UCLA senior point guard Lazeric Jones was presented with the Coach John Wooden Award as the Bruins' Most Valuable Player Monday night at the 2012 UCLA Men's Basketball Awards Banquet held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
2010-11
Sat out the season, using a redshirt year, due to NCAA rules after transferring from North Carolina.
2009-10 (at North Carolina)
Averaged 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds in 32 games, making one start ... scored six points and had two offensive rebounds in a win at Mississippi State ... came off the bench when Tyler Zeller was knocked out of the game and hit both free throws with 12:10 to play in the second half ... received four stitches above his right eye after colliding with Marcus Ginyard in the first half of the win over William and Mary ... sprained his left ankle in practice on Feb. 9 and was unable to play five games ... returned to action at Wake Forest on Feb. 27 and had four points in 12 minutes in the win over Deacons ... had six points and two offensive rebounds in ACC Tournament against Georgia Tech ... made 23-of-31 from the free throw line on the season ... grabbed 36 of his 69 rebounds off the offensive boards ... hauled in four offensive rebounds against Virginia, the third time in five games he led the Tar Heels in offensive rebounds ... was Carolina's defensive player of the game in the win at NC State, helping the Tar Heels limit the Wolfpack to 63 points, which was 25 fewer than State scored in its previous win over Duke ... scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting against Wake Forest ... made his first college start against the Demon Deacons and played a season-high 25 minutes ... played 21 minutes in the loss to Georgia Tech ... hit a jump hook in the lane with 42 seconds to play that gave Carolina a 71-70 lead ... was Carolina's defensive player of the game against the Yellow Jackets ... scored six points and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds (four offensive) in 16 minutes at Clemson ... played well in a six-minute stint against Virginia Tech • Hit a hoop, had a steal and took a charge against the Hokies ... hit a key basket in a key 11-2 run (all UNC points scored by freshmen) in first half of win over Michigan State ... scored a season-high eight points vs. Syracuse in Madison Square Garden and followed that performance with seven vs. Gardner-Webb ... also grabbed three offensive rebounds against the Orange ... won his first defensive player of the game award for his play against Texas.
High School
Played for Coach Gary McKnight at Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) ... team finished ninth nationally in USA Today rankings in 2009 ... played in the McDonald's All-American Game in 2009 and is one of four McDonald's All-Americans on the 2010-11 UCLA roster (joins Malcolm Lee, Joshua Smith and his brother, David) ... also earned fourth-team All-America honors from Parade magazine ... earned third-team All-California honors in 2009 from MaxPreps and earned All-County and All-California Interscholastic Federation honors ... scored a career-high 34 points against Orange Lutheran ... averaged 14.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a senior and 16.1 points and 8.3 rebounds as a junior ... helped Mater Dei win a pair of back-to-back state championships (2007 and 2008) ... earned First-team All-State, All-League and All-CIF honors his junior year as the Monarchs (35-1) defeated Archbishop Mitty (65-53) at ARCO Arena in 2008 to win the state title ... Mater Dei (33-4) also defeated Archbishop Mitty (69-64) in overtime in 2007 at ARCO Arena to win the Division II state championship ... was an Honor Roll student at Mater Dei.
USA Basketball
Was named to the 2008 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team on July 8, 2008 ... the team had a 4-1 record and captured a silver medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Formosa, Argentina on July 14-18, 2008 ... in pool play, the USA defeated Venezuela (82-73), Bahamas (115-51) and Puerto Rico (106-64) and then defeated Canada (82-66) in the medal rounds before falling to the host, Argentina (77-64) in the Gold medal game ... he played in all five games, averaging 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while shooting 50.0 percent (16-for-32) from the field.
Personal
Full name: Travis James Wear ... born in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 21, 1990 ... his parents are David and Gloria Wear ... his identical twin, David, is his only sibling ... his father, David Sr., played college basketball at Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton and professionally overseas ... chose to attend UCLA because, "It is one of the best academic institutions in the country and has the most historic basketball program" ... says the professional athlete he most admires is Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers ... lists winning back-to-back state championships and being on the U18 USA National Team as his biggest thrills in athletics ... played AAU basketball for Pump N' Run Elite ... is majoring in Political Science.
