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Jersey Number 55
Jackie Benitez
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Jersey City, N.J.
- High School:
- Pocono Mountain West
- Previous:
- Siena
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
2019-20 as a redshirt senior:
- USA Basketball 3X South Region Runner-up – qualified for 2020 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals
- CAA Preseason Second Team
- All-CAA Second Team
- Played and started in 27 games averaging 29.3 minutes per game
- Averaged 13.4 points (second on team), 2.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game (led the team)
- Led the team making 2.9 three-pointers a game, led the conference shooting 32.6 (77-of-236) from behind the arc
- Dropped 20-plus point four times, racked up double figures in scoring in 14 of last 15 games
- Scored 19 points with four made threes alongside two steals and two rebounds against St. John’s (11/17)
- Tallied 21 points on 50 percent shooting (6-of-12) against Robert Morris (12/29)
- Recorded a season-high 26 points on a blistering 50-percent clip (4-of-8) from deep alongside a pair of steals and an assist at home against Hofstra (1/24)
- Snatched a season-high five steals to go along with 14 points and two assists on the road at Delaware (1/31)
- Knocked down seven three-pointers (7-of-15) to rack up 21 points at Northeastern (2/21)
- CAA Sixth Player of the Year
- All-CAA Third Team selection
- WNIT-All Tournament Team
- 235 career three’s is 4th most in program history
- Team high 95 three’s is 6th most in program history
- Career .825 free throw percentage is 2nd in program history
- 196 career steals are 7th most in program history
- Tied a Convocation record with 7 three’s against USF (3/24/19)
- Scored 11 points in five minutes against Delaware State (11/13/18)
- Recipient of teams Sixth Woman of the Year award
- Sat out due to NCAA Transfer rules
- 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- 2017 First Team All-MAAC
- 2016 MAAC All-Rookie Team
- Two-time MAAC Player of the Week in 2016-17
- Three-time MAAC Rookie of the Week in 2015-16
- Committed 88 steals as a sophomore, fifth most in a single Siena season
- As a freshman, led the MAAC in free-throw percentage (.821) and all freshmen in scoring (10.7 ppg), steals (1.7 spg) and made 3-pointers (58)
- Career-high 34 points vs. Monmouth (1/12/17)
- Career-high 8 steals at Iona (1/10/17)
- Career-high 9 rebounds at Sacred Heart (12/12/16)
- Career-high 6 assists vs. Fairfield (12/01/16)
- Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class AAAA All-State First Team as a junior and senior
- Set Pocono Mountain West scoring record at 1,979 points, including a singles-season school-record 703 points
- 2015-16 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference First Team All-Star
- 2014 Mountain Valley Conference MVP
- 2014 Pocono Record Player of the Year
- Led Pocono Mountain West to a second straight Mountain Valley Conference title in 2014, averaging 23.3 ppg and 9.7 rpg while leading the Panthers in steals (109) and blocked shots (74)
- Averaged 26.3 points, including 70 three-pointers, 9.5 rebounds, 4.7 steals, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 assists as a senior
- Daughter of Renee and Edwardo Benitez
- Majoring in Sociology
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