jimmy ratliff

     Jimmy Ratliff was a three-year varsity starter in basketball for Middletown from 1986-90 helping lead the Middles to two Greater Miami Conference titles and a district championship. As a senior, Jimmy averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks per game. Also as a senior, he was named to the first team All-GMC, All-Southwest District and All-Ohio. Jimmy was the 1990 Gatorade Circle of Champions Ohio High School Player of the Year and was nominated to the McDonald’s All-American Game. He played in and was named the Most Valuable Player in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game, the Ohio-Michigan All-Star Game and the Ohio-Indiana All-Star Game. Jimmy is currently ranked 10th on Middletown’s all-time scoring list with 1,070 points. He went to The Ohio State University on a full scholarship and won two Big Ten championships with the Buckeyes. He also was selected to the Big Ten All-Star European Tour team in 1993. In his professional career, Jimmy tried out for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks in 1994. He played in the CBA for the Chicago Rockers (1994-96), in the BBL for the Doncaster Panthers, the Derby Storm and the Hemel Lions from 1995-98 in England, for the Rockhampton Rockets in the QSBL in 1998 in Australia, the LBBL for  the BBC Residence in 1998 and 1999 in Luxembourg, and in the LNB for Regatta’s in 1999 and 2000 in Argentina.