2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Wes Salonen
Peyton Bartsch
Peyton Bartsch
Wes Salonen
Stayson Isobe

15 Jalen Cone

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Walkertown, N.C.
  • High School Walkertown

Biography

Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

2022-23 (Junior): Played 33 games and started 32… Led Lumberjacks in points, field goals, three pointers, free throws and minutes played… Third Team All Big Sky and an All Tournament Team selection… set a career high with 45 points against Southern Utah on Dec. 12… Double digit scorer in all four Big Sky tournament games.

2021-22 (COVID Sophomore): All-Big Sky Third Team...NAU's Male Newcomer of the Year and Male Lumberjack of the Year...Appeared in all 32 games with 31 starts...One of three players to play in all 32 games...Voted one of three team captains...Averaged 18.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game...Ranked third in the Big Sky and 49th in the country in points per game...Also ranked 44th in the country with 602 points scored, which ranks as second-most in a single-season in program history...Recorded double-digit points in 28 of 32 games...Posted 14 games with at least 20 points, tied for fourth-most by a Lumberjack in last 26 seasons...First Lumberjack with three 30-point games in 19 seasons...Scored career-high 36 points vs. Sacramento State....Also scored 35 points at Idaho and 33 points at South Dakota...Shot .387 from the field, .352 behind the arc and .827 at the free throw line...Ranked 32nd in the country with 93 three-pointers made and 33rd with 2.91 three-pointers per game...His 93 three-pointers tied for fifth-most in a single-season in program history...Had five or more three-pointers in eight games including season-high seven twice at South Dakota and vs. Embry-Riddle...Also ranked 97th in the country with 197 field goals made, which ranks as ninth-most in a single season in program history...Pulled down career-high 10 rebounds at Weber State...Posted first career double-double with 19 points and career-high 11 assists vs. Northern Colorado...Ranked ninth in the Big Sky in assists per game...Recorded career-high three steals twice at Weber State and Southern Utah...Totaled multiple steals in five games...Averaged 34.6 minutes per game, which led the Big Sky and ranked 90th in the country...Tallied 1,108 minutes, the fourth-most in a single-season in program history...Totaled 602 points, 95 rebounds, 116 assists and 23 steals.

Virginia Tech (2019-21): Appeared in 47 games and earned five starts across two seasons...Limited to 15 games with four starts due to an injury as a sophomore in 2020-21...Averaged 9.2 points in 20.0 minutes per game...During six-game stretch, averaged 17.2 points and shot 43.3 percent from three-point range with a high of 23 points at Louisville...Had seven games with at least three three-pointers...Played in all 32 games as a true freshman and drew three starts as a freshman in 2019-20...Led the ACC, and ranked seventh in the country, in three-point percentage at 45.7 percent...Averaged 8.0 points in 18.4 minutes per game...Scored a team-high 19 points in 19 minutes with five three-pointers off the bench to lead the Hokies to comeback win at Syracuse...Posted season-high 20 points versus Miami...Overall averaged 8.4 points in two seasons and shot 41.1 percent behind the arc...Scored double-digit points in 19 games...Named to ACC All-Academic Team in 2020-21.

High School: Played for head coach Kevin Thompson at Walkertown High School...Averaged 25.7 points and 6.6 assists per game in 2018-19 and 35.5 points per game in 2017-18...Led the state of North Carolina and was top five scorer in the country in 2017-18...Helped team win first-ever conference championship...Won the Frank Spencer Award as the top player in Northwest North Carolina...Top 100 prospect...Ranked as the No. 8 point guard in the nation and a four-star prospect by 247Sports.com...Ranked No. 53 in the ESPN 100 rankings for the Class of 2020...Second Team All-State selection as a junior by USA Today and the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association...Conference Player of the Year every year...Played in Josh Level Classic and finished with 28 points.

Personal: Born Dec. 14 in Greensboro, N.C....Son of Alicia and Harold...Has two older brothers, Drew and Madison, and one younger sister, Joy...Father, both brothers and younger sister all played or currently plays collegiate basketball...Has a daughter, Ivy Faithe...Hobbies include piano, acoustic guitar and turtles...Played with Bam Adebayo and played against the Ball brothers, Jayson Tatum and De'Aaron Fox...Chose NAU because of the opportunity to lead and change the culture...Also considered Tennessee, Duke, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, NC State, Penn State, Wake Forest and Indiana.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Sophomore

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    5'11" 175 lbs
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    2022-23Junior

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    5'11" 175 lbs
    15