Website: NevadaWolfPack.com/JordanCaroline
2018-19 Honors
> Mountain West media preseason team
2017-18 Honors
> Mountain West coaches and media first team
> USBWA District VIII team
> NABC District 17 first team
> Mountain West All-Tournament team
> Mountain West media preseason team
> Nov. 20 Mountain West Player of the Week
2016-17 Honors
> Mountain West Championships MVP
> All-Mountain West Coaches second team
> All-Mountain West Media second team
> MW Player of the Week, Dec. 5 and Jan. 8
> NBC Sports’ Jan. 8 Player of the Week
NEVADA: Selected to the Mountain West media preseason team for the second year in a row ... Tested the NBA Draft process along with Caleb and Cody Martin but decided to withdraw from draft and return for his senior year ... After garnering second-team All-Mountain West honors as a sophomore was named to the first-team his junior year ... Selected to the USBWA District VIII and NABC District 17 first team his junior year ... Versatile player that can play inside and outside with the ability to make the 3-pointers ... Strong inside player who bangs and comes up with the rebound ... His 27 career double-doubles is tied for seventh most in school history ... Nevada is 25-2 when Caroline posts a double-double.
2017-18 (Jr.): Helped lead the Pack to a second MW regular season title and the second Sweet 16 appearance in school history ... Played in all 37 games and started 36 ... Led the team averaging 8.6 rebounds, as did his 20 games of leading the team in rebounding and 12 game highs in rebounds ... Second on the team and sixth in the MW scoring 17.7 points per contest ... Scored in double figures in 33 games which tied Caleb Martin for team honors ... In nine games led the Pack in scoring and seven times it was a game high ... Topped the team with 13 double-doubles ... Posted 17 games of 20 or more points which was second to Caleb Martin’s 19 ... In 14 games grabbed 10 or more rebounds including a career-high 16 in a home victory over Wyoming ... Reached double figures in the final 13 games of the season which included a stretch of five consecutive 20-point games ... Named Nov. 20 MW Player of the Week after leading the Pack to a 3-0 week with wins over Rhode Island, at Santa Clara and at Pacific when he averaged 20.3 points, 11 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game ... Scored his 1,000th career point at Nevada and ranks 20th going into his senior year with 1,180 points ... Has, 1483 career point when you add in his 303 from his freshman year at Southern Illinois ... Lettered for the second time.
2016-17 (So.): Had a breakout season in his first year playing for the Pack earning Mountain West Tournament MVP honors along with being named to the MW second team by the coaches and media ... Started the final 34 games of the season ... Helped the Wolf Pack advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in decade and capture the MW regular season and tournament titles ... Third on the team averaging 15 points per game and led the squad grabbing 9.2 rebounds per game ... Ranked second in the MW and 43rd nationally averaging 9.2 rebounds per game ... Led Nevada’s comeback at New Mexico from 25-points down scoring 45 points and hitting the game winning 3-pointer in the 105-104 overtime victory ... Named MW and NBC Sports’ Player of the Week for his performance at UNM ... The 45 points tied for the seventh most points scored in a game during the season and is second most by a Wolf Pack player in school history ... Posted 15 game highs in rebounds and three in points ... Topped the Wolf Pack in rebounding a team-high 19 times, led the team in scoring seven times, scored in double figures 27 times, had 16 games of 10 or more rebounds, seven 20-point games, a 31-point game and the 45-point game ... In 14 games posted a double-double that led the team, ranked second in the MW and 32nd in NCAA I ... First in the MW with 251 attempted free throws that ranked 10th nationally while 148 made ranked third in the MW and 80th in NCAA I ... Always on the court as his 35.1 minutes per game was fourth in the MW and 79th nationally ... Led the MW averaging 3.5 offensive rebounds per game ... Earned first letter at Nevada.
PRIOR TO NEVADA
Named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman team after averaging 9.2 points and 6.2 rebounds in his first year of collegiate basketball at Southern Illinois ... Shot 44.8 percent from the field, 66 percent at the free throw line and made 2-of-3 shots from behind the arc ... Nine offensive rebounds against Evansville were the most by a Saluki since 2000 and is tied for the fifth best performance in SIU history ... Posted back-to-back doubles-doubles with 11 points and 14 rebounds at Loyola Chicago and 15 points and 13 rebounds at home versus Evansville ... His 303 points ranks fifth in SIU history for a freshman and 206 rebounds is third ... Ranked fourth in the MVC in rebounding (6.2 rpg) and third in offensive rebounds (2.4 orpg).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Montverde Academy (Fla.) and won back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014 ... Senior year team went 28-0 and finished the year ranked first in the final USA Today Super 25 ... Averaged 12 points and eight rebounds senior season and was named to the third-team Independent Class All-State squad by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches ... Junior year averaged seven points and seven rebounds per game ... Played his first two seasons of high school basketball at Champaign Central High School where he averaged 10 points and eight rebounds his sophomore year.
PERSONAL
History major ... Son of Jayna Caroline ... In his free time likes to go to movies ... Chose Nevada because of the family atmosphere ... Picked the Wolf Pack over Cincinnati, Xavier and Minnesota ... Grandfather J.C. Caroline played for the Chicago Bears and is in the College Football Hall of Fame ... Father Simeon Rice played 12 seasons in the NFL for Arizona, Tampa Bay, Denver and Indianapolis ... Sports heroes are Kobe Bryant and LeBron James ... Son J.C. just turned one.
