Jillian Alleyne is an American professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
player who is currently a free agent in the
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...
(WNBA). She played college basketball for
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
.
High school
Alleyne graduated from
Summit High School in
Fontana, California
Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional h ...
, in 2012. She was a McDonald's All-American nominee, named
Sunkist League MVP, an all-state selection, and Inland Valley Player of the Year.
Awards and honors
She recorded 21 consecutive double-doubles in an NCAA game, the third most in NCAA women's basketball history. She averaged 19.6 points per game and 16.3 rebounds per game during the 21 games.
Alleyne shared the media version of the
Pac-12 Player of the Year award in 2016 with
Oregon State's Jamie Weisner, who had also won the Pac-12 coaches' version of the award.
She led among Division I teams with 16.2 rebounds per game in her sophomore year 2013–14. The following year she was second, averaging 15.2 rebounds per game and in her senior year she was also second in the nation, averaging 13.6 rebounds per game. In each of her last three years, she was the nation's leader, among Division I players, in offensive rebounds per game.
In 2014–15 she was the US leader in double doubles (double digit scoring and double digit rebounds). She recorded a double double in 29 games.
For her college career, she has the third most rebounds and the second most double doubles in NCAA Division I history.
Oregon statistics
Source
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
, -
, align="left" ,
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
, align="left" ,
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, 5 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , .333 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.8
, -
, align="left" ,
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
, align="left" ,
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 2 , , 0 , , 4.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 2.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0
, -
, align="left" , Career
, align="left" , 2 years, 2 teams
, 7 , , 0 , , 3.1 , , .250 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.6
Personal life
Alleyne discovered an interest in country music after attending a
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean (born Jason Aldine Williams; February 28, 1977) is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released ten albums and 40 singles. His 2010 ...
concert. Along with other members from the Ducks basketball team, she has done charity work in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
.
"Jillian Alleyne has been pedal-to-the-metal since the Ducks’ women’s hoops season has ended"
''Daily Emerald'', May 7, 2015 In college, she is majoring in communication disorders and sciences.
References
External links
Oregon Ducks bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alleyne, Jillian
1994 births
Living people
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American sportspeople
African-American basketball players
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from California
Forwards (basketball)
Minnesota Lynx players
Oregon Ducks women's basketball players
People from Fontana, California
Phoenix Mercury draft picks
Sportspeople from San Bernardino County, California
Washington Mystics players