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Jersey Number 13
Justin Taphorn
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Pekin, Ill.
- High School:
- Pekin High School
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
FOR NIL OPPORTUNITIES:
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Played in 5 games ... Played a season-high 3 minutes vs. South Dakota (11/7).
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Played in 7 games as a true freshman ... Played 4 minutes vs. #23 Louisville (12/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: His senior season at Pekin High School, averaged 10.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game to earn second-team All-Mid-Illini selection and help the Dragons finish second in the conference ... As a junior, helped the Dragons win a Class 3A regional championship and individually made it to the state finals in the Class 3A IHSA 3-Point Shootout ... Played in 72 career games for Pekin, earning four varsity letters and serving as a team captain his senior season ... Was also a three-year letterwinner in golf for Pekin, competing twice in the state tournament and playing a key role in the Dragons winning the Mid-Illini championship and Dragon Invitational
PERSONAL: Justin comes from an athletic family, as his father, Pat, played at UW-Green Bay, his older brother, Nathan, was a scholarship forward at Northwestern (2013-17), and his twin sister, Jenna, plays volleyball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ... studying kinesiology.
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Played in 7 games as a true freshman ... Played 4 minutes vs. #23 Louisville (12/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: His senior season at Pekin High School, averaged 10.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game to earn second-team All-Mid-Illini selection and help the Dragons finish second in the conference ... As a junior, helped the Dragons win a Class 3A regional championship and individually made it to the state finals in the Class 3A IHSA 3-Point Shootout ... Played in 72 career games for Pekin, earning four varsity letters and serving as a team captain his senior season ... Was also a three-year letterwinner in golf for Pekin, competing twice in the state tournament and playing a key role in the Dragons winning the Mid-Illini championship and Dragon Invitational
PERSONAL: Justin comes from an athletic family, as his father, Pat, played at UW-Green Bay, his older brother, Nathan, was a scholarship forward at Northwestern (2013-17), and his twin sister, Jenna, plays volleyball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ... studying kinesiology.
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