2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
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Thornton, Jayla
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Jersey Number 11
Jayla Thornton
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Newark Tech
- Hometown:
- Newark, NJ
Bio
2022-23: Played in 20 games and made two starts as a graduate student in 2022-23 … averaged 6.7 ppg and 2.3 rpg … shot .346 from the floor and .370 from 3-point range … scored a season-high 23 points vs. Ohio (12/2/22) in an 8-for-14 outing from the field which included seven 3-pointers … pulled down 11 rebounds vs. Ohio for her first-career double-double.
Prior to GW ( at Syracuse 2021-22): Appeared in five games … Averaged 5.6 points and 1.8 rebounds … Scored a season-high 12 points in the opener vs. Monmouth (11/10) … Shot 31.3 percent from the field and 20 percent from three-point range … Tallied a season-high two assists against Monmouth and had four rebounds in the game which she played a season-high 23 minutes … Named to the Athletic Director’s Fall 2021 Honor Roll.
( at Howard 2017-21): Played four seasons at Howard ... Named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2021 ... averaged 11.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game ... totaled 1,222 career points at Howard and made 275 three-pointers ... Named to the 2020-21 BOXTOROW All-American Second Team ... selected to the 2021 Black College Sports Network (BCSN) All-American First Team ... Selected to the 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... named to the 2019-20 MEAC All-Conference Third Team ... earned 2019-20 MEAC Preseason All-Conference honors ... As a junior she was the only Bios to play and start in all 31 games where she averaged 12.8 PPG (ninth-best in the MEAC) while connecting on a league-leading 89 three-pointers ... nationally, she ranked top-20 in three-pointers made and three-pointers per game (2.87), which also topped the conference ... shot nearly 82-percent (49-of-60) from the charity stripe ... reached double-figures in scoring 20 times, including seven 20-point performances ... recorded 25 points and seven boards in the road win at Coppin State (Jan. 27) ... had a season-high 25 points and seven rebounds against Delaware State (March 5) ... tallied 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field in the victory over South Carolina State (March 10) at the MEAC Tournament First Round ... Named to the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... selected to the 2018-19 MEAC All-Conference Third Team ... As a sophomore she earned MEAC Player of the Week (March 5) ... ranked No. 3 on HBCU’s Women’s Basketball Players by “The Undefeated” … ranked No. 1 “Best Shooter” in HBCU National Poll … earned the 2019 Highest GPA for Women’s Basketball … achieved a 4.0 GPA during the 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters ... played all 31 games with 28 starts … led the conference in made three-pointers (97) while finishing top 25 nationally … holds the record for most three-pointers made in a single season (97) and single game (9) … recorded 19 double-digit scoring performances, including seven 20-point efforts and a 33-point outbreak at Savannah State (March 2) ... During her freshman season at Howard she was named the Annual Bison Blue Carpet Awards Rookie of the Year ... Dean's List honoree … played 25 games in a reserve role as a freshman … registered five double-digit scoring efforts … had 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting beyond the arc against Florida A&M (Feb. 3) … recorded 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from downtown at Morgan State (Feb. 5) and was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Rookie of the Week (Feb. 6) … notched a season-best 16 points at Coppin State (March 1).
Prior to GW ( at Syracuse 2021-22): Appeared in five games … Averaged 5.6 points and 1.8 rebounds … Scored a season-high 12 points in the opener vs. Monmouth (11/10) … Shot 31.3 percent from the field and 20 percent from three-point range … Tallied a season-high two assists against Monmouth and had four rebounds in the game which she played a season-high 23 minutes … Named to the Athletic Director’s Fall 2021 Honor Roll.
( at Howard 2017-21): Played four seasons at Howard ... Named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2021 ... averaged 11.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game ... totaled 1,222 career points at Howard and made 275 three-pointers ... Named to the 2020-21 BOXTOROW All-American Second Team ... selected to the 2021 Black College Sports Network (BCSN) All-American First Team ... Selected to the 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... named to the 2019-20 MEAC All-Conference Third Team ... earned 2019-20 MEAC Preseason All-Conference honors ... As a junior she was the only Bios to play and start in all 31 games where she averaged 12.8 PPG (ninth-best in the MEAC) while connecting on a league-leading 89 three-pointers ... nationally, she ranked top-20 in three-pointers made and three-pointers per game (2.87), which also topped the conference ... shot nearly 82-percent (49-of-60) from the charity stripe ... reached double-figures in scoring 20 times, including seven 20-point performances ... recorded 25 points and seven boards in the road win at Coppin State (Jan. 27) ... had a season-high 25 points and seven rebounds against Delaware State (March 5) ... tallied 22 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field in the victory over South Carolina State (March 10) at the MEAC Tournament First Round ... Named to the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... selected to the 2018-19 MEAC All-Conference Third Team ... As a sophomore she earned MEAC Player of the Week (March 5) ... ranked No. 3 on HBCU’s Women’s Basketball Players by “The Undefeated” … ranked No. 1 “Best Shooter” in HBCU National Poll … earned the 2019 Highest GPA for Women’s Basketball … achieved a 4.0 GPA during the 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters ... played all 31 games with 28 starts … led the conference in made three-pointers (97) while finishing top 25 nationally … holds the record for most three-pointers made in a single season (97) and single game (9) … recorded 19 double-digit scoring performances, including seven 20-point efforts and a 33-point outbreak at Savannah State (March 2) ... During her freshman season at Howard she was named the Annual Bison Blue Carpet Awards Rookie of the Year ... Dean's List honoree … played 25 games in a reserve role as a freshman … registered five double-digit scoring efforts … had 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting beyond the arc against Florida A&M (Feb. 3) … recorded 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from downtown at Morgan State (Feb. 5) and was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Rookie of the Week (Feb. 6) … notched a season-best 16 points at Coppin State (March 1).
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