Jaylan Gainey

Photo by: Maddie Epperson/Cornell Athletics

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Photo by: Andy Mead

Class:
Senior
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-9
Weight:
220
Hometown:
Greensboro, N.C.
High School:
The Academy at Smith

2021-22: Named Ivy Defensive Player of the Year for second time in his career ... Named to All-Ivy Second Team ... Finished career as a Bear with highest all-time field goal percentage (.699) in program history, highest single-season field goal percentage (.703), and third all-time in blocked shots (125) ... Posted a career-high and led the Ivy League with 63 blocks on the season ... Ranked 35th nationally with 2.17 blocks per game ... Finished season with a pair of career-best performances, posting 25 points and 12 rebounds against Columbia (Feb. 26) and 20 points and 18 rebounds at Yale (March 5) ... Set Brown single-game record with eight blocks against Columbia (Feb. 26).

2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Named the Ivy League’s Defensive Player of the Year…Led the Ivy League and ranked 29^thnationally with 2.1 blocked shots per game, finishing with 54 blocks, sixth best in Brown basketball history…Matched the Brown school record with seven blocked shots vs. Merrimack… Blocked five shots in Ivy action against Yale, and four blocks against Harvard and Princeton….Shot a phenomenal 69-percent from the field (36-of-52) for the season…Averaged 5.1 rebounds per game, including a career high 12 rebounds against Penn and Columbia…Tossed in a career high 14 points vs. Sacred Heart, connecting on 7-of-7 field goals with six dunks and a tip-in… Posted a double-double at Columbia with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

2018-19: Scored five points and blocked a career high three shots against Loyola Marymount in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI)…Registered career highs in points (12) and rebounds (6) vs. Johnson & Wales, while blocking two shots…Connected on 3-of-3 field goals and 6-of-9 free throws vs. Johnson & Wales…Pulled down four rebounds vs. Harvard.

Before Brown: A graduate of The Academy at Smith where he was a three-time All-Conference selection (2015-2018)… Three-year conference Defensive Player of the Year (2014-2018)…National Honor Society member… Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Personal: The son of Shawn and Shawnda Gainey…Has a younger sibling, Ashtin…Enjoys basketball, video games, football, fishing, eating and sleeping…Undecided on his concentration.