On Feb. 12, junior point guard Chris Jimenez scored his 1,000th career point, boosting St. Joseph’s College (Patchogue, NY) to a 104-82 victory over Mt. Saint Vincent. He was honored as the prestigious Skyline Player of the Week on Feb. 14 and is a two-time Skyline Honor Roll member.
Jimenez is currently ranked fifth in NCAA’s Division III with 3.6 three-point field goals per game and 26th in three-point percentage (42.6). Jimenez also leads the conference in three-point shooting per game, and ranks in the Top 10 in the conference for steals and scoring.
Jimenez was St. Joseph’s top player in 2009-10 and was its lone representative on the All-Skyline Conference team. He led the squad with 312 points scored, 57 steals, 69 assists and 11.6 points per game. He also had 11 blocked shots.
In St. Joseph’s Skyline Championship season (2008-09) Jimenez scored 12.1 points per game. This guard couldn’t have had a bigger impact in his freshman season as he led St. Joseph’s in steals, 43, and was second on the team in assists with 89. Jimenez was ranked No. 15 in Division III with a 2.47 assist-to-turnover ratio. This two-time Skyline Rookie of the Week winner shot 40% from three-point range and scored 339 total points in 2008-09.
Jimenez came to St. Joseph’s as one of its mostly highly regarded freshmen in recent years. He immediately stepped into the starting five at the point and appeared in all 28 contests.
But Jimenez’s high school career was nothing to shake aside, either. This speedy player was the point guard for St. Anthony’s (South Huntington, NY) 2007 CHSAA Long Island Championship team. As a three-year starter, Jimenez was All-Conference and All-League in his junior and senior years, and All-County in his junior year. Jimenez also won the Tenety Award at graduation.
All information courtesy St. Joseph's College Athletics
