College of Saint Rose Athletics

ABOUT CLARK: Club’s top returning scorer for the second consecutive year…Team co-captain…An outstanding combo guard who is a potent long range shooter…Has a solid handle and can also run the point…Chose Saint Rose ahead of NCAA Division I schools Sacred Heart, Florida A&M and Eastern Kentucky…Is a career 36.6 percent (181-for-494) 3-point shooter…Has been in double-figures scoring 52 times.

AS A JUNIOR: Named a third-team NE-10 All-Conference pick…Selected to the conference’s weekly honor roll on eight occasions…Became the 22nd player in school annals to reach the 1,000 point plateau during an 80-59 setback at Stonehill (2/21/09)…Finished eighth in the NE-10 in scoring with 16.3 points and was 12th with 1.5 steals per-outing…Furthermore wound up 10th with 2.2, 3-pointers per-game…Had 61 on the year and buried 32.8 percent (61-for-186) of his attempts from long range…Finished fourth in the league in playing time behind an average of 35.2 minutes…Was in double-figures scoring on 23 occasions and was the team’s top point producer 14 times…Accounted for five of the team’s top six single-game scoring marks…Finished in twin figures during 14 of the final 15 games of the year…Tossed in a career-high 31 points in an 88-79 OT loss at Saint Anselm (2/24/09)…Dished out a career-best seven assists in a 70-52 victory at Saint Michael’s (2/4/09)…Recorded 18 of his 28 points after halftime during a 68-49 victory versus NYIT (12/30/08) at the C.W. Post Holiday Classic.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Was the team’s first option off the bench for most of the year although he did make six starts, including the team’s two NCAA Tournament games…Scored 11.0 points throughout an average of 26.3 minutes of playing time on the year…Wound up 11th in the NE-10 with 2.13, 3-pointers per-game…Was in double-figures scoring 15 times…Tossed in a career-high 25 points, on a 5-for-7 shooting effort from the arc, in an 87-72 win versus UPR-Rio Piedras (11/23/07)…Went 8-for-13 from the floor and 4-for-8 from long range on the way to a 22 point performance in a 75-73 victory versus Holy Family (12/22/07).

AS A FRESHMAN: Was a major contributor as the squad’s “sixth man”…Played in 30 games and earned one start...Averaged 8.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 20.4 minutes of action…Led the squad by shooting 42.1 percent from 3-point range (53-for-126)…Averaged 11.0 points on 44.4 percent (8-for-18) shooting from the arc throughout the postseason…Scored a season-high 22 points via 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc in his first career start, an 83-79 OT setback at Assumption (2/10/07)…Followed that performance with 21 points after hitting 8-of-12 shots, including 5-of-7 from long range, in a 75-61 win versus Saint Anselm (2/15/07)…Named to the NE-10 weekly honor roll (3/5/07)…Reached double-figures in scoring 14 times during the year.

2005-06: Sat out the vast majority of the season after suffering an injury…Played a collective eight minutes throughout three games…Scored all three of his points in a 72-57 loss at UMass Lowell (11/22/05).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four year starter at Perth Amboy where he closed out his career as the third all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,561 points…Set a Middlesex County record with 256 career 3-pointers…Also established a single-season standard with 113 treys five years ago when he paced the county and finished second in the state with 30.1 ppg…Was a three-time “Red Division” Greater Middlesex Conference All-Star…Chosen a third-team All-Area pick as a junior and garnered second-team accolades as a senior…Played for John Mazurek…Also played baseball.

GENERAL: Played AAU ball for the Jersey Jammers and the Linden Flames…Listed Allen Iverson, Chris Paul and Pete Maravich as the athletes he most admires…Would like to play professionally and possibly pursue a career in the Navy following his graduation from Saint Rose…Said his family members are the people who have had the most influence on him…Worked as a park counselor in his hometown and also did some construction work this past summer…Also worked as a coach at the Saint Rose basketball camp…Has a brother who played baseball at Saint Peter’s College…Said the Golden Knights’ comeback from 12 down with less than two minutes remaining against Pace University in an NE-10 semifinal game two years ago has been his sports moment to date…Favorite food is pasta and chicken…Favorite musician is Jay-Z.

COACH BEAURY ON CLARK: “Jermaine is a flat out scorer of the basketball. He had a great summer and we are very excited to see him flourish once again this season. Over the course of his career he has improved in every single category. As a returning All-League player, we expect him to set the tone for our program as we move forward this season. We look for him to provide senior leadership and set the bar high for the underclassmen to follow.”