2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Jamerson II, Steven

Jersey Number 24
Steven Jamerson II
- Position:
- Forward/Center
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Crespi HS
Bio
Career
Has averaged 8.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 71 games (61 starts) over the past three seasons at the University of San Diego (USD) … has one year of eligibility remaining … transferred to UCLA in the summer of 2025 … has scored at least 10 points in 24 games (and 20 or more points in five contests) … has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 19 games … has totaled 10 double-doubles in his previous three seasons … enrolled at Michigan State as a freshman in 2021-22, after graduating from Crespi High School (Encino, Calif.), but did not play on the basketball team.
2024-25
Played in 31 games, making 30 starts, as a redshirt junior at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 10.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.8 blocks per game … also averaged 24.1 minutes per game … ranked third on the team in scoring (10.0 ppg) and led USD in rebounding (242 rebounds, 7.8 rpg) … also led the Toreros in overall field goal percentage (55.7%, 118-for-212) … ranked second among all players in the West Coast Conference (WCC) in rebounding (7.8 rpg), trailing Mitchell Saxen from Saint Mary’s (7.9 rpg) … ranked among the top 20, individually, in both steals and blocks in the WCC … scored a career-high 24 points in a game at Pepperdine (Feb. 13), shooting 10-for-15 from the field … totaled 10 or more points in 14 games and registered 20 or more points in three games … had eight games with 10 or more rebounds and concluded the season had 21 points, 11 rebounds and a season-best four steals in a 10-point win over Pacific (Dec. 30) … also had 21 points and nine rebounds at Santa Clara (Feb. 8) … scored 11 points and had a career-best 15 rebounds against Loyola Marymount (Feb. 1) … had at least one steal in 21 games, including seven games with two or more steals … finished with at least two blocks in seven contests … made at least nine shots in two games – shot 10-for-15 against Pepperdine (Feb. 13) and was 9-for-12 from the field against Pacific (Dec. 30).
2023-24
Played in 26 games, making 24 starts, as a redshirt sophomore at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 8.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks per game … led USD’s team in rebounding (211 rebounds, 8.1 rpg) and overall field goal percentage (60.5%, 98-for-162) … ranked third in the West Coast Conference (WCC) in rebounding as one of just three players to have averaged 8.0 or more rebounds per game … ranked second on the team in blocked shots (25, 1.0 bpg) … helped San Diego to an 18-15 overall record, marking the Toreros’ most wins in a season since 2018-19 (21) … scored a season-high 22 points and tallied a season-best 14 rebounds in USD’s 89-84 comeback victory at Pacific (Feb. 10), connecting on 10 of 13 shots … also had a season-high four assists, one block and one steal in the 22-point and 14-rebound game at Pacific … scored at least 10 points in 10 games … had two games with at least 20 points – 22 points at Pacific (Feb. 10) and 20 points in a 69-67 win at Pepperdine (Jan. 27) … shot 10-for-11 in the two-point victory at Pepperdine, totaling 12 rebounds … finished the year with six double-doubles … totaled at least 10 rebounds in 11 contests … made at least nine shots in three games … played at least 20 minutes in 20 games … logged a season-high 38 minutes in the 22-point and 14-rebound performance at Pacific (Feb. 10).
2022-23
Played in 14 games, making seven starts, as a redshirt freshman at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 2.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game ... shot 70.8 percent from the field (17-for-24) … scored a season-high eight points, shooting 4-for-4, in a season-high 23 minutes in a start against Saint Mary’s (Feb. 16) … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in 19 minutes against Portland (March 2) … totaled two steals in three games … played at least 15 minutes in 10 contests.
High School
Was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Crespi High School in Encino, Calif. … played for head coaches Russell White and Andrew Moore … his junior and senior seasons (2019-20, 2020-21) were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic … his senior season (2020-21) was pushed back in the calendar, an adjustment made due to the pandemic … began his high school athletic career playing basketball and baseball … competed as a right-handed pitcher and outfielder at Crespi before focusing solely on basketball … becomes UCLA’s first basketball player from Crespi High School since guard Russell Stong (2020-23).
Personal
Steven Jamerson II was born in Los Angeles, Calif. … last name is pronounced JAY-mer-sin … parents are Steven Jamerson Sr. and Susan Jamerson … has one younger brother, Shane … mother, Susan, works as an administrator for a local school district … father, Steven, is a retired audio mixer who previously worked at DreamWorks Animation, Sony, Disney, 20th Century Fox and Motown Hitsville Studios, among others … while at the University of San Diego, served on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group (SAEG) … also served as a representative in USD’s athletics department for the West Coast Conference (WCC) Student Athlete Executive Council … spent his first year of college at Michigan State (2021-22) in East Lansing, Mich., and did not play on the basketball team … graduated from the University of San Diego in May of 2025 with his bachelor’s degree in film and media art studies … studying business and management of entertainment in a graduate-level program at UCLA.
Has averaged 8.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 71 games (61 starts) over the past three seasons at the University of San Diego (USD) … has one year of eligibility remaining … transferred to UCLA in the summer of 2025 … has scored at least 10 points in 24 games (and 20 or more points in five contests) … has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 19 games … has totaled 10 double-doubles in his previous three seasons … enrolled at Michigan State as a freshman in 2021-22, after graduating from Crespi High School (Encino, Calif.), but did not play on the basketball team.
2024-25
Played in 31 games, making 30 starts, as a redshirt junior at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 10.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.8 blocks per game … also averaged 24.1 minutes per game … ranked third on the team in scoring (10.0 ppg) and led USD in rebounding (242 rebounds, 7.8 rpg) … also led the Toreros in overall field goal percentage (55.7%, 118-for-212) … ranked second among all players in the West Coast Conference (WCC) in rebounding (7.8 rpg), trailing Mitchell Saxen from Saint Mary’s (7.9 rpg) … ranked among the top 20, individually, in both steals and blocks in the WCC … scored a career-high 24 points in a game at Pepperdine (Feb. 13), shooting 10-for-15 from the field … totaled 10 or more points in 14 games and registered 20 or more points in three games … had eight games with 10 or more rebounds and concluded the season had 21 points, 11 rebounds and a season-best four steals in a 10-point win over Pacific (Dec. 30) … also had 21 points and nine rebounds at Santa Clara (Feb. 8) … scored 11 points and had a career-best 15 rebounds against Loyola Marymount (Feb. 1) … had at least one steal in 21 games, including seven games with two or more steals … finished with at least two blocks in seven contests … made at least nine shots in two games – shot 10-for-15 against Pepperdine (Feb. 13) and was 9-for-12 from the field against Pacific (Dec. 30).
2023-24
Played in 26 games, making 24 starts, as a redshirt sophomore at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 8.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks per game … led USD’s team in rebounding (211 rebounds, 8.1 rpg) and overall field goal percentage (60.5%, 98-for-162) … ranked third in the West Coast Conference (WCC) in rebounding as one of just three players to have averaged 8.0 or more rebounds per game … ranked second on the team in blocked shots (25, 1.0 bpg) … helped San Diego to an 18-15 overall record, marking the Toreros’ most wins in a season since 2018-19 (21) … scored a season-high 22 points and tallied a season-best 14 rebounds in USD’s 89-84 comeback victory at Pacific (Feb. 10), connecting on 10 of 13 shots … also had a season-high four assists, one block and one steal in the 22-point and 14-rebound game at Pacific … scored at least 10 points in 10 games … had two games with at least 20 points – 22 points at Pacific (Feb. 10) and 20 points in a 69-67 win at Pepperdine (Jan. 27) … shot 10-for-11 in the two-point victory at Pepperdine, totaling 12 rebounds … finished the year with six double-doubles … totaled at least 10 rebounds in 11 contests … made at least nine shots in three games … played at least 20 minutes in 20 games … logged a season-high 38 minutes in the 22-point and 14-rebound performance at Pacific (Feb. 10).
2022-23
Played in 14 games, making seven starts, as a redshirt freshman at the University of San Diego (USD) … averaged 2.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game ... shot 70.8 percent from the field (17-for-24) … scored a season-high eight points, shooting 4-for-4, in a season-high 23 minutes in a start against Saint Mary’s (Feb. 16) … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in 19 minutes against Portland (March 2) … totaled two steals in three games … played at least 15 minutes in 10 contests.
High School
Was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Crespi High School in Encino, Calif. … played for head coaches Russell White and Andrew Moore … his junior and senior seasons (2019-20, 2020-21) were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic … his senior season (2020-21) was pushed back in the calendar, an adjustment made due to the pandemic … began his high school athletic career playing basketball and baseball … competed as a right-handed pitcher and outfielder at Crespi before focusing solely on basketball … becomes UCLA’s first basketball player from Crespi High School since guard Russell Stong (2020-23).
Personal
Steven Jamerson II was born in Los Angeles, Calif. … last name is pronounced JAY-mer-sin … parents are Steven Jamerson Sr. and Susan Jamerson … has one younger brother, Shane … mother, Susan, works as an administrator for a local school district … father, Steven, is a retired audio mixer who previously worked at DreamWorks Animation, Sony, Disney, 20th Century Fox and Motown Hitsville Studios, among others … while at the University of San Diego, served on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group (SAEG) … also served as a representative in USD’s athletics department for the West Coast Conference (WCC) Student Athlete Executive Council … spent his first year of college at Michigan State (2021-22) in East Lansing, Mich., and did not play on the basketball team … graduated from the University of San Diego in May of 2025 with his bachelor’s degree in film and media art studies … studying business and management of entertainment in a graduate-level program at UCLA.
UCLA M. Basketball Media Availability - Players (Aug. 26, 2025)
Tuesday, August 26
UCLA M. Basketball Media Availability - Coach Cronin (Aug. 26, 2025)
Tuesday, August 26
UCLA M. Basketball Postgame - vs. Tennessee (March 22, 2025)
Saturday, March 22
UCLA M. Basketball Press Conference – Players (March 21, 2025)
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