Jerrick Harding (born April 13, 1998) is an American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player for

Baxi Manresa Baxi is part of BDR Thermea, one of Europe's largest manufacturers and distributors of domestic and commercial water and space heating systems. Baxi employs 6,400 people throughout Europe, with a turnover exceeding €1.2 billion. The gr ...

of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. He played

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

for the

Weber State Wildcats The Weber State Wildcats are the varsity athletic teams representing Weber State University in Ogden, Utah in intercollegiate athletics, sponsoring 16 teams. The Wildcats compete in NCAA Division I FCS and are charter members (1963) of the Big Sk ...

and left as the program's all-time leading scorer.

Early life and high school career

Harding started playing basketball at age two and was also involved in

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

and

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

in his childhood. He began competing on the

Amateur Athletic Union The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. It has ...

circuit at a late age. Harding played for Wichita Southeast High School in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

. He did not receive any

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...

offers until his senior season, when he averaged 27.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, leading his team to a 20–5 record and to the Class 6A state title game. In the state tournament, he averaged 34.3 points per game and his 103 points broke a 37-year-old 6A tournament record. He graduated as his school's all-time leading scorer. Harding was named Kansas

Gatorade Player of the Year The Gatorade Player of the Year awards are given annually to up and coming high school student-athletes in the United States. They are given for boys' baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine playe ...

. On April 22, 2016, he committed to play

for Weber State over an offer from Loyola (Illinois). He was drawn to the program in part because Damian Lillard, one of his favorite players, had played there.

College career

Harding received sparse minutes in his freshman season before working his way into the rotation and had double-digit points in seven straight games to end the season. Harding averaged 9.3 points per game as a freshman at Weber State, even though his coach wanted to

redshirt Redshirt, Red Shirt, or Redshirts may refer to: Entertainment * ''Red Shirts'' (film), a 1952 film about Anita Garibaldi by Franco Rossi * Redshirt (stock character), originally derived from ''Star Trek'', a stock character who dies soon after b ...

him at first. On March 3, 2018, he scored a school-record 46 points in a 95–92 overtime win over

Montana State Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's largest university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 68 fields, and doctoral degrees in 35 fiel ...

. As a sophomore, Harding averaged 22 points per game and was named to the First Team All- Big Sky. He finished the season with 682 points, the most by a sophomore in school history. On December 22, 2018, Harding scored a junior season-high 36 points in an 83–69 victory over Delaware State. He averaged 21.4 points per game as a junior and earned First Team All-Big Sky honors for his second straight year. After the season, Harding declared for the

2019 NBA draft The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, i ...

, before returning to school. On January 25, 2020, Harding scored 32 points, including nine in overtime, in a 87–85 victory over

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. He became the third Weber State player to surpass the 2,000 point milestone. On February 6, he scored a senior season-high 44 points and surpassed Jeremy Senglin to become Weber State's all-time leading scorer in a 70–66 win over

Sacramento State California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...

. As a senior, Harding averaged 22.2 points per game, which ranked seventh among

players, as well as 2.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game. He was a Second Team All-Big Sky selection. He finished his career as Weber State's all-time leader in free throw percentage, at 86.8 percent, and scored the third-most points in Big Sky history.

Professional career

On August 4, 2020, Harding signed his first professional contract with Basketball Nymburk of the Czech National Basketball League. On July 23, 2022, he has signed with

of the

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Weber State , 32 , , 7 , , 17.6 , , .497 , , .405 , , .859 , , 1.8 , , .8 , , .6 , , .2 , , 9.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Weber State , 31 , , 31 , , 32.9 , , .530 , , .425 , , .882 , , 3.4 , , 1.7 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 22.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Weber State , 30 , , 29 , , 33.9 , , .471 , , .366 , , .870 , , 3.4 , , 1.4 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , 21.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Weber State , 29 , , 28 , , 34.0 , , .488 , , .328 , , .863 , , 2.9 , , 2.2 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 22.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 122 , , 95 , , 29.4 , , .497 , , .372 , , .869 , , 2.9 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 18.6

References

External links

Weber State Wildcats bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Jerrick 1998 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Andorra American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic American men's basketball players Basketball Nymburk players Basketball players from Wichita, Kansas Bàsquet Manresa players BC Andorra players Expatriate basketball people in Andorra Shooting guards Weber State Wildcats men's basketball players Wichita Southeast High School alumni