Jauwan Scaife is in his second season with the Redhawks women’s basketball program and serves as the team’s facilities, social media and video/technology coordinator in addition to assisting with recruiting, camps, scouting, player development and other tasks as assigned.
In his first season with the Redhawks, Scaife helped guide Southeast to a fifth-place finish in the OVC with an 8-8 record. SEMO finished the season with an even 15-15 overall record.
Scaife works closely with the guards including Bri Mitchell, Southeast’s first All-OVC performer since 2008-09. Mitchell’s 13.5 points per game led the Redhawks as well as ranked 10th in the league. She put up a team-best 20 double-digit point performances in the 27 games she played in.
He also helped mentor freshman point guard Adrianna Murphy. Murphy cracked Southeast’s single-season top-10 list in assists with 144 during her rookie campaign.
In OVC-only games, SEMO ranked sixth in the league in scoring offense with 71.8 points per game, also ranking sixth with a +1.5 scoring margin. Assist-wise, the Redhawks ranked fourth, dishing out 14.8 assists per game.
Prior to Southeast, he spent the last two years as a graduate assistant/video coordinator with the Ball State men’s basketball team.
Scaife played four years as a guard at Ball State from 2009-13. He was named Second-Team All-Mid-American Conference in 2012-13 and earned MAC All-Freshman Team honors in 2009-10. Scaife finished his career ranked 14th in program history with 1,326 points, becoming the 26th 1,000-point scorer for the Cardinals. He broke BSU’s career records in three-pointers made (203) and attempted (579), as well.
A native of Muncie, Indiana, Scaife was a three-year letterman at Muncie Central High School. He averaged 17.3 points, four rebounds and three assists per game in his senior season. Scaife secured First-Team All-Conference and All-City honors, and Second-Team All-State accolades during his standout prep career.
Scaife graduated in three years at Ball State with a degree in Sport Administration. He remained at BSU to get his master’s in physical education/coaching.
