DiJonai Carrington (born January 8, 1998) is an American

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. She played

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and later Baylor before being drafted by the

in the

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Early life

Carrington attended Horizon Christian Academy in San Diego, California. She scored over 2,000 career points for Horizon, while averaging 18.8 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, and 2.5 spg. She was named a McDonald's All-American and a Jordan Brand Classic All-American. Following her outstanding high school career, she committed to play for

College

Stanford

Carrington played basketball for four years at Stanford. During her time there, she helped the Cardinal win 2 Pac-12 Tournament Championships (2017 and 2019). She also was named to the All Pac-12 Team from both the Coaches and Media in 2019. She was also an outstanding student in the classroom. She was named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2020 and was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team in 2018 and 2019

Baylor

Following her time at Stanford, Carrington grad-transferred to Baylor to compete with the Lady Bears. In her one season there, Carrington averaged 14.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. She was named Big-12 Newcomer of the Year and also the Sixth Person of the Year.

Stanford and Baylor statistics

Source

WNBA career

Connecticut Sun

Carrington was the 20th pick in the

by the

. She attended the Sun training camp and earned one of the Sun's 11 roster spots.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Postseason

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Personal life

She is the daughter of former

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Darren Carrington Darren Russell Carrington (born October 10, 1966) is a former safety who played 8 seasons in the National Football League for five different teams. He played college football at Northern Arizona University, where he averaged over 27 yards per kick ...

. She is also currently dating

NaLyssa Smith NaLyssa Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Baylor, winning the NCAA Division I Championship in ...

who plays for the

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. They starting dating in 2022 after announcing their relationship on social media.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carrington, DiJonai 1998 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball players from California Baylor Bears women's basketball players Connecticut Sun draft picks Connecticut Sun players Stanford Cardinal women's basketball players