Personal
Born March 1983 in Ogden, Utah ... parents are Arnold and Ruth Jensen ... married Shaylee P. Jensen in April 2004 in the Logan Temple ... started as a young child playing basketball with his parents ... recruited by Stanford, Utah, Weber State ... construction management major.
At BYU
CAPSULE: Jensen enters his freshman season as the most prized high school recruit from the state of Utah last season ... He earned the 2001 Deseret News Mr. Basketball Award, scoring 25.8 points and pulling down 13 rebounds per game at Fremont High School ... He is a talented offensive player in the low-post who can also score with his jumper ... He played center in high school but could play power forward or the center position in college .... He will likely play center this season and should get the opportunity to play with the loss of 2001 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year Mekeli Wesley in the post.
Before BYU
Jensen earned the 2001 Deseret News Mr. Basketball Award after scoring 25.8 points and pulling down 13 rebounds per game as a senior at Fremont High School ... averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior when he also earned Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News All-State honors ... earned Ogden Standard Examiner All-Area recognition three years and was the Standard Star player four times ... played center in high school as a four-year starter ... named team MVP ... was academic all-state and graduated with highest honors with 3.996 GPA ... coached by Bernie Graziano.
Summary
Finished his career as the top Cougar center free-throw shooter (.809) and No. 2 all-time in field goal percentage (.567) ... Jensen made 79 starts over his four-year career and finished his career tied for 15th all-time at BYU with 118 games played ... Finished his career averaging 7.2 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game ... Jensen earned All-MWC Honorable Mention in 2002-03 and MWC Co-Freshman of the Year honors in 2001-02 when he finished first in the Mountain West Conference with a team-leading 59.1 field goal percentage (sixth single-season best percentage in school history) ... Saw his time limited by injuries as a junior, the only season in which he did not average 20 minutes or more per game ... The depth and defense he provided in the post was not always evident on a stat sheet but was demonstrated as BYU went 10-1 in MWC games with Jensen and 0-3 without him during his injury-plagued season ... Scored in double figures 35 times and logged double-digit rebounds four times ... Career highs of 23 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks.
Stats
CAREER HIGHS:POINTS: 23 vs. Santa Clara (2005)FG MADE: 9 at UNM (2005)FG ATT: 13 vs. UNM at MWC (2005)FG%: 1.000 (6-6) vs. Rice (2003)3FG MADE: --3FG ATT: --3FG%: --FT MADE: 9 vs. SDSU, vs. Santa Clara (2005)FT ATT: 12 vs. SDSU (2005)FT %: 1.000 (9-9) vs. Santa Clara (2005)REB: 10 (four times) last vs. CSU (2005)ASSISTS: 3 at SDSU, at Weber St. (2005)STEALS: 2 (8 times) last vs. Utah (2005)BLOCKS: 2 (four times)MINUTES: 35 vs. NC Stats (2005)JENSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR STATSYearGP-GSMinFG-FGAPct3FG-FGAPctFT-FTAPctOff/Def-Tot/Avg2001-0230-2520.088-149.5910-0.00082-97.84550/56-106/3.52002-0332-2521.781-141.5740-0.00077-96.80239/66-105/3.32003-0427-812.130-56.5360-0.00042-58.72420/38-58/2.12004-05 29-21 22.5 88-160 .550 0-0 .000 70-84 .833 52/66-118/4.1PF-FOA/AvgTOBlkStlPts/Avg2001-0273-36/0.2271318258/8.62002-0399-614/0.43298239/7.52003-0458-15/0.22482102/3.82004-05 73-0 14/0.5 42 6 17 246/8.5CAREERGP-GSMinFG-FGAPct3FG-FGAPctFT-FTAPctOff/Def-Tot/AvgTOTALS118-7919.3287-506.5670-0.000271-335.809161/226-387/3.3PF-FOA/AvgTOBlkStlPts/Avg303-1039/0.31253645845/7.2