Jonathan Wallace

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This article is about the American basketball player. For the U.S. Representative from Ohio, see Jonathan H. Wallace.

Jonathan Wallace

College	Georgetown University
Sport	Basketball
Position	Point guard
Class	Senior
Nickname	J. Wall, Little Buddy
Career	2004 – present
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	188 lb (85 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	May 16, 1986 (1986-05-16) (age 22) Huntsville, Alabama
High school	Sparkman High School, Harvest, Alabama

Jonathan Lewis Wallace (born May 16, 1986, in Huntsville, Alabama) is a collegiate men's basketball player in the NCAA. The 6'1", 188 pound senior attends Georgetown University. He is a government major and was recently accepted to Georgetown University Law Center. Wallace plays primarily at the point guard position under coach John Thompson III. He wears number 2 and has started every game since coming to Georgetown.

[edit] High school career

Jonathan Wallace attended Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama, where he averaged 16.5 points, 4.1 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. Wallace also played golf and captained the football team as starting quarterback. In addition, he was Second-Team All-State, Huntsville All-Metro Team, North Alabama Regional Team, and Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalist. Off the playing field, he was student government president, a National Honor Society member, and a Red Cross volunteer. Wallace also served as a member of the Sparkman High School's We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution team in 2004 when it won 4th place in the national competition. ^[1]

[edit] Collegiate career

Wallace was originally recruited by Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III when he was still coaching at Princeton University. In his freshman year, he averaged 6.5 points, 2.2 assists, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.2 steals during 30.4 minutes. Sophomore year, Wallace had improved to 8.6 points, 3.2 assists, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.0 steals during 31.1 minutes. In his junior year, Wallace was the starting point guard and led the team, along with highly touted juniors Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green, to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, before losing to Ohio State. Wallace finished the season averaging 11.4 points, 3.1 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and .8 steals during 32.2 minutes, and shot an exceptional 49% from 3 point range. He gained national attention in an Elite Eight matchup with UNC after hitting a 3 pointer with 31 seconds left to tie the game. The Hoyas would later win in overtime. Wallace, whom Roy Hibbert has nicknamed "Little Buddy", is on the 2007 pre-season All-Big East first team. Wallace's Hoyas would be denied a second trip to the Final Four in his senior season, losing in the second round to Stephen Curry and Davidson.^[2]