Jon Crispin is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 19, 1981 in Pitman, New Jersey, United States. Jon was the son of parents Steven Crispin and Susan Crispin in Pitman, New Jersey, and has three siblings, a sister and a brother. His older brother was student at the high school as well as Penn State teammate Joe Crispin. Joe was a part of one brief NBA career. The father Steve had a career in football for Villanova. Jon’s great-grandfather Cliff had a dual sport (baseball as well as basketball) player in Temple (1957-59) as well as was a participant at the 1958 Final Four. Cliff also holds the Maryland state basketball record for high school boys. single game record for scoring of 79. This record was established in 1956.
Jon was the younger brother of Joe to basketball with Joe to play basketball for the Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania. As an actual freshman (1999-2000) Jon played in with 22 of the 31 games played. Jon ended the season as the fourth highest scoring player on the team (9.3 per game / 228 in total) despite being absent for 4 games during February because of foot stress fracture.
Jon decided to transfer to the national basketball powerhouse UCLA Bruins prior to the start of his junior season. Due to NCAA transfer eligibility rules, Crispin was forced to sit out the 2001-02 season.
After becoming eligible for his red-shirted junior season in 2002-03, Crispin played in 23 games (one start) while averaging 2.3 points. His 37.9 three-point percentage ranked second on the team while his 90.0 free throw percentage ranked first. He was voted Lindy’s Number 3 College Basketball Transfer in the nation prior to the season.
In 1998, as a junior, Jon scored a school-record 62 points (21-35 FG twelve-19 triples) in the South Jersey Group I playoff game against Penns Grove High School. He completed his career the fourth player on Gloucester County’s all-time scoring charts after scoring 2,319 points. Joe’s brother Joe came in first on the list in Gloucester County history having recorded 2,651 points.
