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