Prospect Spotlight: Sergio Jimenez (2020 North Marion HS)
Hard work pays off. Sergio Jimenez is proof of that. The tough 6-foot-2, 190-pound wing/forward made it a point to get into the gym last summer and it was reflected in a tremendous junior season at North Marion High…
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Hard work pays off. Sergio Jimenez is proof of that. The tough 6-foot-2, 190-pound wing/forward made it a point to get into the gym last summer and it was reflected in a tremendous junior season at North Marion High School. Now going into senior year, Jimenez is hopeful that the development continues and it results in some college basketball opportunities.
“I was in the gym all summer going into junior season and I played some with Team Fly and I think that the coaches and my teammates helped me develop a higher skill set from my sophomore year,” Jimenez said. “So I just came out and I was confident in me and my teammates doing the job during the season.”
It was a stellar junior year for Jimenez, who earned Tri-Valley Conference Player of the Year and All-State honors while helping North Marion make it to the 4A state tournament. He credits the success to the work he put in on his perimeter game.
“I know my game from the inside is pretty good – I consider myself a finisher,” Jimenez said. “So all summer I worked on the three ball so I could be a dual threat. If I’m getting money inside and they try to stop me, I can also hit the three-pointer. We were a small team and we were mainly (about) three-point shooting so I had to make sure I could knock those down too.”
Jimenez is the type of player who simply works hard and is simply productive on the offensive end. He is hopeful that he can continue to improve this spring and summer as well and he’s playing with Deep III for AAU ball. “My goal is to just get better – I trust the coaches to develop my skill set,” Jimenez said. “I just want to come out have fun – I don’t really care about wins or losses, even though I like winning – but it’s just about getting better and having fun getting better over the off-season. I’m trying to work on more three-point shooting and more consistency beyond the arc.”
One of the other hopes Jimenez has is to get exposure to college coaches. He notes that programs such as Clackamas, Western Oregon, Willamette, and Portland have been in contact with his coaches and he’s keeping things wide open for now.
“Just good coaches and teams that know how to develop players,” Jimenez said of what he’s looking for in a school/program. “As long as I’m playing college basketball I’m fine with that, I just want to continue playing basketball while I move on.”