{{Short description|Canadian basketball player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jason Calliste | image = Jason Calliste.jpg | caption = Calliste playing for Oregon | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 175 | league = Basketball Super League | team = Moncton Magic | number = 2 | nationality = Canadian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|27}} | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | high_school = Quality Education Academy<br>(Winston-Salem, North Carolina) | college = *Detroit Mercy (2009–2013) *Oregon (2013–2014) | draft_year = 2014 | career_start = 2014 | years1 = 2014–2015 | team1 = Maine Red Claws | years2 = 2015–2016 | team2 = BK Barons | years3 = 2016–2017 | team3 = Maine Red Claws | years4 = 2017 | team4 = KW Titans | years5 = 2017 | team5 = Palencia Baloncesto | years6 = 2018–present | team6 = Moncton Magic | highlights = }} '''Jason Ryan Calliste'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Ryan Calliste () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/222979-jason-ryan-calliste |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref> (born January 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Moncton Magic of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC).
== Early life == Calliste is from Toronto and his father Jude runs an appliance-repair business in Ontario. Calliste moved to North Carolina to attend prep school.<ref name="oregonlive">{{cite news|last1=Canzano|first1=John|title=Oregon basketball's mystery is sitting on a folding chair in the locker room|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2014/03/canzano_oregon_basketballs_mys.html|accessdate=May 15, 2018|work=Oregonlive|date=March 21, 2014}}</ref>
==College career== Calliste played basketball at Detroit for four years and earned a communications degree.<ref name="oregonlive"/> In his last season with the Titans, Calliste averaged 14.4 points, 3.3 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game. He took advantage of the graduate transfer rule and moved to Oregon for his final season of eligibility.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prehm|first1=Matt|title=Report: Oregon lands transfer|url=https://247sports.com/college/oregon/Article/Report-Dana-Altman-lands-5th-year-transfer-Jason-Calliste-145806|accessdate=May 15, 2018|work=247sports|date=August 25, 2013}}</ref> He came off the bench to help the Ducks to an NCAA tournament appearance.<ref name="oregonlive"/> Calliste averaged 12.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in his only season in Eugene.<ref>{{cite web|title=CANADIANS MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE NCAA|url=http://www.basketball.ca/files/MEN_CDNS_IMPACT_DOC_04_17_20142_Final.pdf|website=Basketball.ca|accessdate=May 15, 2018|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012125824/http://www.basketball.ca/files/MEN_CDNS_IMPACT_DOC_04_17_20142_Final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> His best game was a 31-point performance on December 22, 2013, in a 100–96 overtime win over BYU.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jason Calliste scores 31, Oregon remains unbeaten after OT win|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400507043|accessdate=May 15, 2018|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=December 22, 2013}}</ref>
==Professional career== Calliste played his first professional season with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. In the 2015–16 season he played for BK Barons of Riga. In 2016, he rejoined the Red Claws.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jordan|first1=Glenn|title=A new cast of characters gathers for Red Claws|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/11/01/a-new-cast-of-characters-gathers-for-red-claws/|accessdate=May 15, 2018|work=Portland Press-Herald|date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> Later in the season, he returned to Canada to play for the KW Titans. In September he joined the Spanish team Palencia Baloncesto.<ref name=leboro>{{cite web|title=Jason Calliste completa la plantilla del Chocolates Trapa|url=http://www.leboro.es/2017/9/21/baloncesto/jason-calliste-completa-plantilla-del-chocolates-trapa/72261.aspx|website=LEB Oro|accessdate=May 15, 2018|language=Spanish|date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025190408/http://www.leboro.es/2017/9/21/baloncesto/jason-calliste-completa-plantilla-del-chocolates-trapa/72261.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2018, Calliste joined the Moncton Magic and averaged 9.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 34 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Calliste Player Profile|url=http://www.monctonmagic.ca/sports/mbkb/2017-18/players/jasoncallisteqvy5|website=Moncton Magic|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, Calliste averaged 9.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. He was named to the All-Canadian Third Team.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBLC Awards |url=http://nblcanada.ca/sports/mbkb/2017-18/NBLC_Awards |website=NBL Canada |accessdate=November 30, 2019}}</ref> During the 2019–20 season, Calliste averaged 11.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game, earning All-Canadian First Team honors.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBLC Announces 2019-20 All Team Selections |url=https://www.nblcanada.ca/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/20200625xrm848 |website=National Basketball League of Canada |accessdate=September 28, 2020 |date=June 27, 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5754 Oregon Ducks bio]
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