JODIE MEEKS

JODIE MEEKS

  • Led Norcross High School to its first state basketball championship in 2006.
  • Named Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 2006 Player of the Year.
  • Named Gwinnett Daily Post’s 2006 Player of the Year.
  • 2006 Atlanta Tipoff Club Metro Player of the Year and February 2006 Player of the Month.
  • Named to the Georgia High School Association All Star Team and led the North Team to its first win in over 3 years.
  • Named to the All-Tournament Team at Bob Gibbons, Kingwood, The Main Event (Las Vegas), Chick-Fil-A, and Dell Curry’s Bojangles tournament.
  • In 2006, listed as the #7 shooting guard and #39 player in the nation.
  • 2006 University of Kentucky Freshman Year – Chevrolet Player of the game vs. University of Louisville scoring 18 points, led team to victory in Freedom Hall
  • Named the SEC Freshman of the Week 3 times during his freshman season with the Kentucky Wildcats.
  • Selected for the SEC All-Freshman Team.
  • Named Freshman All American by college insider.com 2006/2007
  • SEC Academic All American while at University of Kentucky 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
  • November 2008 scored 37 points in 74-72 win over Kansas State in the Las Vegas Findlay Invitational Tournament earning MVP honors.
  • Set a record for the most points scored by a Wildcat in Freedom Hall with 46 points.
  • In 2009, broke Kentucky’s single-game scoring record by scoring 54 points in a 90–72 win.
  • In 2009, broke the record for most 3-pointers in a season at the University of Kentucky, with 117.
  • February of 2009, hit game winning fall away three-point shot to defeat University of Florida 68-65, with 4.7 seconds left on the clock.
  • In February of 2009, 45-point game vs. University of Arkansas in Bud Walton Arena breaking the arena record for points scored.
  • First player since the 2004-05 season to be named AP First Team All-SEC.
  • Was a consensus Second Team All-American in 2008-09.
  • In 2009 NBA draft, was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks
  • After being drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2009, returned to the University of Kentucky each off-season and on May 10, 2014, received a degree in Business Marketing.
  • 2011 Philadelphia 76ers earned first starting job and led the team in 3-point shooting and helped them earn a playoff berth.
  • Second start for Philadelphia 76ers matched Allen Iverson’s arena record for points in a first quarter with 20 – scoring all 20 in a 26-5 run in a five-minute span.  Made 6 three-point shots.
  • During his Detroit Pistons debut in 2014, he scored 12 points off the bench and helped the Pistons break their 13-game losing streak.
  • March of 2014 scored 42 points playing with the Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder.  Named player of the game.
  • With the Toronto Raptors, they defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals.

Jodie Meeks’ Decorated Career Leads to Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.