Outlook

Jalen Antonio is hard-working and fundamentally sound athlete  who will  provide depth at the guard positions… Expected to continue developing and  grow into the program … Brings energy and committed to improvement.

High School
Attended Florida Virtual School and graduated 2025 … Played competitive basketball at Spoto High School, Riverview, Fla., his senior year and at Tampa Bay Technical High School, Tampa, Fla, his freshmen through junior years… Started for coach Bryce Morage at Spoto … Average 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists … Started his sophomore and junior years at Tampa Bay Technical for coach Jerome Mcwhorter … Averaged 2.9 points  and 1.1 rebounds his junior year helping the Titans to a 13-13 record … As a sophomore Tampa Bay Tech finished 12-16 overall.

Personal
Born Jalen Russell Antonio on October 8, 2006, in Lawrence, Kan. … Nickname is J … Son of Marcus English and Traci Dreiling … Majoring in education … Favorite foods are chicken tenders and pizza … Favorite fast food restaurant is Raising Cane’s … Favorite restaurant is Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar and Grill … Favorite TV show is Naruto Shippuden … Favorite movie is Spiderman No Way Home … Favorite sports movie is Hustle … Favorite actor is Michael B. Jordan … Favorite music entertainer is Juice World … Favorite cartoon character is Gumball Waterson … Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers … Favorite athlete is Kyrie Irving … Greatest sports moment was scoring 18 on his old school … Best player he has played against is Arkansas Razorback wing Karter Knox.