Mustang Legend Jacob Rieger ’10

The 2010 10th Region KABC Player of the Year

Jacob Rieger was a three-year varsity starter for the Brossart Mustangs, where he played his high school career from 2006 through 2010.
 
As a freshman he was a member of the 2007 All “A” State Championship team.
 
Jake led the team in seven categories his sophomore season, including Leading Scorer, Leading Rebounder, Most Assists and Most Steals.  He was instrumental in the Mustangs’ upset of St. Patrick in the 2008 10th Region “A” tournament, and hit a key shot in their upset of Lexington Christian in the “A” State Tournament.  Rieger contributed 19 points as the ’08 Mustangs toppled heavily favored Campbell County in the 37th District semi-finals.
 
For his efforts, Jake was named the team’s Most Valuable Player, a title he would capture again in 2009 and 2010. In Jake’s Junior season he played in the Gene Lowe’s Junior All-Star Game in Berea, and the NoKy Junior East-West All-Star Game.
 
In the 2010 All “A” State Tournament game against Hazard, Jake scored 27 points in a losing effort. Jake became the first Brossart Mustang ever to be named the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches 10th Region Player of the Year.  He also played in the Kentucky Seniors All-Star Game and received a tryout with the Kentucky All-Stars.
 
Jacob was named the Most Valuable Player of the Northern Kentucky East-West Seniors All-Star Game.  He was named 1st Team – 10th Region – All-Region his Junior and Senior seasons, and honorable mention his sophomore year.
 
Jake was a four year First-Honors student in the classroom and four year member of the National Honors Society. 
 

In the spring of 2010 Jacob Rieger signed an academic/athletic scholarship to play his college basketball at Hanover College. At Hanover his freshman year, Jake started in 13 games, averaging 16 minutes played per game.

Jake joined the Brossart 1,000 point club on January 12th, 2010 in a 61-45 win over Cooper where he scored a total of 24 points on the night.

He finished his career with a total of 1229 points, at the time placing him sixth among Brossart’s all-time leading career scorers, trailing only Nathan Seiter, Dave Farwick, Brian Ficker, Greg Schwegmann, and Evan McDole. Jake joined the Brossart 1,000 point club on January 12th, 2010 in a 61-45 win over Cooper where he scored a total of 24 points on the night.

Rieger led the team in scoring his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.  He averaged 12.9 ppg for his career.

Jake’s Four Year Composite Stats

Games

Games Started

2Pt Field Goals

95

82

426-825-51.6%

3Pt Field Goals

TL Field Goals

Free Throws

31-128-24.2%

457-953-48%

284-450-65.1%

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Blocks

1229, 12.9ppg

611, 6.4rpg

221

95

Jacob Rieger was elected to the 10th Region Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2016.

At that time, he joined Brossart notables Nathan and Justin Seiter, Evan McDole,Troy Cooper, Coach Willie Schlarman and Contributor Dave Schabell in receiving this prestigious honor.  He was elected to the Bishop Brossart Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

SOPHOMORE YEAR

10th Region – All-Region – HM

NKBBCA DivII – First Team

10th Region “A” – All Tournament

Enquirer – All Star – HM

Team MVP

JUNIOR YEAR

10th Region – All-Region – 1st Team

NKBBCA DivII – First Team

10th Region “A” – All Tournament

37th District Tournament All-Tournament

Enquirer – All Star – HM

Team MVP

BB-CCo – Crosstown Classic Player Of Game

Insight/ICN-6/Egelston-Maynard All-Star

SENIOR YEAR

KABC – 10th Region Player of the Year

Tryout – Ky All-Stars

10th Region – All-Region – 1st Team

NKBBCA DivII – First Team

10th Region “A” – All Tournament

37th District Tournament All-Tournament

Enquirer – All Star – 1st Team

Team – MVP

Senior East/West All-Star Game MVP

Ashland Invitational Tournament All-Tournament

Insight/Inky/Remke Athlete Student Achiever

Jacob Rieger was the consumate student-athlete. Four years honors student, four year member of the National Honors Society, and four-year varsity contributor to the Brossart Mustangs basketball program, who received an academic/athletic scholarship to Hanover College, following his high school playing days.

Jake led the Mustangs in just about every category his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.  For his efforts he was recognized as All-Region his junior and senior seasons, and All-Region Honorable Mention his sophomore year.  He was also NKCA Division II – All-Conference his junior and senior seasons.

Jake is the first and only Brossart Mustang to be named the KABC 10th Region Player of the Year, and the only Mustang to have ever received a tryout for the Kentucky All-Star team.

Mike Code coached Jake all four years of his high school career, and calls him “one of the most versatile big men I have ever coached.”  In addition to putting big numbers on the scoreboard, Rieger also excelled on the defensive side of the ball, and took pride in being a complete defensive player.

He was heavily recruited by NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges.  He chose Hanover College, where he started in his first three college games, and ended up starting 16 games his freshman season.  Jacob played four years at Hanover and was the team’s lone senior in his final year – 2014.

The Rieger tradition continued to live on at Brossart High School, where Erik, Jake’s younger brother, became a freshman in 2010-11 and played varsity basketball on three 20 Game Winners, graduating in 2014.

HANOVER COLLEGE

Played Four Years – Graduated in 2014
Started 13 Games as a Freshman

After missing his junior season due to injury, he was
the lone senior on the Hanover 2013-14 team

Member Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Sportsmanship Team

Voted Hanover’s Best Defensive Player

Awarded National Association of Basketball Coaches
Honor Court for Excellence in the Classroom

Averaged More than 22 Minutes A Game and Was Team’s Second Leading Rebounder

Photos Courtesy Of Mr. Tim Cooper, Mr. Jim Osborne,
and The Rieger Family Collection