Jalen Hood-Schifino's parents

Jalen Hood-Schifino is a college basketball player who plays as a guard for the Indiana Hoosiers. Jalen has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft even though he has only attended college for his freshman year. With the incredible 2022-2023 season behind him, Jalen has decided to forego his remaining three years of college in search of realizing his dream of playing in the NBA.

Jalen is particularly comfortable running the pick-and-roll offense. While going to his right side, he has a consistent pull-up jump shot and while going to the left side, the same shot is decent enough. Of course, as he plays the guard position, his ball-handling skills are more than up to the mark. He seems to possess a high basketball IQ as he knows when to attack the middle with teams that do not commit. Jalen likes to keep his game simple waiting patiently for the right play to develop. As for his defense, he makes good use of his size to guard smaller guards and is extremely effective as a 1v1 defender on guards. His excellent vision and hands make him good at steals.

Even though Jalen has put in the work to improve his 3-point shooting, there is still more to be desired in that area of his game. Also needs to step up his catch-and-shoot game as it was a dismal 31.3% for the last season. As a guard in the NBA in today's day and age, he will have to put in some effort to get that percentage higher.

Jalen Hood-Schifino's Parents

Jalen Hood-Schigino was born on June 19, 2003, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents Glenn Hood and Adrianne Schifino. Not much is really known about Jalen’s father as he likes to keep himself away from the media and attention. Nevertheless, it is known that his father’s actual name is Glennard D. Hood Jr. and that he used to play football at Santa Monica College as a quarterback. However, he had to step away from the game and also dropped out of college to start earning money as Jalen was born.

Jalen Hood-Schifino's Mother

Jalen’s mother is Adrianne Schifino but is generally referred to as ‘Angel’ which is her nickname. She was born in Germany and moved to many different homes as her father was in the military. Eventually, she settled in Pittsburgh where she met Jalen’s father. Adrianne is actually a former basketball player herself and played at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. But she could not play beyond half a season as at the young age of nineteen, she became pregnant with Jalen. She then started working part-time at the mall to help support the family. In 2008 she graduated with a communications degree. After working a couple more jobs, she now runs The F.I.N.O. (Failure Is No Option) Project with Jalen.

Jalen Hood-Schifino's Siblings

Jalen has a sister who is ten years younger than him. Her name is Ava Hood and is currently a school-going student. Despite the big age gap, both of them share a very close bond and Jalen wishes to be by her side and give her the world.