2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

3 JJ Babcock

  • Class Year '26
  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Hometown Athens, Pa.
  • Secondary School Athens

Biography

2024-25 Season
Started 22 of 25 games, averaging 9.8 points, 7.6 rebounds (team highest), and 2.4 assists per game…shot 47.5% from the field and 64.2% from the free-throw line…scored a season-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting vs. Houghton (Feb. 7)…grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds along with 20 points and six assists at Keuka (Feb. 4)…recorded 18 points and 16 rebounds at Keuka (Feb. 18)…notched a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds at St. John Fisher (Jan. 25)…tallied 17 points and 10 rebounds vs. Bryant & Stratton (Roc.) (Nov. 13)…blocked a season-high three shots at Keuka (Feb. 18)…played a season-high 32 minutes at Keuka (Feb. 4).

2023-24 Season
Appeared in 23 games for the Soaring Eagles, making 20 starts during his second season in Purple & Gold…posted 9.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game while averaging 24.1 minutes of game time for Elmira…notched a team-high 27 blocks to go along with 18 steals…shot .462 from the floor and drained 11 three-pointers on the year…tallied 12 outings where he finished with double-digit points, scoring 20 points three times during the season in games against SUNY Cobleskill (Nov. 16), St. John Fisher (Jan. 6), and Russell Sage (Jan. 12)…posted a double-double in each of the previous games as well as in Elmira's 77-75 win against Houghton (Jan. 9).

2022-23 Season
Appeared in 17 games for the Soaring Eagles, making five starts during his freshman season while battling injury…finished the season averaging 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in 15.5 minutes per game…came two rebounds shy of a double-double against Hartwick (Jan. 7) where he finished with 19 points and eight rebounds…finished second on the team in blocked shots (15), including a pair in four different contests…against Wells (Nov. 29), finished with ten points on 3-of-3 shooting, including a 4-of-5 effort from the free throw line…amongst qualified players, finished fourth on the team in free throw percentage (.735), where he finished 25-of-24 for the season. 

Before Elmira
Lettered in Basketball, Football, and Baseball at Athens Area High School in Athens, Pennsylvania where he graduated in 2022…during his junior season with the WildCats, averaged 15.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 3.2 assists while earning First Team All-League and All-Defense honors…during his senior year, averaged 17.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per contest…during his time at Athens Area, was the Offensive Player of the Year in its respective conference, two-time First Team All-League, two-time First Team All-Defense, and helped Athens to its first New York State playoff win in school history…scored 1,175 career points (7th in school history), while also joining the 500 rebounds club.

Personal
JJ is a Business Administration major at Elmira College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2022-23Freshman

    Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023-24Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024-25Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 195 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2025-26Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 0 lbs
    3