Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2023-2024: Scored 14.3 points per game, second on the team, and appeared in 26 games with 21 starts...played every minute of a game five times on the year...scored in double figures 20 times on the year, with a pair of 30-plus point efforts...ranked Top 20 in the GSC in scoring (16th), three-point field goals made per game (13), steals (9th), steals per game (7th), and minutes (19th)...dropped a career-best 35 points against the University of Alabama in Huntsville, as he went 13-for-21 from the floor and 9-for-15 from three-point territory...finished his AUM career averaging 13.6 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game, 2.0 assists per game, and 1.4 steals per contest...finished his career with 96 made three-point field goals.

2022-2023: Named to the GSC Winter Academic Honor Roll...helped the Warhawks to the school's second-ever postseason berth as an NCAA Division II member as the No. 6 seed in the GSC tournament...made 17 starts and played in all 29 games…averaged 13.0 points per game, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.2 steals…scored a season-high 31 points against Valdosta State (2.18)…posted double-digit points in 20 games for the Warhawks, the highest mark on the team.

PRIOR TO AUM: Standout for the Boll Weevils of Enterprise State Community College...averaged 22 points per game, 7.8 rebounds per game, and 2.1 assists per game...shots 53 percent from the field, 48 percent from three-point land, and 87 percent at the foul line...ranked in the top seven in scoring in the NJCAA and was a First Team All-ACCC selection.

PREP: Prepped at George Washington Carver High School, where he played basketball, baseball, and ran cross country...was part of the 6A basketball state championship team in 2018...also earned First Team All-State honors in baseball, Second Team All-State honors in basketball, and was the 2018 Baseball Player of the Year...averaged 15.0 points per game on the basketball court and hit .467 on the baseball diamond to go along with 33 steals his senior season.

PERSONAL: Jalen Gaston...born on Jan. 19, 2000...has two brothers, Juwon, who plays football at Northeast Miss. CC, and Terrance, and a sister, Alexis, who played basketball at Stillman College...mother Michelle Archie played college basketball at Alabama State...father Jesse Gaston played baseball at Alabama State...cousin Craig Sword played basketball at Mississippi State and now plays professionally in the G-League for the Capital City Go-Go...majoring in sports management.