Jay Joseph

Athlete, North Penn High School, 2000

4 Varsity Letters Basketball

NPHS Boys Career Points leader 1424

1999, 2000 NPHS Basketball MVP

2000 PIAA All-State Basketball

1999 & 2000 First Team All-SOL Patriot Division

2000 Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern PA Team

2000 McDonald’s High School All-American Nomination

2000 The Reporter Basketball Player of The Year

UNC Greensboro 4 Year Letter Winner

2001 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year

2004 UNC Greensboro All-Time Leading Scorer: 1,626 pts.

2004 Drafted into the NBA Development League

University of North Carolina Greensboro, B.S., Business Administration/Marketing, 2004

INDUCTED 2016

North Penn High School, 2000

Jay is honored to be part of the 2016 class of inductees in the North Penn Athletic Hall of Fame. His career began as a 9th grader and started joining Coach Mike Fergus in the high school open gyms and weight lifting sessions. He was a 4 time Varsity letter winner and helped lead the Knights to District playoffs along with two State Playoff appearances. He led the Knights his junior and senior year with 20 points per game and 10 rebounds per game.

He credits his success by having great mentors and coaching leaders like Mike Fergus who took weekends out of his schedule to drive him to recruiting trips. After High School, Jay attended Division 1 Southern Conference School, University of North Carolina Greensboro. Recruited by Philadelphia Native Fran McCaffery, Joseph was immediately named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year after leading the Spartans to a NCAA Tournament berth verse the Stanford Cardinals in the West Region. He graduated all-time leading scorer with 1,646 and now ranks second in Program History. Joseph also helped lead the Spartans to a Pre-Season NIT appearance verse 2003 Kansas Jayhawks and Post season appearance verse
the Memphis Tigers. His senior Season he was named All Southern Conference and drafted 60th in the NBA Development League. He continued his Professional career in Hungary, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Dubai.

Jay now lives in Quakertown, PA with his fiancée Darlene and Son Jovanni Joseph. He currently is the Director of Pennsylvania Basketball Shooting Academy & North Penn Basketball Shooting Academy that helps kids improve their basketball skills on a year round basis. Jay is much honored to be included in the North Penn Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame.