Jerry Lamar Braswell

Background

Braswell was born in Cuthbert, Georgia.

Education

He attended Randolph-Clay High School in Cuthbert, where he was the first freshman player to ever start for Coach Joe Williams.

Career

He was a European professional basketball player in Germany from 1998-1999. Education and Braswell was the team"s Most Valuable Player for four years and the consensus 1994 Georgia high school player of the year and rated as one of the Nations top 25 players. In 1994, Braswell was in the Kentucky Fried Chicken All-America Game, turning down the McDonald"s All-American game to be with a group of his Amateur Athletic Union peers.

Braswell named to the United States of America Today All-United States of America Team in 1994.

Braswell accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Wake Forest University in 1994, where he played for Coach Dave Odom"s Wake-Forest Demon Deacons men"s basketball team during the 1994–1998 season as a four year starter. He sat out the first five games of his second year due to being academically ineligible by the school"s standards, although he was eligible by National Collegiate Athletic Association standards.

Braswell graduated from college with a communications degree. After Wake-Forest, Braswell played professionally in Europe in 1998-1999 for a team in Germany, where he averaged 24 points per game, and led his team to the playoffs for the first time.

He suffered a career-ending ankle injury.

He later served as Assistant Coach at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey.

Achievements

• Braswell played along with National Basketball Association star Tim Duncan and helped Wake-Forest to win two Administrative Committee on Company-ordination titles, three appearances in the National Collegiate Athletic Association March Madness, an Elite 8 Appearance in 1996, and Team Ranked #2 Nationally for 19 straight weeks during 1996-1997 season.