and Vicki Ahale ... Born March 6, 1999 ... Intends to major in Civil Engineering at UIC.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2018-19Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 200 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2019-20Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'5" 205 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020-21Senior

    Guard
    6'5" 205 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2021-22Graduate Student

    Guard
    6'5" 205 lbs
    20