Jaron Faulds

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Height:
6-10
Weight:
240
Hometown:
Holt, Mich.
High School:
Holt

Pronunciation: “j-aaron” | “fall’dz”

Who is Jaron Faulds ...
• Brought strong value to the U-M Scout Team, especially down low
• Strong practice and scout team player
• Constant motor in practice
• Transferred from Columbia after freshman year; sat out the 2018-19 season due to NCAA rules

Michigan Career
• Helped U-M to the Big Ten regular season title (2021); first title since 2014
• Helped U-M to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2019, '21, '22); 2020 was canceled due to covid-19
   • Helped U-M advance to three NCAA Sweet 16s (2019, '21, '22)
   • Helped U-M advance to the NCAA Elite Eight (2021)
• Helped U-M to the 2020 Battle 4 Atlantis title, winning three games in three days -- Iowa State, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 Gonzaga at the Atlantis Resort
• Helped U-M to the 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff title, defeating George Washington and Providence at the Mohegan Sun Resort
• Helped U-M to its fifth 30-win season (2018-19; 30-7)
• Michigan Academic Achievement (2019)

Graduate Student (2021-22)
• Took advantage of the NCAA’s one-time additional eligibility rule in response covid-19
• Played in 15 games off the bench
   • One of Wolverines key scout team players
• Scored 13 points; scoring in six games
   • Had a U-M career-high four points against Nebraska (Dec. 7)
• Grabbed 10 rebounds
   • Had a U-M career-high-tying three rebounds at Illinois (Jan. 14)
• Averaged 3.4 minutes per game (51 minutes)
   • Had a season-high 12 minutes at Illinois (Jan. 14)

Senior (2020-21)
• Played in 10 games off the bench
   • One of Wolverines key scout team players
• Scored a season-high two points, 2x -- Ball State (Dec. 2) and Michigan State (March 4)
• Grabbed five rebounds (four offensive, one defensive)
   • Had season-high two rebounds, 2x -- UCF (Dec. 6) and Northwestern (Jan. 4)
• Averaged 2.7 minutes per game (27 minutes)
   • Had a season-high four minutes, 3x -- Northwestern (Jan. 3), Minnesota (Jan. 6) and Illinois (March 2)

Junior (2019-20)
• Played in five games off the bench
   • One of Wolverines key scout team players
   • Season was cut short after all postseason tournaments were canceled due to covid-19
   • Made U-M debut against Houston Baptist (Nov. 22); two points and two rebounds
• Scored a season-high two points, 2x -- Houston Baptist (Nov. 22) and UMass-Lowell (Dec. 29)
• Grabbed seven rebounds (one offensive, seven defensive)
   • Had a U-M career-high three rebounds against Presbyterian College (Dec. 21)
• Averaged 1.8 minutes per game (nine minutes)
   • Had a season-high three minutes, 2x -- Houston Baptist (Nov. 22) and Presbyterian College (Dec. 21)

Sophomore (2018-19)
• Transferred from Columbia; sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
• One of Wolverines key scout team players

Freshman (2017-18 | at Columbia)
• Played 26 games, with one start
   • Started first career game against West Point (Nov. 21); six points and five rebounds
• Averaged 4.5 points per game, with two double figure scoring games
   • Scored a career-high 17 points at Albany (Dec. 2), going 8-for-10 from field
   • Scored 12 points at Quinnipiac (Dec. 4), going 5-for-7 from field
• Averaged 3.2 rebounds per game, with six games of 5+ rebounds
   • Had a career-high seven rebounds at Boston College (Dec. 12)
• Second on Columbia with 26 blocks (1.0 per game); with four games of 3+ blocks
   • Had a career-best four against Harvard (Feb. 2)
• Averaged 14.2 minutes

Prep Career
• Rated as No. 31 center and the No. 6 player in Michigan by ESPN.com in the Class of 2017
• Holds Holt High School records for blocks (261), rebounds (782) and single season rebounds (278, 2016-17)
• Detroit Free Press Class A All-State first team (2017), fifth team (2016)
• Detroit News Class A All-State second team (2017), honorable mention (2016)
• Associated Press Class A All-State, honorable mention (2016, '17)
• Capital Area Activities Conference Blue All-Conference selection (2015, '16, '17)
• Member of two district championship teams and CAAC Blue league championship team (2014)
• As a senior (2016-17), averaged 17.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocks
• Member of the Gym Rats Basketball Association National Championship team with AAU's The Family (2015)
• Reached the Peach Jam Elite Eight with Nike MeanStreets (2016)

Personal
• Born July 6, 1999 in Holt, Michigan
• Son of Polly (mother) & Daniel Boettcher and Travis (father) & Nicole Faulds
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science & the Arts
• Majoring in communication & media

Personal Notes
• Father, Travis, played basketball at Hillsdale College (1987-91)