Name: Number: Height: Weight: Year: Position: Hometown: High School:	Jered Bradley Prickett 32 6' 9" 235 Senior Forward Fairmont, West Virginia Fairmont West

General:

Chosen co-captain for 1996-97 ... Hopes to regain form displayed as a freshman after missing most of last season ... Should start at power forward and could see some action in the middle.

1995-96:

Played in five games last season before receiving a medical hardship due to an injured left knee that had not properly healed from surgery the previous summer ... Averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg in a reserve role before undergoing extensive rehabilitation ... Injury occurred after repeated collisions in practice ... A bone growth was removed from the left knee in June 1995 ... Missed every practice leading up to the Italy tour due to rehabilitation after surgery... Played in all five tour games but was not 100 percent.

1994-95:

Led team in assists with 138 and free throw shooting, 68-80 (85.0%) ... Earned team's "Best Free Throw Shooter" award ... Started first six games of the season, playing in all 33 games ... His first collegiate start came against UT-Martin with three points and seven assists ... Solid performance against UCLA (12 pts., 5 reb., 4 ast., 3 stl.) ... Had a career-high 13 assists vs. LSU on Senior Night ... Grabbed a key steal and then hit two clutch free throws with 19 seconds left in victory over Arkansas in the SEC Tournament Championship ... Led the team in assists with 18 during the Italy trip ... Also averaged 8.0 ppg overseas.

1993-94:

Played in 33 games, starting 25 ... Scored a season-high 18 points against Ole Miss... Grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds against Arkansas, Feb. 9 ... Earned Player-of-the-Game accolades five times ... Had four double-double games (scoring and rebounding in double figures) ... Scored in double figures a total of 12 times ... Had 17 points and 15 rebounds against UMass, and three days later, followed with an 11-point, 20-rebound performance vs. Arkansas ... 8-of-10 from the field vs. Ole Miss.

1992-93:

Played in all 34 games as a freshman and started nine of the last 10 ... Tallied impressive numbers -- 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, 0 turnovers, 5-for-7 from the field -- against Ole Miss, 3/3/93 ... Named to the NCAA All-Southeast Regional team for his 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists against Florida State ... Recorded three "double-doubles" (double-figure scoring and rebounding), including a 15-point, 13-rebound effort against Arkansas, 2/10/93 ... Scored in double-figures seven times ... Averaged 5.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg ... Played for the South team in the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival and averaged 14.5 ppg and 9 rpg.

High School:

West Virginia's 1992 high school Player of the Year ... Led Fairmont West to its first undefeated regular season, a 28-1 overall record and a runner-up spot in the Class AAA ranks ... Fairmont West was ranked No. 1 virtually the entire season but was upset by Beckley Woodrow Wilson in the state title game, 79-59 ... Led the Polar Bears in scoring (19.2) rebounding (14.6) and assists (10.0) ... Chosen captain of the Class AAA All-State team ... Career high was a 32-point outing vs. South Charleston in the West Virginia State Tournament ... Scored 1,184 points in his career at Fairmont West ... As a junior, averaged 17.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.0 blocked shots per game ... Ranked in the top 35 in the 1992 senior class by Hoop Scoop ... Committed to UK shortly after attending 1991 Big Blue Madness, along with Rodrick Rhodes, Tony Delk and Walter McCarty ... Chose Kentucky over Notre Dame ... Coached by Frank Stingo.

Pitino On Prickett:

"The jury is still out on Jared. If he can regain the ferociousness he showed as a freshman, and keep working hard, he'll be a good ball player."

Prickett's Highs

                 Opponent        Date
Points:     22   Florida State     3/27/93
FG Made:    10   Tennessee-Martin 11/26/94
FG Atts:    12   Three times
3FG Made:    1   Three times
3FG Atts:    2   Five times
FT Made:     7   Michigan           4/3/93
FT Atts:     7   Five times
Rebounds:   20   Arkansas           2/9/94
Assists:     6   Arkansas           2/9/94
Turnovers:   6   San Francisco    12/28/93
Blocks:      3   Wright State      12/2/92
Steals:      7   Tennessee         3/12/93

UK Season Stats

YEAR     G-S    MIN-AVG    FG-A     PCT  3FG-A   PCT    FT-A     PCT  REB-AVG   PF-D    A  TO  BS    S   TP-AVG
95-96    5-0     51-10.2    6-12   50.0    0-1   00.0    5-7    71.4    8-1.6    6-0    3   7   2    1   17-3.4
94-95   33-5    618-18.7   91-171  53.2    2-8   25.0   37-62   59.7  157-4.8   60-1   56  47  16   39  221-6.7
93-94   33-25   875-26.5  104-217  47.9    1-14   7.1   63-108  58.3  232-7.0   89-0   80  86  15   47  272-8.2
92-93   34-12   511-15.0   71-146  48.6    2-17  11.8   44-65   67.7  155-4.6   65-0   56  37  11   34  188-5.5
Totals 105-42  2055-19.6  272-546  49.8    5-40  12.5  149-242  61.6  552-5.3  220-1  195 177  44  121  698-6.6

The Prickett File:

Full Name: Jared Bradley Prickett
Nickname: JP
Birth date: November 14, 1973
Place of birth: Fairmont, W.Va.
Parents: Don and Linda Prickett
Siblings: Jason and Brooke
Major: Communications
High school coach: Babe Stingo
Favorite food: Hot fingers
Favorite class: Dr. Daniels' history
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter
Favorite movie: Happy Gilmore
My highlight of last summer: Making a pass to Nazr Mohammed
Favorite sports figures: Antoine Walker, Tony Delk and Walter McCarty
Favorite NBA teams: N.Y., Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Miami and Chicago
If I started a team, my four other players would be: Antoine, Walter, Tony and Mash
If I could change one thing in college basketball, it would be: Nothing ... I love this game