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 ===== Jerome Clay Whitehead #54 ===== ===== Jerome Clay Whitehead #54 =====
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-**Nickname:** "Aircraft Carrier", "Muscle Beach" +**Nickname:** "Aircraft Carrier", "Muscle Beach"\\ 
 **Position:** Forward/Center\\ **Position:** Forward/Center\\
 **Height:** 6'10"\\ **Height:** 6'10"\\
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 ===== High School Career ===== ===== High School Career =====
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 He told The News-Sun that he “barely made the freshman ‘B’ squad” at Waukegan. He told The News-Sun that he “barely made the freshman ‘B’ squad” at Waukegan.
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 ===== Riverside Junior College (CA) Career ===== ===== Riverside Junior College (CA) Career =====
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 In his only year at Riverside, Whitehead led his team to a 28-6 record and was named MVP of the Mission Conference. In his only year at Riverside, Whitehead led his team to a 28-6 record and was named MVP of the Mission Conference.
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 ===== Marquette Career ===== ===== Marquette Career =====
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-Whitehead transferred to Marquette after only one year at Riverside JC (CA).+Whitehead transferred to Marquette after only one year at Riverside JC.
  
 He attended summer school at Marquette in 1975, working to boost his GPA while working in a bakery production line. He attended summer school at Marquette in 1975, working to boost his GPA while working in a bakery production line.
  
 He averaged 8.9 points per game as a sophomore and 10.5 points per game as a junior.  Jerome averaged 14 points per game as a senior and led Marquette in rebounding (8.3 rpg) during the 1977-78 season.  He will always be remembered by [[Charlotte]] fans for a play they probably felt was offensive goaltending, but was not called, in the closing moments of the National Semifinal game in 1977.  Whitehead told The News-Sun in 1977, “I had always wondered what it felt like to score the winning basket in an important game like that, ever since my cousin Rufus Woods (former North Chicago star) scored the winning basket against Waukegan in 1966...I had thought about it for a long time and finally it came true.”  He averaged 8.9 points per game as a sophomore and 10.5 points per game as a junior.  Jerome averaged 14 points per game as a senior and led Marquette in rebounding (8.3 rpg) during the 1977-78 season.  He will always be remembered by [[Charlotte]] fans for a play they probably felt was offensive goaltending, but was not called, in the closing moments of the National Semifinal game in 1977.  Whitehead told The News-Sun in 1977, “I had always wondered what it felt like to score the winning basket in an important game like that, ever since my cousin Rufus Woods (former North Chicago star) scored the winning basket against Waukegan in 1966...I had thought about it for a long time and finally it came true.” 
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 === All-Time Marquette Rankings === === All-Time Marquette Rankings ===
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