2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Chaikovsky, JJ

Jersey Number 9
JJ Chaikovsky
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
- Prev School:
- CSUN
Bio
CSUN (2024-25): Redshirted with Big West competitor CSUN during the 2024-25 season.
NJIT (2023-24): Debuted at the Division I level with NJIT in 2023-24 … Played in nine games for the Highlanders as a true freshman, totaling six points and six blocks with a career-high of 10 minutes against Medgar Evers.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at El Segundo High School … Earned first team all-league honors as a junior after leading El Segundo to a league championship … Played AAU with Elev8.
MAJOR: Chemistry
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 4, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
Rebounds: 3, 2x, last at Vermont, 1/13/24*
Assists: 2, at Vermont, 1/13/24*
Blocks: 2, at UAlbany, 2/15/24*
FG Made: 1, 2x, last vs. Bryant, 1/25/24*
FT Made: 2, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
Minutes: 10, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
*at NJIT
NJIT (2023-24): Debuted at the Division I level with NJIT in 2023-24 … Played in nine games for the Highlanders as a true freshman, totaling six points and six blocks with a career-high of 10 minutes against Medgar Evers.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at El Segundo High School … Earned first team all-league honors as a junior after leading El Segundo to a league championship … Played AAU with Elev8.
MAJOR: Chemistry
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 4, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
Rebounds: 3, 2x, last at Vermont, 1/13/24*
Assists: 2, at Vermont, 1/13/24*
Blocks: 2, at UAlbany, 2/15/24*
FG Made: 1, 2x, last vs. Bryant, 1/25/24*
FT Made: 2, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
Minutes: 10, vs. Medgar Evers, 12/22/23*
*at NJIT
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