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Guard finds consistency after rough early season

For collegiate athletes, the start of a season is already hard. Dealing with practices and classes can tire even the most hard-working athletes. Some, like redshirt sophomore guard DeJon “Deeky” Jarreau, have outside factors that make a season much harder.

Jarreau’s season started off on a bad foot, which can be considered an immense understatement. He suffered the loss of his grandmother and his cousin in the middle of his first semester at UH not long before the season started.

Jarreau had a loving and close relationship with his grandmother. He saw her often while in Louisiana, and he continued to talk to her frequently even after starting his collegiate career at the University of Massachusetts and eventually transferring to UH.