{{short description|American basketball player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jared Savage | image = | caption = | position = Small forward / shooting guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 205 | league = | team = | number = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|2}} | birth_place = | high_school = Warren Central<br>(Bowling Green, Kentucky) | college = * Austin Peay (2015–2017) * Western Kentucky (2018–2020) | draft_year = 2020 | career_start = 2020 | career_end = 2022 | years1 = 2020–2021 | team1 = Lavrio | years2 = 2021–2022 | team2 = Crailsheim Merlins | years3 = 2022 | team3 = Lavrio | years4 = 2022 | team4 = Ontario Clippers | highlights = * Third-team All-Conference USA (2020) * Conference USA All-Defensive Team (2020) }} '''Jared Savage''' (born March 2, 1997) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Austin Peay Governors and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
==Early life== Savage attended Warren Central High School, where he played six Region 4 Tournament games throughout his career.<ref name="pratt" /> As a senior, he averaged 17.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, leading the Dragons to a 23–9 season before losing to Bowling Green High School 46–43 in the 4th region Championship. Savage, considered a two-star prospect by Verbal Commits and unranked by 247Sports, Rivals or ESPN,<ref name="shircliffe">{{cite news |last1=Shircliffe |first1=Ross |title=WKU Basketball: Jared Savage's Ascent Is Fueling WKU Post-Bassey |url=https://medium.com/the-red-towel/wku-basketball-jared-savages-ascent-is-fueling-wku-post-bassey-908d0defed1d |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |work=Medium.com |date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> was not highly recruited. He ultimately signed with Austin Peay,<ref name="pratt">{{cite news |last1=Pratt |first1=Elliott |title=WKU's Savage and Justice redefine careers as seniors |url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/wkus-savage-and-justice-redefine-careers-as-seniors/article_4b0f8ba5-237b-5524-b060-f5427042ddad.html |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |work=Bowling Green Daily News |date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> his father's alma mater.
==College career== As a freshman, Savage averaged 6.4 points per game.<ref name="transfer">{{cite web |title=Stansbury Announces Addition of Transfer Jared Savage |url=https://wkusports.com/news/2017/6/22/mens-basketball-stansbury-announces-addition-of-transfer-jared-savage.aspx |website=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> He helped the Governors win the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament by making 19 3-pointers across four games.<ref name="pratt" /> He posted 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 assists in the title game against UT Martin, earning All-Tournament Team recognition.<ref name=shircliffe/><ref name=transfer/> Savage became a starter as a sophomore, averaging 10.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game and made 57 three-pointers.<ref name=transfer/> He transferred to Western Kentucky after his sophomore season when Austin Peay coach Dave Loos retired, after considering Lipscomb.<ref name=shircliffe/> Savage averaged 12.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and had 14 blocked shots as a redshirt junior.<ref name="pratt" /> During the beginning of his senior season, Savage served as a secondary scorer to Charles Bassey but emerged as a primary threat after Bassey's season-ending injury.<ref name=shircliffe/> He posted 24 points and 16 rebounds against UTSA on February 15, 2020.<ref name="pratt" /> As a redshirt senior, Savage averaged 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. His college career came to an end when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the Conference USA Tournament.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Teran |title=Former Hilltoppers Star Savage to play in Greece |url=https://www.wnky.com/former-hilltoppers-star-savage-to-play-in-greece/ |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |work=WKNY |date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> Savage was named to the Third Team All-Conference USA as well as the Defensive Team.<ref>{{cite web |title=MBB: All-Conference Teams Announced |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2020/3/9/mens-basketball-mbb-all-conference-teams-announced.aspx |website=Conference USA |accessdate=April 9, 2020 |date=March 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Lavrio (2020–2021)=== On July 20, 2020, Savage signed his first professional contract with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lavrio tabs Jared Savage |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/lavrio-tabs-jared-savage/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |date=July 20, 2020}}</ref>
On July 15, 2021, he signed with the Crailsheim Merlins of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hakro-merlins.com/profis/bbl-news/7080-neuer-fluegelspieler-fuer-die-hakro-merlins-savage-kommt-aus-griechenland-nach-hohenlohe|title=Neuer Flügelspieler Für Die Hakro Merlins – Savage Kommt Aus Griechenland Nach Hohenlohe|last=|first=|date=July 15, 2021|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> He averaged 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.
On March 6, 2022, Savage returned to Lavrio for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mammides |first1=Chris |title=Savage is back at Lavrio, ex Crailsheim |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/734036/Savage-is-back-at-Lavrio,-ex-Crailsheim |website=Eurobasket |access-date=March 6, 2022 |date=March 6, 2022}}</ref> In 10 league games, he averaged 9.4 points and 5 rebounds, playing around 25 minutes per game.
===Ontario Clippers (2022)=== On October 24, 2022, Savage joined the Ontario Clippers training camp roster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ontario-clippers-announce-training-camp-roster-for-2022-23-nba-g-league-season/n-5893040|website=oursportscentral.com|title=Ontario Clippers Announce Training Camp Roster for 2022-23 NBA G League Season|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=October 24, 2022}}</ref> On December 22, 2022, Savage was waived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gleague.nba.com/transactions/|website=gleague.nba.com|title=2022-23 NBA G League Transactions|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===College=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Austin Peay | '''36''' || 7 || 19.7 || .421 || '''.397''' || .806 || 3.0 || .8 || .7 || .0 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Austin Peay | 29 || 26 || 31.7 || .413 || .358 || '''.846''' || 4.4 || 1.2 || '''1.2''' || .4 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Western Kentucky | style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| 15px|Redshirt Redshirt |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Western Kentucky | 34 || '''34''' || '''35.7''' || .364 || .360 || .818 || 4.8 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .4 || '''12.2''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| Western Kentucky | 30 || 30 || 34.6 || '''.448''' || .396 || .836 || '''7.1''' || '''1.4''' || '''1.2''' || '''1.1''' || 11.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 129 || 97 || 30.1 || .406 || .376 || .826 || 4.7 || 1.1 || 1.0 || .5 || 10.0 {{S-end}}
==Personal life== His father, Jermaine Savage, played basketball at Austin Peay in the 1990s and was a member of the 1996 NCAA tournament team.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allison |first1=Autumn |title=Jared Savage requests release to transfer from APSU |url=https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/sports/college/apsu/basketball/2017/04/12/jared-savage-requests-release-transfer-apsu/100389596/ |accessdate=July 21, 2020 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |date=April 12, 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://wkusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jared-savage/2036 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers bio] *[https://letsgopeay.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jared-savage/4578 Austin Peay Governors bio]
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