It is quite the coincidence that one of the last posts on this blog concerned the career of FHS basketball legend Jalen Steele. The Falcons will be retiring his jersey next week.
On Tuesday, February 9th,
the Fulton High Basketball team will retire Jalen Steele's number 24 jersey.
Jalen is one of the most decorated players in Knoxville basketball history. He
led the Falcons to back-to-back state championships in 2008 and 2009, and
earned the Class AA Mr. Basketball award in 2010. Steele was a three-time
All-State team member, and was the News-Sentinel PrepXtra Player of the Year
twice. He is Fulton’s all-time leading scorer with 2400 career points. In
Steele’s four years at Fulton, the Falcons compiled a record of 115-18. Steele
signed to play college basketball at Mississippi State. He played three years
in the SEC for the Bulldogs, and is now completing his college career at
Lincoln Memorial University. Steele joins Bill Justus and James Gallman as the
only Falcons to have their basketball jersey retired. The event will take place
before the boy’s game versus Alcoa at approximately 8PM.
Jalen Steele Career Profile
4 year starter
All District 3-AA (07,
08, 09, 10)
District Player of the
Year (08, 09, 10)
District 3-AA
tournament MVP (08,10)
Region 2-AA Tournament
MVP (08, 09, 10)
2-Time State Champion
(08, 09)
Class AA All State
Tournament team (08, 09)
Class AA State
Tournament MVP (09)
Class AA TSWA All
State Team (08, 09, 10)
PrepXtra Sophomore of
the year (08)
PrepXtra Player of the
Year (09, 10)
Leading Scorer in
Fulton High School History
2400 Career points
115-18 record in his
four years at Fulton
Class
AA Mr. Basketball (10)
Jalen is averaging 15.9 points per game for the Railsplitters, who are ranked 7th in the nation in NCAA D2 basketball.
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