2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Etter, Jaxon
Jersey Number 11
Jaxon Etter
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Woodstock, Ga.
- High School:
- Etowah High School
- Prev Team:
- Etowah High School
Bio
Final Bio (PDF)
2022-23 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth straight year, just the seventh Bulldog in program history to accomplish that feat.
• Former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship on Nov. 2 during a team meeting and was subsequently mobbed by his teammates.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in three years and spent the 2022-23 season completing a master’s in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics.
• Secured playing time in 14 contests, including six SEC outings, while averaging 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.
• Drew 10 charges in 14 outings, upping his totals to 40 in 45 games over the past two seasons and 48 in 56 contests dating back to the latter stages of his sophomore year.
• Extremely active against Bucknell, with eight points and two charges taken in 21 minutes of action.
• Equaled his career high with three charges drawn at No. 1 Alabama.
• Started his final home outing at Stegeman Coliseum against Missouri and recorded two points and two boards in 18 minutes of playing time.
2021-22 Season Highlights:
• Played in 31 of 32 games, missing only the Gardner-Webb contest due to back spasms.
• Started 22 contests, including all 18 SEC games and Georgia’s SEC Tournament outing.
• Averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 25.3 minutes of playing time per game.
• In Georgia’s wins, upped his offensive contributions to 7.0 points per game and shooting efficiency to 53.8 percent from the field.
• Entered the season with career averages of 1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg and 6.1 mpg before dramatically increasing his 2021-22 contributions to 5.1 ppg (+3.5 ppg), 3.0 rpg (+2.2 rpg) and 25.5 mpg (+19.4 mpg).
• Began the season with a career-high of 20 minutes played but matched of exceeded that total in 28 of 31 outings.
• Finished the season with 30 offensive fouls drawn in 31 games played…and 38 in 42 contests dating back to the 2020-21 campaign. Drew three charges in games against Ga. Tech, Western Carolina and LSU.
• Recorded his first “unofficial” double-figure scoring output at UGA with 10 points in an exhibition at Charlotte.
• Notched his first career start for Georgia’s upset of No. 18 Memphis.
• After playing 177 total minutes as a freshman and a sophomore, logged 188 minutes in the first eight games.
• Missed the non-conference finale against Gardner-Webb but returned to log what was then a career-high 31 minutes in the SEC opener against Texas A&M.
• Led UGA offensively with a career-high 16 points against Vanderbilt, securing his first collegiate double-digit output with 11 points in the first half alone.
• Notched his second double-figure performance with 13 points against No. 1 Auburn in Athens.
• In his double-digit outings against Vandy and Auburn, shot a combined 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the field and 83.3 percent (5-of-6) from 3-point range.
2020-21 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year.
• Walk-on whose statistical contributions increased greatly from his freshman year.
• One of two Bulldogs with a higher scoring average in SEC play (3.2 ppg) than overall (2.4 ppg). Also upped his efficiency in conference action, improving from a 63.0 percent overall field goal clip to 71.4 percent.
• After playing in nine of 32 games in 2019-20, logged action in six of seven non-conference contests and bettered his previous high for minutes played in four of those contests.
• A key contributor in win over Samford, recording a “+/-” of “+8” in just four minutes of action.
• Scored on a reverse layup on a nifty assist from Tye Fagan with 1:17 left in the game to give UGA its first lead of the game, which the Bulldogs never relinquished.
• Saw his SEC PT increase greatly at the midway point of conference play.
• After playing a combined eight mop-up minutes in the first eight SEC games (with five DNPs), earned meaningful PT in each of UGA’s last 12 outings of the campaign.
• In five contests from Feb. 6-20 – against Vanderbilt, No. 16/15 Tennessee, No. 11/11 Alabama, Missouri and Florida – scored 34 points, more than four times as many as the eight points he had in his previous 20 career appearances for Georgia.
• Posted those 34 points while shooting an almost unfathomable 85.7 percent (12-of-14) from the field.
• Also played 86 minutes in those five outings, versus 60 combined in his first 20 GP.
• Came within a single point of his first double-figure scoring output in consecutive contests at Alabama and against Missouri in Athens.
• Enjoyed a perfect shooting night from the floor against Missouri in Athens - 2-of-2 FGs, 1-of-1 3FGs and 4-of-4 FTs.
• Drew eight charges in the last 11 games of the season, including five in back-to-back outings against Alabama (three) and Mizzou (two).
2019-20 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
• Walk-on who secured playing time in nine contests.
• Logged his first regular-season action in the closing moments of the Delaware State game, including his first – and only – field goal attempt of the season.
• Grabbed a steal against Dayton in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
• Four of the nine outings in which he played (N.C. Central, Austin Peay, Mississippi State and South Carolina) featured matching minutes tallies of three minutes played.
• Logged action in four SEC outings – road games at Auburn, Mississippi State and LSU and the home matchup with South Carolina.
• Recorded his first individual statistic in league play with a rebound at LSU in the regular-season finale.
High School Highlights:
• Coached by Jason Dasinger as a junior and senior at Etowah and by Allen Whitehart during his sophomore season with the Eagles.
• Named All-State by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in both 2018 and 2019, earning second-team honors as a junior and honorable mention status as a senior.
• Helped lead Etowah to three consecutive Region titles.
• Named both Cherokee Tribune Player of the Year and Region Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019.
• Scored 1,505 points in his career at Etowah, one of the top-5 point tallies in school history.
• Also tabbed first-team All-Region and All-County in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Named team MVP of the 2018 GACA All-Star game after recording 23 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals for the South in a 118-106 victory.
• As a senior, averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.8 charges per game for the Eagles, who finished 18-10.
• Scored a team-high 23 points in his final high school outing, a loss to Pebblebrook in the “Sweet 16” of the 7A state tournament.
• As a junior, contributed 14.3 points, 5.4 boards, 4.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.5 charges while leading the Eagles to a 24-3 finish.
• Poured in 33 points in Etowah’s 60-57, double-overtime loss to Wheeler in the “Sweet 16” round of the 2018 Georgia Class 7A State Tournament. Scored 27 of the Eagles’ 31 points in one span of the contest.
Personal:
• Born September 22, 2000, in Woodstock, Ga., Jaxon is the son of Brad and Barbara Etter.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in May 2022 and is currently pursuing a master’s in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics.
2022-23 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth straight year, just the seventh Bulldog in program history to accomplish that feat.
• Former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship on Nov. 2 during a team meeting and was subsequently mobbed by his teammates.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in three years and spent the 2022-23 season completing a master’s in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics.
• Secured playing time in 14 contests, including six SEC outings, while averaging 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.
• Drew 10 charges in 14 outings, upping his totals to 40 in 45 games over the past two seasons and 48 in 56 contests dating back to the latter stages of his sophomore year.
• Extremely active against Bucknell, with eight points and two charges taken in 21 minutes of action.
• Equaled his career high with three charges drawn at No. 1 Alabama.
• Started his final home outing at Stegeman Coliseum against Missouri and recorded two points and two boards in 18 minutes of playing time.
2021-22 Season Highlights:
• Played in 31 of 32 games, missing only the Gardner-Webb contest due to back spasms.
• Started 22 contests, including all 18 SEC games and Georgia’s SEC Tournament outing.
• Averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 25.3 minutes of playing time per game.
• In Georgia’s wins, upped his offensive contributions to 7.0 points per game and shooting efficiency to 53.8 percent from the field.
• Entered the season with career averages of 1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg and 6.1 mpg before dramatically increasing his 2021-22 contributions to 5.1 ppg (+3.5 ppg), 3.0 rpg (+2.2 rpg) and 25.5 mpg (+19.4 mpg).
• Began the season with a career-high of 20 minutes played but matched of exceeded that total in 28 of 31 outings.
• Finished the season with 30 offensive fouls drawn in 31 games played…and 38 in 42 contests dating back to the 2020-21 campaign. Drew three charges in games against Ga. Tech, Western Carolina and LSU.
• Recorded his first “unofficial” double-figure scoring output at UGA with 10 points in an exhibition at Charlotte.
• Notched his first career start for Georgia’s upset of No. 18 Memphis.
• After playing 177 total minutes as a freshman and a sophomore, logged 188 minutes in the first eight games.
• Missed the non-conference finale against Gardner-Webb but returned to log what was then a career-high 31 minutes in the SEC opener against Texas A&M.
• Led UGA offensively with a career-high 16 points against Vanderbilt, securing his first collegiate double-digit output with 11 points in the first half alone.
• Notched his second double-figure performance with 13 points against No. 1 Auburn in Athens.
• In his double-digit outings against Vandy and Auburn, shot a combined 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the field and 83.3 percent (5-of-6) from 3-point range.
2020-21 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year.
• Walk-on whose statistical contributions increased greatly from his freshman year.
• One of two Bulldogs with a higher scoring average in SEC play (3.2 ppg) than overall (2.4 ppg). Also upped his efficiency in conference action, improving from a 63.0 percent overall field goal clip to 71.4 percent.
• After playing in nine of 32 games in 2019-20, logged action in six of seven non-conference contests and bettered his previous high for minutes played in four of those contests.
• A key contributor in win over Samford, recording a “+/-” of “+8” in just four minutes of action.
• Scored on a reverse layup on a nifty assist from Tye Fagan with 1:17 left in the game to give UGA its first lead of the game, which the Bulldogs never relinquished.
• Saw his SEC PT increase greatly at the midway point of conference play.
• After playing a combined eight mop-up minutes in the first eight SEC games (with five DNPs), earned meaningful PT in each of UGA’s last 12 outings of the campaign.
• In five contests from Feb. 6-20 – against Vanderbilt, No. 16/15 Tennessee, No. 11/11 Alabama, Missouri and Florida – scored 34 points, more than four times as many as the eight points he had in his previous 20 career appearances for Georgia.
• Posted those 34 points while shooting an almost unfathomable 85.7 percent (12-of-14) from the field.
• Also played 86 minutes in those five outings, versus 60 combined in his first 20 GP.
• Came within a single point of his first double-figure scoring output in consecutive contests at Alabama and against Missouri in Athens.
• Enjoyed a perfect shooting night from the floor against Missouri in Athens - 2-of-2 FGs, 1-of-1 3FGs and 4-of-4 FTs.
• Drew eight charges in the last 11 games of the season, including five in back-to-back outings against Alabama (three) and Mizzou (two).
2019-20 Season Highlights:
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
• Walk-on who secured playing time in nine contests.
• Logged his first regular-season action in the closing moments of the Delaware State game, including his first – and only – field goal attempt of the season.
• Grabbed a steal against Dayton in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
• Four of the nine outings in which he played (N.C. Central, Austin Peay, Mississippi State and South Carolina) featured matching minutes tallies of three minutes played.
• Logged action in four SEC outings – road games at Auburn, Mississippi State and LSU and the home matchup with South Carolina.
• Recorded his first individual statistic in league play with a rebound at LSU in the regular-season finale.
High School Highlights:
• Coached by Jason Dasinger as a junior and senior at Etowah and by Allen Whitehart during his sophomore season with the Eagles.
• Named All-State by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in both 2018 and 2019, earning second-team honors as a junior and honorable mention status as a senior.
• Helped lead Etowah to three consecutive Region titles.
• Named both Cherokee Tribune Player of the Year and Region Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019.
• Scored 1,505 points in his career at Etowah, one of the top-5 point tallies in school history.
• Also tabbed first-team All-Region and All-County in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Named team MVP of the 2018 GACA All-Star game after recording 23 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals for the South in a 118-106 victory.
• As a senior, averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.8 charges per game for the Eagles, who finished 18-10.
• Scored a team-high 23 points in his final high school outing, a loss to Pebblebrook in the “Sweet 16” of the 7A state tournament.
• As a junior, contributed 14.3 points, 5.4 boards, 4.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.5 charges while leading the Eagles to a 24-3 finish.
• Poured in 33 points in Etowah’s 60-57, double-overtime loss to Wheeler in the “Sweet 16” round of the 2018 Georgia Class 7A State Tournament. Scored 27 of the Eagles’ 31 points in one span of the contest.
Personal:
• Born September 22, 2000, in Woodstock, Ga., Jaxon is the son of Brad and Barbara Etter.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in May 2022 and is currently pursuing a master’s in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics.
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