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Jersey Number 30
Kiki Jefferson
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Lancaster, Pa.
- High School:
- Lancaster Catholic
- Major:
- Sport & Recreation Management
Bio
Career Highlights:
- Drafted in the third round, 31st overall, by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2024 WNBA Draft
- 2023 VaSID All-State First Team
- 2023 ECAC First Team
- 2023 Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2023 Sun Belt Player of the Year
- 2023 First Team All-Sun Belt
- 3x 2022-23 Sun Belt Player of the Week (11/15, 11/22, 2/21)
- 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
- 2022 CAA All-Conference Second Team
- Became JMU's 32nd player to score 1,000 career points (1/28/22)
- 2021-22 Preseason All-CAA First Team
- Named to the Preseason Watch List for the 2022 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award
- 2021 All-CAA First Team
- 2021 CAA Player of the Week (1/4/21)
- 2021 CAA All-Tournament Team
- 2021 VaSID All-State First Team
- 2020-21 All-CAA First Team
- 2020 CAA Rookie of the Year
- 2020 CAA All-Rookie Team
- 9x CAA Rookie of the Week (11/11/19, 11/18/19, 12/23/19, 1/6/20, 1/20/20, 1/27/20, 2/17/20, 2/24/20)
- Her nine CAA ROTW selections are second-most in conference history
- Finished her career at JMU ranking second in career free throws made (550), fifth in scoring average, sixth all-time in points (1,838), tied for sixth in free throw percentage (80.2), ninth in rebounds (815), tied for ninth in made field goals (518), and tied for 10th in three-point percentage (33.9)
- Named the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the league’s tournament team after averaging 18.7 points and 5.3 boards per contest, shooting 9-for-12 (75.0%) from three
- Wrapped up the year with nine double-doubles
- Scored 20+ points in 16 contests during her senior campaign, highlighted by a pair of 30-point performances versus #13 North Carolina (Nov. 20) and Old Dominion (Feb. 18)
- Played a career-high 39 minutes at Old Dominion on Feb. 18, posting a stat line of 30 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals, and one block
- Made eight or more field goals in nine contests
- Knocked down 4-of-6 (66.7%) from three-point range against #13 North Carolina on Nov. 20
- Sunk 16-of-17 (94.1%) from the charity stripe versus Liberty on Nov. 23
- Nearly recorded the program’s first triple-double, registering 20 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists against Coastal Carolina on Dec. 29
- Grabbed a career-best 14 boards and scored 22 points in just 23 minutes of action at South Alabama on Feb. 2
- Tied her career-high with three shot rejections versus Arkansas State on Feb. 11
- Connected on 4-of-5 (80.0%) shots from deep against Texas State (March 6) in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game, finishing with 22 points
- Scored 17 points and tallied eight rebounds in the Dukes' NCAA Tournament matchup with Ohio State on March 18
- Started all 29 games, averaging 30.8 minutes per game
- Led the team in scoring, averaging 18.8 and scoring a total of 545 on the season
- Dropped 30+ points twice
- Scored double digits in 26 out of 29 games
- Entered the top-10 all time for free throws made in a season in Dukes history (174) on 81.3% shooting
- Her total made free throws (174) ranked fourth nationally
- Posted four double-doubles
- Dropped 31 points and 11 rebounds to beat UVA in the home opener (11/9)
- Made 11 free throws at Liberty (11/18)
- Posted a stat line of 26 points, 10 rebounds and two assists at Delaware (1/18)
- Scored a season high and career-best 32 points at William & Mary on 11-15 (73%) from the field while adding seven free throws (2/6)
- JMU Athletics Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2022)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- Started in all 24 games, averaging 29.3 minutes a night
- Led the team in points (388), points per game (16.2, sixth in CAA), rebounds (188), rebounds per game (7.8, seventh in CAA) and steals (26)
- Finished the year second on the team in steals per game (1.1) and blocks per game (0.4)
- Shot 34.9 percent (30-86) from three (seventh in CAA) and 82 percent (114-139) from the charity stripe, highest percentage in both categories on the team
- Led the CAA in free throw percentage (82%)
- Dropped 2.4 dimes per contest, third-best on the team
- Nearly secured three straight double doubles to begin the season as she posted 12 points against Mount St. Mary’s (11/25), 16 points against Buffalo (11/30) and 14 points against UVa (12/3) while grabbing eight rebounds in each game
- Only missed three free throws in non-conference action, 21-24 (.875)
- Had a career outing in the win over George Washington as she poured in a career-high 23 points on an efficient 6-9 shooting including 9-10 from the charity stripe with a season-high three steals (12/9)
- Secured a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds on 53.3 percent (8-15) shooting against Towson (1/3)
- Shot 100 percent (11-11) from the free throw line, posting 18 points in 29 minutes against Elon (1/17)
- Posted 20 points on 70 percent (7-10) shooting to go along with seven rebounds and five assists against Northeastern (1/25)
- Posted her third double-double of the year with 12 rebounds and 14 points against Elon (2/6)
- Shot a perfect 100 percent (10-10) from the free-throw line, posting yet another double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds against Towson (2/10)
- Recorded 14 points with 12 rebounds and two assists against UNCW (2/16)
- Dropped a near double-double with 20 points and nine rebounds, including a 90.9 percent (10-11) performance from the free-throw line against Delaware (2/20)
- Posted 23 points on 53.8 percent (7-13) shooting to go along with four rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes of action against Northeastern in the CAA quarterfinals (3/11)
- Secured a double-double with 31 points and 11 rebounds in 37 minutes against Drexel in the CAA semifinals (3/12)
- Played in all 29 games with 25 starts, averaging 24.3 minutes per game
- Averaged 9.8 points (third on team), 5.6 rebounds (second on team), 1.8 assists (fourth on team) and 1.1 steals per game (fourth on team)
- Shot 46.4 percent (98-of-211) from the field and 39.7 percent (29-of-73) from behind the arc (second on team)
- Scored in double figures 13 times including scoring 20-plus twice
- Opened her college career with 17 points, nine rebounds, three steals and three assists against Longwood (11/6)
- Secured her first career double-double against College of Charleston (1/19) with a career-high 21 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, seven of which coming on the offensive end alongside three assists, a career-high three blocks and two steals
- Followed her career high performance with a19 points against Hofstra (1/24)
- Scored 11 or more points in six consecutive games in the heart of conference play (2/9-2/28)
- Three-time Lancaster Lebanon League First-Team selection
- Lancaster Lebanon All-Star
- Three-time USA Today Pennsylvania First Team honoree
- USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year
- Two-time Pennsylvania Class 4A Player of the Year
- PennLive’s Two-time Player of the Year
- Lancaster Catholic went undefeated her junior year (Lancaster Lebanon League, District Three and PIAA Championship)
- Finished with 2,510 career points, which ranks second all-time in the Lancaster-Lebanon League
- Plays for the Philly Belles EYBL
- Daughter of Marcus and Kiyana Jefferson
- Has one brother Steven and one sister Ayanda
- Majoring in Sports & Recreation Management
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