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SHS Athletic Hall Of Fame Inductee Alex Jensen

Stonington High School Will Induct Eight Graduates And One Coach Into The Stonington High School Athletic Hall Of Fame

will induct eight graduates and one coach into the Stonington High School Athletic Hall of Fame at a ceremony on . 

Stonington-Mystic Patch will publish the biographies of each inductee that were compiled by the SHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.

Alex Jensen, Class of 2000

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Alex Jensen is Stonington High School’s all-time leading scorer in boys basketball, and also participated in football and baseball during his years at SHS.

He played football as a freshman, starting at varsity quarterback, and was named the Thanksgiving Day Offensive Player of the Game. As a member of the baseball team, he earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference second-team honors as a senior.

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He excelled in basketball, and was named All-ECC during each of his four seasons. He also earned Class M All-State distinction twice, with Second Team honors as a junior and First Team honors as a senior. He started all 92 games that SHS played during his four years at the high school, and scored a record 2,359 points, averaging 26 points a game. He holds the record for career 3-point baskets with 207.

He attended Lehigh University, where he earned Patriot League All-Rookie honors as a freshman, and graduated from the University of Vermont, playing on a Catamount team that participated in the NCAA tournament.


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