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| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||
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| Born | July 11, 2007 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||
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Jayden Quaintance is an American basketball player who currently attends Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Quaintance grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] He moved to Phoenix, Arizona before the start of high school and enrolled at Hillcrest Prep. [2] Quaintance transferred again to Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina before his sophomore year. [3] He also reclassified from the class of 2025 to 2024. [4] Quaintance was selected to play in the 2024 McDonald's All-American Boys Game during his senior year. [5]
Quaintance is a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 class, according to major recruiting services. [6] [7] He committed to play college basketball at Kentucky over offers from Missouri, Florida, South Florida, and Ohio State. [8] Quaintance signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play for the Wildcats on November 15, 2023, during the early signing period. [9] However, he requested a release from his NLI on April 10, 2024, shortly after Kentucky head coach John Calipari left the program to become the head coach at Arkansas. [10] On April 29, 2024 Quaintance announced his commitment to Arizona State.
Quaintance played for the United States national under-16 team at the 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship. He averaged 6.7 points and 6.5 rebounds in six games as the United States won the gold medal. [11]
Quaintance's father, Haminn Quaintance, played college basketball at Jacksonville and Kent State. [12]
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