Travele Jones

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Travele Jones
No. 1 – Sendai 89ers
Position	Power forward
League	bj league
Personal information
Born	(1988-11-09) November 9, 1988
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Inglewood (Inglewood, California)
College	Cerritos College (2006–2008) Texas Southern (2009–2011)
NBA draft	2011 / Undrafted
Pro playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2012	El Massagno
2012–2013	Verviers-Pepinster
2013–present	Sendai 89ers
Career highlights and awards
SWAC Player of the Year (2011) First team All-SWAC (2011) AP honorable mention All-American (2011)

Travele Jones (born November 9, 1988) is an American basketball player, currently with the Sendai 89ers of the Japanese bj League. Jones was an All-American college player at Texas Southern University.

Jones came to Texas Southern after two seasons at Cerritos College, a junior college in California.^[1] After averaging 13.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a junior in 2009–10, Jones raised his game in his final season. He led the Tigers to a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season championship, averaging 16 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. At the conclusion of the season, Jones was named the SWAC Player of the Year^[2] and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.^[3]

Following the close of his college career, Jones was not selected in the 2011 NBA draft. He instead signed with El Massagno in Switzerland's LNB. Following the 2011–12 season, where he averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds, he moved to Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium.^[4] For the 2013–14 season, Jones signed with the Sendai 89ers in Japan.

References

↑ "Where They Go After Cerritos College (Since 1983)". Cerritos College. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
↑ "SWAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams Named". Southwestern Athletic Conference. March 7, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
↑ "2011 AP All-America teams". CBSSports.com. March 28, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
↑ "Travele Jones signs on with Verviers". court-side.com. Retrieved December 21, 2013.

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Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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1975: E. Short
1976: Wright
1977: P. Short
1978: P. Short
1979: Smith
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1988: A. Johnson
1989: T. Brooks
1990: Faulkner
1991: Rogers
1992: Rogers
1993: Hunter
1994: Scales
1995: Sykes
1996: Mann
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1999: Smylie
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2001: Jefferson
2002: Haynes
2003: Burks
2004: Norwood
2005: Trotter
2006: Rush
2007: T. Johnson
2008: Hayles
2009: B. Brooks
2010: G. Johnson
2011: Jones
2012: Crosby
2013: Strong

Persondata
Name	Jones, Travele
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	November 9, 1988
Place of birth
Date of death
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