Jerome Randle

Classroom

Randle is on pace to graduate in May 2010 with a degree in African American studies.  He holds a 2.418 grade point average in his studies and was a member of the National Honors Society in high school.

Character

Randle took the reigns as the team leader last season, both on and off the court.  He had a fantastic junior season and became the captain and face of the team.  Randle has been an excellent mentor to the younger players on the team.  They all look up to him and seek his advice regularly.  During his time at Cal, Randle endured a kidney biopsy that caused him to miss the first two games of the 2007-08 season, when he was contending for a starting role.  Listed at 5’10”, Randle has constantly had critics tell him that he is too small to play at the next level (NBA).  Those critiques motivate him to work harder to prove the naysayers wrong.

Community

Randle volunteers his time at summer basketball camps at Cal and devoted his time to help the kids make the best of their experiences.  Last season, he was one of the Bears who took time out of his busy schedule to donate some time at the children’s hospital in Oakland.  Randle also volunteers his time with the grandson of a former Cal basketball player from the 1950s, Rupe Rickson, who recently passed away.  He spends time with Jimmy Rickson, playing basketball with him and teaching the fundamentals of the game.

Competition

Randle was named a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award.  He has emerged as an All-American after a fantastic junior season in which he was one of the nation’s best three-point shooters.  Randle made an impressive 82 three-pointers in 2008-09 and shot 46.3 percent from three-point range ranking him 12th in the nation and third-best at Cal.  The career-best free throw shooter in school history, Randle enters the current season having made 85.5 percent of his attempts from the line.  He was named a first-team All-Pac 10 selection last season and named to the All-District IX team by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.  Also, Randle ranks 20th all-time in scoring at Cal with 1,184 career points scored and scored over half (603) of those points a season ago, which was good for seventh all-time in a season at Cal.  In addition, he is the seventh best assist man at Cal with 374 career assists and is third in three-pointers made with 160.  Randle also set the school record for three-point attempts in a season with 177.  His career three-point percentage of 40.6 percent ranks fifth on Cal’s all-time list and his career free throw percentage of 86.3 percent is good for sixth all-time at Cal.  Randle drilled eight three-pointers at Arizona on March 5, 2009, one shy of the school record for most in a game.  He ended the night scoring 31 points, becoming the 32nd player in school history to score 30-plus points in a game.  On the season, Randle led the Bears by averaging 18.3 points per game and tallying 15 20-point efforts.