Derrick Lamar Jasper is an American basketball player from San Luis Obispo, California.
Education
Jasper was ranked in the top 40 in many national rankings, Japser was a consensus 4 star prospect. He was also the 5th ranked point guard in the class of 2006 by Rivals.com. He attended Paso Robles High School.
After getting offers from schools such as Memphis, Washington, and Illinois, he decided to play at the University of He joined Jodie Meeks, Perry Stevenson, and Michael Porter as "s 2006 recruiting class.
Career
He is listed as a point guard, but he is versatile enough to also play the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is currently assistant director of video operations for the Red Raiders basketball program As a freshman, he was chosen to start as Tubby Smith"s point guard over junior Ramel Bradley.
He ended up starting the final 27 games of the 2006-2007 season.
After the 2006-2007 season, Jasper thought about transferring but new coach Billy Gillispie convinced him to stay. Over the summer he had microfracture surgery performed on his left knee and ended up missing the first 10 games of the 2007-2008 season.
When he returned to action, he was the Wildcats" sixth man until freshman star Patrick Patterson would go out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his ankle. After Patterson"s injury, Jasper would take his place in the lineup.
His final game with the would be played in the first round of the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament versus the Marquette Golden Eagles.
In May 2008, rumors circulated that Jasper was transferring from to a school closer to his Paso Robles, California home. The schools that were named as his possible destinations were, California, and University of California, Los Los Angeles This proved to be true when he asked for his release from the team in June. Jasper said "My transfer is no indication of my experience here, I like the direction they"re headed in, it"s just that I would like to attend a place closer to my home." Jasper ended up transferring to to play for head coach Lon Kruger.
He said he liked how he fit in with the team and how Kruger motivated his players.
He sat out the 2008-2009 season because of National Collegiate Athletic Association transfer rules. He is currently starting at guard for the Runnin" Rebels and has led the team to wins against #16 Louisville and #15 New Mexico.
Jasper was hired by as a graduate assistant in 2011 before taking on his current role as assistant video coordinator.
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Quotations:
"My transfer is no indication of my experience here, I like the direction they"re headed in, it"s just that I would like to attend a place closer to my home.".