Jason Bohannon Class: Senior Hometown: Marion, Iowa High School: Linn-Mar Height / Weight: 6-2 / 195 Position: G Experience: 3V

A sharp-shooting guard, senior Jason Bohannon started all 33 games last season for the Badgers. After earning Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year honors in 2008, Bohannon followed that up by ranking third on the team with 10.3 points per game in 2009. One of the conference's best free throw shooters, he is also the Badgers' most lethal 3-point threat. Has played in 102 career games (35 starts), including 85 consecutive and owns 36 career double-digit scoring games. The Badgers own a 31-9 (.775) record when Bohannon hits two or more treys in a game.

Honors: Named 2008 Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year

Record Books: Owns Wisconsin record for most consecutive made free throws with 39 straight in 2008 ... ranks 10th in UW history with 144 made 3-pointers ... also ranks 10th in UW history with 384 3-point attempts ... his .838 career free throw percentage ranks third in school annals ... needs 214 points to reach the 1,000-point plateau

Bohannon ranks 10th in school history with 144 made 3-pointers.

2009-10: UW is 9-1 when he scores in double figures this season ... ranks 7th in the conference connecting on 41.6 percent of his 3-pointers with an average of 2.0 per game (6th in the conference) ... recorded 13-of-27 (48.1 percent) from long range in the last five games ... ranks 3rd in Big Ten shooting 87.8 percent at the free throw line ... 10 assists and one turnover in Big Ten play ... scored 20 points vs. Purdue (UW is 4-0 overall when he goes for 20 or more) ... hit 5-of-6 treys vs. UIC to finish with 15 points ... had 12 points on 4-of-6 3-point shooting vs. Cal Poly ... has hit at least one three in all but one game this season and all but five games over the last two seasons ... tallied 11 points and five boards vs. Grambling St., connecting on 3-of-4 3-pointers ... posted 10 points, four assists and zero turnovers vs. Duke ... tied a career high with 20 points vs. Maryland, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range ... leading the Badgers with 34.9 minutes per game

2008-09: Led UW with an average of 33.1 minutes per game ... connected on 6-of-7 3-pointers vs. Illinois (2/5), equaling career highs with 20 points and six made treys ... set career-bests with 20 points, six rebounds and five assists vs. Northwestern (1/7) ... scored 16 points with four 3-pointers vs. Florida State in the NCAA tournament ... played a career-high 41 minutes against Iona ... owned a 1.90 assist-to-turnover ratio, which was second-best on the team ... ranked eighth in the Big Ten in free throw pct., making 68 of 84 (.810) ... his .388 shooting pct. from downtown in Big Ten action ranked eighth in the conference ... averaged 1.94 made 3-pointers per game, which was seventh-best in the Big Ten ... made at least one 3-pointer in 29 of 33 games this year, connecting on two or more in 14 of those

2007-08: Named Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year ... appeared in all 36 games (two starts) ... scored in double figures in eight of the final 14 games, averaging 10.6 ppg over that span ... posted 18 points at Indiana, making six three-pointers, one shy of the school record ... saw at least 25 minutes of action in 14 of 18 Big Ten games ... drained at least one three in 28 of 36 games ... led the Big Ten in free throw percentage during league games (.957) ... made a school-record 39 consecutive free throws during the season ... Led Badgers with .873 free throw pct. and 51 3-pointers ... connected on 31-of-70 (.443) three-pointers over final 16 games

2006-07: Played in 33 of 36 games, averaging 15.0 minutes per game ... did not commit his first turnover until the sixth game of the season (97 minutes of action) ... scored a career-high 11 points vs. Penn State and at Ohio State ... hit career-high three 3-pointers in first half against Florida International ... hit three 3's in second half at Ohio State ... led Big Ten freshmen in free-throw percentage (.839; min. 5 FTA) ... fourth among Big Ten freshmen in 3-pointers made (27) ... averaged 28 minutes and 8.5 points in two NCAA tournament games

High School: Named "Mr. Basketball" in the state of Iowa following his senior season ... also named Gatorade Iowa boys' basketball player of the year ... three-time Iowa Newspaper Association All-State first-team selection ... led Linn-Mar to the Class 4-A state championship in 2004 and to state appearances in 2005 and `06 ... scored nearly 1,700 points in his three-year career, the most in Cedar Rapids-Marion metro history, breaking a mark that had stood for 33 years ... averaged 27 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game as a senior ... averaged 20.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a junior ... averaged 16.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a sophomore ... set a school record by scoring 45 points in a game

Personal: Born in Iowa City, Iowa ... parents are Gordy and Brenda Bohannon ... father, Gordy, played quarterback at the University of Iowa, starting in the 1982 Rose Bowl ... prep teammate of Travis Nelson (Wyoming) ... has three younger brothers, Zach (18), who will play basketball at Air Force in 2009-10, Matt (15) and Jordan (11) ... nickname is "J-Bo" ... majoring in business marketing

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CAREER STATISTICS   

				Total		Rebounds
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2006-07	33	0	495	15.0	49	110	.445	27	74	.365	26	31	.839	12	36	48	1.5	36	0	35	22	3	11	151	4.6
2007-08	36	2	948	26.3	85	198	.429	53	135	.393	72	83	.867	15	70	85	2.4	47	0	50	38	3	15	295	8.2
2008-09	33	33	1092	33.1	104	273	.381	64	175	.366	68	84	.810	22	79	101	3.1	42	0	55	29	4	14	340	10.3
TOTAL	102	35	2535	24.9	238	581	.410	144	384	.375	166	198	.838	49	185	234	2.3	125	0	140	89	10	40	786	7.7




BIG TEN STATISTICS
				Total		Rebounds
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2006-07	14	0	180	12.9	19	39	.487	11	25	.440	4	6	.667	3	9	12	0.9	10	0	10	10	0	3	53	3.8
2007-08	18	1	501	27.8	44	107	.411	28	71	.394	45	47	.957	9	39	48	2.7	26	0	24	19	1	7	161	8.9
2008-09	18	18	613	34.1	56	135	.415	31	80	.388	30	37	.811	8	46	54	3.0	22	0	33	12	2	9	173	9.6
TOTAL	50	19	1294	25.9	119	281	.423	70	176	.398	79	90	.878	20	94	114	2.3	58	0	67	41	3	19	387	7.7