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Jersey Number 12
Kari Jonsson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
- High School:
- Flensborg
2016-17
Made an immediate impact in his first season at Drexel…played in 28 games and had 21 starting assignment…shot .436 from long range, which led the CAA…sank 2.3 three-pointers per game, the fourth-highest total in the league…averaged 10.1 points per game and shot .829 from the free throw line…poured in a career-high 25 points at High Point and made seven three-pointers…had 23 points, four steals and was 6-for-12 from deep in the win vs. William & Mary…reached double figures in scoring 11 times…made at least one three-pointer in each of the last 10 games and in 18 of the last 19…named the Donald Shank Spirit & Dedication Award winner...a CAA Commissioner's Award winner for academics...played for Iceland in the FIBA U20 Championships during the summer of 2017 in Greece.
Background
Attended Flensborg, where he was a two-sport athlete...played both guard positions and was also a goalkeeper on the soccer team...selected First Team at the U-20 European Championships in 2016...named the best young player in Iceland's top league during the 2015-16 season...was named the MVP at the U-18 Nordic Championship in 2015...played for Haukar Basketball Club, where his team had nine cup and championship wins.
Personal
Son of Jon Ingvarsson and Dadda Arnadottir...his father played professional basketball in Belgium...has one older sibling...plans to major in engineering.
Made an immediate impact in his first season at Drexel…played in 28 games and had 21 starting assignment…shot .436 from long range, which led the CAA…sank 2.3 three-pointers per game, the fourth-highest total in the league…averaged 10.1 points per game and shot .829 from the free throw line…poured in a career-high 25 points at High Point and made seven three-pointers…had 23 points, four steals and was 6-for-12 from deep in the win vs. William & Mary…reached double figures in scoring 11 times…made at least one three-pointer in each of the last 10 games and in 18 of the last 19…named the Donald Shank Spirit & Dedication Award winner...a CAA Commissioner's Award winner for academics...played for Iceland in the FIBA U20 Championships during the summer of 2017 in Greece.
Background
Attended Flensborg, where he was a two-sport athlete...played both guard positions and was also a goalkeeper on the soccer team...selected First Team at the U-20 European Championships in 2016...named the best young player in Iceland's top league during the 2015-16 season...was named the MVP at the U-18 Nordic Championship in 2015...played for Haukar Basketball Club, where his team had nine cup and championship wins.
Personal
Son of Jon Ingvarsson and Dadda Arnadottir...his father played professional basketball in Belgium...has one older sibling...plans to major in engineering.
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