Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Jaquez became the first Hispanic player at UCLA since 2008. He became a regular starter for the team during the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in November 2019. Jaquez scored 17 points and had 12 rebounds in a win against Chaminade on November 26. On December 1, he scored a season-high 18 points in a 93–64 win over San Jose State. He tied his career high of 18 points on February 27, 2020, and hit the game-winning three-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining in a 75–72 win over Arizona State. As a freshman, Jaquez averaged 8.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He was named honorable mention Pac 12 All-Freshman team.

In the summer of 2019, Jaquez represented Mexico in the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Jaquez is the son of Angela and Jaime Jaquez Sr., who met while playing basketball at Concordia University. He was born in Irvine, California and has a younger brother Marcos and younger sister Gabriela. The younger Jaquez grew up in Camarillo, California and attended Camarillo High School. As a freshman, he averaged 15.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists. and 2.6 steals per game and led the team to a 25–7 record and the CIF semifinals. As a sophomore, Jaquez earned All-Ventura County second team honors, averaging 24.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.6 steals per game but missed 12 games with an ankle injury. Jaquez averaged 31.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a senior and helped the team finish 25–4 and win its first Coastal Canyon League title. He earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section honors and finished his high school career with 2,653 points. Jaquez broke the school single-game scoring record with a 54-point outing against Royal High School. Jaquez was also a star pitcher on the high school baseball team.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. (born February 18, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference.