2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 55
Jose Perez
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High School:
- Wings Academy
- Prev School:
- Manhattan
West Virginia (2022-23)
- Enrolled at WVU for spring semester but did not compete
Prior to West Virginia
- Started 29 of 30 games played last season at Manhattan, where he averaged 18.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists
- Earned First Team All-MAAC honors
- Led the MAAC in scoring and in free throws made (182) and was second in assists (136)
- Had 14 games of 20 or more points
- Had 27 points at home against Iona, including the game-winning basket with less than five seconds to play
- Scored a MAAC-best and season-high 38 points at Niagara (season-high seven 3-point field goals)
- Had 12 assists versus Manhattanville
- Scored 21 against Rider in the MAAC Tournament
- Played the 2020-21 season at Marquette, where he played in 10 games
- Scored a season-high eight points at DePaul and had five points in the victory at North Carolina
- Spent his first two seasons at Gardner-Webb, where he helped the Bulldogs to the 2019 Big South Championship
- In his sophomore season, he averaged 15.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game
- Reached double figures on 18 occasions, including hitting for at least 20 points or more on four occasions
- Hit a then-career high 35 points against Winthrop and had a season-high 11 rebounds against UT Martin
- As a freshman, he broke the Gardner-Webb single-season freshmen scoring record for the Division I era with 526 points, averaging 15.1 points per game
- Reached double figures in scoring 29 times, playing in all 35 games with 26 starts
- Was one of only two freshmen in Division I to record a triple-double that season, along with Duke’s R.J. Barrett
- Had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Savannah State
- Had a team-best 19 points in the NCAA Tournament opener vs. eventual national champion Virginia
- Has played in 97 career games, starting 76 during his collegiate career
- For his career, he has scored 1,460 points, grabbed 444 rebounds and dished out 338 assists
- Played a postgraduate season at Putnam Science Academy (Conn.), where he led the Mustangs to a 38-4 record, a No. 1 national prep school ranking and the program’s first-ever National Prep Championship
- Led Putnam Science in scoring at 18.8 ppg with 5.2 rpg and 3.7 apg
- Played his prep basketball at Wings Academy, where he was a two-time All-New York City and NYSSWA All-State selection
- Earned Second Team All-New York City honors as a senior, averaging 23.4 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game en route to garnering All-State honors
- Played on the U17 Dominican Republic Junior National Team in 2015 and on the U18 Dominican Republic Junior National Team in 2016
Personal
- Son of Juana Hernandez
- Birthday is Oct. 14
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Graduated with a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree
TV Highlights: WVU 80, Wheeling 54
Monday, October 27
Ross Hodge | Wheeling Postgame
Sunday, October 26
Harlan Obioha & Brenen Lorient | Wheeling Postgame
Sunday, October 26
Honor Huff Scores Three Against Wheeling
Sunday, October 26
