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Jaron Rillie

Height:
6-3
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Sydney, Australia
Prev School:
Samford

Awards & Honors
- Big Sky First Team All-Conference (2024-2025)
- Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (2024-2025)

UNC
2024-25: Started all 24 games he played in. Averaged 14.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. Helped lead the Bears to an appearance in the Big Sky Conference Championship game. Led the Bears with 195 total rebounds. Also led the team in assists per game. Recorded a season high 24 points in the game against Weber State and again in the Big Sky Championship game against Montana.

2023-24: Appeared and started in 28 games for the Bears. Averaged 11.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. Recorded a season high 30 points in the game against North Dakota.

2022-23 at Samford: Made an appearance in 32 games while starting in 13 … averaged 20.8 minutes per contest … averaged 4.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game … amassed 79 assists, good enough for second-most on the team … shot 47 percent from the field, 37 percent from three, and 75 percent from the free throw line.

2021-22 at Samford: Played in all 32 games, earning the starting nod five times … averaged 4.4 points, two rebounds, and 1.75 assists per contest … shot 37 percent from beyond the arc, converting on 31 of 83 three-point attempts … shot 85 percent from the free-throw line.

2020-21 at Samford: Saw action in all 19 games for the Bulldogs, making six starts at point guard ... Proved to be one of the most reliable freshman in the SoCon, averaging 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

Prep: Graduated from Dos Pueblos High School 2019, and spent the 2019-20 season at Link Year Prep in Brandon, Mo. … Named team captain, team MVP and first team All-Channel League honors … played point guard at both Dos Pueblos and Link Year Prep . . . his team also won the Ventura Kiwanis Christmas Tournament … starred on the Idaho Select (2015-17) and West Coast Elite (2018-19) teams … his father, John, played collegiately at Gonzaga and later played professionally overseas, and is currently the head coach of Australia's NBL team the Perth Wildcats.

Personal: Son of Heidi and John Rillie. Has two siblings. Majoring in Philosophy.