Jacob Grandison is an American basketball player currently associated with Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball. The athlete plays as a Forward and Guard.
Jacob Grandison is a native of Oakland who played one post-graduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Jacob led Phillips to the 2017 New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class A championship.
In the season 2021-22, Jacob participated in summer training camp in Finland and played preparatory national matches in Okinawa, Japan as a member of the Finnish National Team.
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While in High School, Jacob was named MVP of the NEPSAC championship game, following his score of 20 points in the victory over Suffield.
Jacob made 49 percent of his three-point field goal attempts. He also played volleyball at Phillips Exeter, helping the team win the NEPSAC Class A championship.
The basketball player’s Preparatory school coach was Jay Tilton, and has also played for the Team Lillard AAU program. Jacob earned a bachelor’s degree in earth, society, and environmental sustainability in May 2021.
Jacob was enrolled in the Gies College of Business master’s degree program in management.
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James Grandison and Carina Grandison are the proud parents of basketball athlete Jacob Grandison. His uncle Anthony Grandison also played football at Cal from 1987-90.
His parents raised him alongside his younger brother Lucas Grandison. Apart from playing basketball, Jacob is also an excellent swimmer and competed in the Junior Olympics in the 50 freestyle.
As a freshman at Holy Cross, Jacob played in all 31 games, starting 18 times averaging 9.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, along with 2.0 steals on 2017-18.
Jacob became the leading scorer in six games and the top rebounder nine times with his excellent basketball skills. Jacob scored his season-high 21 points at Loyola-Md on March 3, 2018.
In the season 2018-19, Grandison started all 33 games as a sophomore leading the Holy Cross and ranking 11th in the Patriot League in scoring with an average of 13.9 ppg.
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As a 2019-20 Redshirt, Jacob sat out 2019-20 under the NCAA transfer rules. In the 2020-21 season, he played in 30 games, starting 16 of the last 17 as a Junior.
Jacob averaged 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds on the season, with those numbers increasing to 6.2 ppg and 4.2 RPG over the last 16 games.
Apart from basketball, the athlete enjoys fishing, listening to music, and eating. He often describes himself as a foodie, and his favorite player is Dwayne Wade.
Jacob loves having Thai food and states Travis Scott as his favorite artist.