Lavrio announced the acquisition of Jack Forrest. The 23-year-old shooting guard/forward (1.95m) comes directly from a US college.
The announcement:
KAE Lavrio is pleased to announce its agreement with athlete Jack Forrest ahead of the 2024-2025 season.
The new player of our team was born on August 15, 2000 in Baltimore, he is 1.95m tall. and competes as a shooting guard and small forward.
In 2019, he graduated from the famous Lower Merion High School, where Kobe Bryant also graduated.
He combined basketball with his studies starting at top academic Columbia University where he played in 27 games averaging 8.9 points and 3.3 rebounds.
The next two years he was at Saint Joseph’s. In the 2020-2021 season he averaged 10.4 points and 3.3 rebounds in 14 games. In the 2021-2022 season he played in 22 games and had 3.6 points and 1.7 rebounds.
He decided to attend Bucknell for the next two years and graduated with a degree in Economics.
In the 2022-2023 season he had 10.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 38.7% from three (41/106) in 22 games.
Last season, his performance skyrocketed. Played in 33 games, all as a starter, and had 16 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals on 37.1% 3-point shooting (86/232).
With his performance, he was selected in the best five of his region (Patriot) in the NCAA and was named Patriot League Scholar – Athlete of the Year.
Lavrio’s family welcomes Jack to the team and wishes him a good racing year with health and success!
Source: Sport Fm
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