Jacob Jaacks

Who is Jacob Jaacks?

Jacob Brian Jaacks a.k.a. Jacob Crane is an American professional basketball player from Iowa. Jacob was a 6 ft 10 in, 260 pound power forward/center.

Jacob attended Ankeny High School as a freshman and sophomore. He played for the underclassmen teams, but never played on the varsity team. As a junior, his family moved to Cedar Rapids, where he attended Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School and was coached by Rick Williams. After playing very limited minutes as a junior, Jacob started his senior season and was named to the Mississippi Valley Conference team. He helped lead the team to State, but eventually lost to West Des Moines Valley in the quarterfinals.

After short recruiting period, Jacob accepted a scholarship to play and the University of South Dakota for coach Dave Boots. He red-shirted his freshman year because of his lack of physical size and strength. His freshman campaign was very successful earning him a spot on the All-NCC freshman team. Soon afterwards he decided to leave the University of South Dakota for Marshalltown Community College to pursue his dream of playing for a large, Division I university.