Jeremy Roach


Jeremy Hunter Roach is an American college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best point guards in the 2020 class. At the high school level, he competed for Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Virginia.

High school career

As a freshman in 2016–17, Roach averaged 11.1 points to help lead his team to a 17–4 record and a runner-up finish in the WCAC. As a sophomore in 2017–18, Roach averaged 15.2 points to help his team to a 33–4 record, including 18–0 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, and a VISAA championship.
Roach would miss the rest of his junior season after he suffered a torn ACL during a scrimmage.
As a senior, he averaged 19.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game as a senior and guided his school to the VISAA D-I State Championship.
Roach was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game, Jordan Brand Classic and Nike Hoop Summit, but all three games were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Recruiting

On May 8, 2019, Roach committed to play college basketball at Duke University over offers from Kentucky, North Carolina, and Villanova.

National team career

Roach played for the United States national under-16 team at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship. Roach averaged 10.6 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game, helping his team win the gold medal.
Roach played for the United States national under-17 team at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina. In seven games, he averaged 6.4 points and 2.7 assists per game, helping his team win the gold medal.