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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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Christopher Elwell
Tavana Mercado
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12 Elijah Jenkins

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School Riverwood
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

• 2021-22 SSC Second Team All-Conference
• 2021-22 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
• 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2021-22 NABC Honors Court
• 2021-22 SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2020-21 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
• 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2020-21 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
• 2020-21 Sunshine State Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2020-21 NABC Honors Court
• 2020-21 SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2019-20 CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American
• 2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2019-20 NABC Honors Court
• 2019-20 SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2018-19 NABC Honors Court
• 2018-19 SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2017-18 SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Eagles of Excellence Award Winner
• Steve and Vicky Ridder Transformational Scholarship Winner


Ranks No. 21 all-time on ERAU's all-time scoring list with 1,329 points...ranks third all-time with 307 made three-pointers, 10th all-time in career three-point shooting percentage (.406), seventh all-time in career free throw percentage (.805), and fourth all-time with 107 games started.

Ranks third in SSC history with 307 made three-pointers, fourth in SSC single-season history with 111 made three-pointers (2021-22), and holds Embry-Riddle's all-time single-game record with 44 points and 11 made three-pointers.


2021-22: CoSIDA Academic All-American (second team), becoming the first men's basketball player in Sunshine State Conference history to earn CoSIDA AAA honors three times...Second Team All-SSC...CoSIDA Academic All-District...NABC Honors Court...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Tournament MVP...played and started in all 34 games for the Eagles...averaged 15.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 3.3 made three-pointers per game...111 triples rank third all-time in ERAU single-season history...made at least one three in 31 games, and had 12 games with four-plus made treys...broke the program record with 44 points, including tying the program-record with 11 three-pointers against Alabama Huntsville (Nov. 7) in the SCB HOF Classic...went for 33 points with nine three-pointers at Rollins (Dec. 1)...had 28 points, six assists, and two steals against Eckerd (Feb. 16).

2020-21: CoSIDA Academic All-American (second team)...CoSIDA Academic All-District...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient...NABC Honors Court awardee...received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2019-20: CoSIDA Academic All-American (third team), becoming just the second AAA in program history...CoSIDA Academic All-District...played in 27 games with 26 starts...third on the team with a 13.4 scoring average...registered 2.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game...made 86 three-pointers, the seventh-most in a single season in school history...scored in double-figures 18 times...matched a career-high 29 points in a victory against Flagler (Nov. 12)...made four or more triples on 13 occasions...SSC Player of the Week (Nov. 18) after averaging 22.3 points in three Eagle wins...ranks seventh in ERAU history with 196 made three-pointers.

2018-19: Appeared in all 31 games with 22 starts...averaged 7.4 points and 1.7 assists per game...led the team with 61 made three-pointers...tied an Embry-Riddle record with nine made treys against Rollins (Jan. 30), scoring a career-high 29 points...had 10 games making at least three triples...scored 15 points in the season-opener against Concordia (Calif.) (Nov. 2)...made 91 percent (20-for-22) of his free throw attempts...earned NABC Honors Court and SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition.

2017-18: Started in 25 games as a rookie, totaling 28 appearances…just the second true freshman to be the Eagles’ starting point guard in the Ridder era…finished the season averaging 7.1 points, 2.7 assists and 1.6 rebounds…his 76 total assists as a freshman rank seventh in ERAU history…scored a season-high 17 points in three different games, including a road win against Florida Tech (Feb. 21) in which he hit a three at the buzzer to force overtime and then a three late in OT to seal the Eagles’ win…dished out a season-best eight assists vs. Eckerd (Feb. 14)…scored in double-digits nine times…team’s third-best three-point shooter (39.8%)…Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient.
 
Prep: 2017 graduate of Riverwood High School...four-year starter under his father Buck...led the Raiders to their first-ever region championship as a junior, eventually taking the team to the Georgia AAAAA state quarterfinals...as a senior, averaged 16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists as Riverwood posted a 23-6 overall record...an Atlanta Journal Constitution All-North Fulton first team selection as a junior...named a first team Region 7-AAAAA All-Region honoree.

Personal: Son of Buck and Lydia Jenkins...father Buck is the all-time leading scorer and was a three-time All-Ivy League first team honoree at Columbia (N.Y.)...sister Nailah plays volleyball at Northeastern.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Freshman

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    6'3" 165 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2018-19Sophomore

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    6'3" 165 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019-20Junior

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    6'3" 175 lbs
    12
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    2020-21Senior

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    6'3" 175 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021-22Senior

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    6'3" 175 lbs
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