Jonathan Rodríguez (basketball)
# Jonathan Rodríguez (basketball)

Jonathan John Rodríguez (born November 3, 1987) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico. He played college basketball for Campbell University in the ASUN Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

## Biography

Rodríguez had a stellar high school career at Calusa Preparatory, where he led the team to Florida’s state championship in 2005. He had an average of 25.5 points per game and was selected as Florida’s Player of the Year in Class 1-A, Miami Herald 3A-1A Player of the Year.

Rodríguez would begin his college basketball career with Campbell in 2006. He debuted as a starting forward. He had a notable rookie year being ranked among the Atlantic Sun Conference’s leaders in several statistical categories; he led the conference with 8.8 rebounds per game and finished third in the conference with 17.3 points per game. Rodríguez was Campbell's first freshman to earn all-conference honors since Joe Spinks gained second team All-Big South recognition in 1991. He was the only freshman player in school Division I history to gain first-team all-league recognition. He compiled 12 double-doubles in 31 games and scored in double figures in 28 of 31 games played, in eleven occasions breaking the twenty point mark. He tied the school’s points record by for a freshman with 30 points against Stetson as well as the free throw percentage mark with a 10 out of ten performance on the same game.

Following his sophomore year Rodríguez received several honors, these included being selected first-team all-state by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association. Several specialized websites awarded him recognitions including CollegeHoops.net and CollegeInsider.com who named him an honorable mention Mid-Major All-American. MidMajority.com considered him the Atlantic Sun Conference's player of the year. He was also selected as a first-team all-conference player by the A-Sun's coaches. Rodríguez finished his second college year in twenty-second and twentieth places in the NCAA in scoring and rebounds, with 20.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. He became the second player in Campbell's history to score more than 600 points in a season, finishing with a total of 626 and became the fastest player to pass the 1,000 points mark. Rodríguez scored in double figures in thirty-eight consecutive games and scored twenty points and ten rebounds in twelve games. Among A-Sun players, he finished second in offensive and defensive rebounds. On May 10, 2008, he participated in a special event organized by the National Superior Basketball (BSN) league, where a team of college students competed against a team of young BSN players. In this game he played 11:35 minutes and scored five rebounds and one assist.

