Jace Posey, TCU basketball signee, repeats as Texas state high jump champion
Houston Strake Jesuit senior Jace Posey — a dual-sport star and TCU Horned Frogs basketball commit — nearly broke his own high jump record during Day 3 of the 2023 UIL State Track & Field Meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin.
Posey won his second straight gold medal in the Class 6A boys high jump, soaring to the top of the podium again on the strength of a 7-foot leap.
He beat out San Antonio Brennan senior Armando Acevedo after the duo matched each other on 6'8" and 6'10" jumps to become the last two high jumpers standing. Bryan junior Tyson Turner finished third with a 6-foot, 6-inch clearance.
Posey broke the Class 6A UIL state meet record when he won the high jump as a junior with a 7-foot, 4.25-inch leap at the 2022 state track & field meet.
It's been a banner senior year for Posey, who is also a finalist for SBLive's 2022-23 Texas Boys Basketball Class 6A Player of the Year award.
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On Saturday, the Crusaders' senior nearly set a new 6A record when he attempted a 7-foot, 5-inch jump — which would have also broken the all-time UIL state record high jump of 7'4.5" (James Lott, Refugio, 1983) — three times to cement a gold-medal performance.
Posey, a 6-foot-4 small forward, is regarded as a consensus four-star basketball recruit in the Class of 2023. He was tabbed by 247 Sports as a top 10 Texas high school basketball recruit and one of the top 100 recruits nationally.
Posey signed with the Horned Frogs in early November 2022, picking TCU after also receiving offers from Arizona State, Memphis, Miami and Texas A&M among others. He joins Mansfield Legacy power forward Isaiah Manning — a three-star prospect — and four incoming transfers in the Frogs' incoming recruiting class.
As a senior, he averaged 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game on 52.7 percent shooting to lead Strake Jesuit to a 24-9 record and a bi-district round appearance in the Class 6A UIL boys basketball playoffs.
