Jason Fontenet bio
OREGON STATE
CAREER: In OSU’s record books, ended his career 10th in three-point percentage (35.9%).
2005-06: Led the Beavers in assists again as a senior and was an occasional starter ... Averaged 5.7 points and 2.7 assists in 21.8 minutes ... Played in 26 games, starting 13 ... Had the most starts of the four different point guards that started ... Shot 79.5% from the foul line (but did not shoot enough to be among the league leaders) ... In conference play, made 40.0% of his three-pointers ... Scored in double-figures six times ... Led OSU, or tied for the team lead, in assists 11 times ... Led the team in scoring once, with 12 points at Portland ... Had a season-high six assists at the Rainbow Classic vs. Western Michigan ... Scored 14 points in 20 minutes vs. Stanford ... Did not play in five straight games (coach’s decision), then returned to the starting lineup and had 10 points and five assists at UCLA and 14 points at USC ... Scored 11 points in the Pac-10 Tournament first-round win vs. Arizona State.
2004-05: Played in all 32 games as a junior, averaging 8.0 points ... Handed out a team-high 96 assists (3.0 per game) ... Started seven games and averaged 21.4 minutes a contest ... Shot 82.9% (63-for-76) from the free throw line, and would have ranked fifth in the Pac-10 if he had qualified (he needed just one more make) ... Had consecutive-made free throw streaks of 21 and 13 ... Ranked eighth in the Pac-10 in assist/turnover ratio (1.55) ... Scored a season-high 20 points vs. Colorado ... Was in double-figure points 12 times ... Led the team in assists a team-high 15 times ... Had five or more assists nine times, with a season-high seven at Oregon ... Averaged 13.2 points in five games against the Arizona schools.
2003-04: Spent the season as a redshirt, per NCAA rules, after transferring from New Mexico State.
NEW MEXICO STATE
2002-03: Fontenet started 27 of 28 games as a sophomore for the Aggies ... Averaged 12.2 points and scored in double-figures in 20 of 28 games ... Team leader for assists at 4.1 per game, good for fifth in the Sun Belt Conference ... Was 10th in the conference for free throw percentage at .813 (91-for-112) and made .369 (38-for-103) from three-point range ... Owned the league’s sixth-best mark for assist/turnover ratio (1.66) ... Scored a career-high 24 points at North Texas on Feb. 1, 2003 ... Had a 20-point performance two nights earlier at Denver ... Also had a 20-point outing at Louisiana-Lafayette ... Fired in a season-high four three-point field goals vs. Colorado ... Had a career-high nine assists at Texas Tech, and had three other contests with seven ... Second on the team for minutes played at 32.4.
2001-02: Started 24 of 32 games at point guard as a true freshman ... Scored a season-high 22 points vs. Arkansas-Little Rock ... Second on the team for assists at 2.3 per game and for free throw shooting at .817 (fourth in the Sun Belt) ... Scored 13 points in his first collegiate game, Nov. 17, 2001, at Texas-Arlington.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2001 ... Named the Arizona Republic 5A Player of the Year ... Along with former Arizona standout Channing Frye, led St. Mary’s to the state title as a senior ... MVP of the state tournament ... Averaged 20.6 points, seven assists and four steals as a senior ... As a junior, averaged 27 points, six assists and three steals ... Competed in numerous offseason tournaments and camps, and won a silver medal with the West team at the USA Basketball Men’s Youth Development Festival in the summer of 2000.
PERSONAL
Born in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Son of Darlene and B.B. Fontenet ... Father played at Nevada, was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and played overseas ... Twin brother James was a teammate at New Mexico State, and then played at UTEP ... Jason has a 1-year-old son, also named Jason ... Recruited by OSU head coach Jay John when John was an assistant at Arizona ... Majoring in sociology.
