N’dea Jones

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Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Brookwood
Hometown:
Lawrenceville, Ga.

ABOUT N’DEA

Taken with the No. 23 pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft to the Seattle Storm
AP All-America Honorable Mention selection for the 2020-21 season
Honored as a member of the All-SEC First Team following a stellar senior campaign
Garnered SEC Player of the Week honors on Dec. 1, 2020 and Mar. 1, 2021
Recognized as one of the elite players in women’s college basketball, earning a spot on the Naismith Award midseason watch list
Announced as a member of the Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year award watch list in January 2021
Was selected to the Wade Trophy watch list (2021)
Named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-American third-team and All-SEC Preseason first-team
Selected as a Katrina McClain Award semifinalist as one of the nation’s premier power forwards
A four-star recruit that was named as the No. 18 forward and No. 79 overall prospect by espnW HoopGurlz out of high school

CAREER RECORDS

Is Texas A&M’s all-time rebounding leader, hauling in 1,056 career boards
Holds the Texas A&M program record for double-doubles, logging 42 in her career
Currently ranks No. 2 all-time in A&M history for rebounds per game, averaging 9.2 boards per contest
First Texas A&M player to have two games of 20+ rebounds in the same season, a record set during the 2017-18 season
Holds the second-and-fourth best single-game rebounding marks in school history, including the most for an Aggie in a regular season game
Holds the second (384, 2018-19) and fifth (351, 2019-20) most total rebounds in a single season in Texas A&M program history

2020-21 (SENIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Named a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Katrina McClain Award semifinalist for the nation’s top power forward… Announced as a preseason All-SEC First-Team member… Garnered Co-SEC Player of the Week honors for the week of Nov. 25 after submitting back to back double-doubles in wins over Lamar and DePaul... Grabbed her second career SEC Player of the Week distinction for the final week of the regular season after double-doubles against Alabama and South Carolina… Named an All-SEC First Team honoree in the postseason… Made appearances on the Naismith Player of the Year and Women’s Defensive Player of the Year Award watch lists… Averages 12.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game… Scored a career-high 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting to go along with 11 rebounds in the season opening win against Lamar (Nov. 25)… Amassed 17 points, 10 rebounds and a block in A&M’s first ranked win of the season over No. 19 DePaul (Nov. 28)… Logged 16 points and 11 rebounds to mark her third consecutive double-double in the rematch win over Lamar (Dec. 2)… Earned her fourth straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the victory against No. 25 Texas (Dec. 6)… Notched her fifth double-double of the season in the win over Abilene Christian with 10 points and 14 rebounds (Dec. 13)… Opened SEC regular season play on a tear, recording double-doubles in four straight games… Became Texas A&M’s all-time leader in double-doubles on the road against Arkansas with 12 points and 14 rebounds (Jan. 10)… Lit up the stat sheet at Auburn, finishing with 23 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high five steals (Jan. 28)… Seized the Texas A&M record for career rebounds in the Aggies historic victory over No. 5 South Carolina, finishing with 16 points and 14 rebounds on the day (Feb. 28).

2019-20 (JUNIOR AT TEXAS A&M)
Started all 30 games this season... Named to the All-SEC First Team… Ranked fourth nationally in total rebounds (351)... First in the SEC and seventh in the nation in rebounds per game (11.7)... Finished the season with 18 straight games grabbing double-digit rebounds… Amassed 12 rebounds and two assists against Duke (Nov. 10)... Grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds against USC (Nov. 23)… Had three steals and 16 points vs. Prairie View (Nov. 27)... Collected 15 rebounds and a steal against Oklahoma St. (Dec. 7)… Played the whole game vs. Georgia Tech (Dec. 20)... Had 13 points and 16 rebounds for her third double-double of the year in the win over A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 29)... Mustered a career-high 22 points along with 14 rebounds at Arkansas (Jan. 2)... Scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for her third straight double-double against Ole Miss (Jan. 9) along with a career-high six steals… Got a career-high fourth straight double-double against LSU (Jan. 9) with a team-high 19 points and 12 rebounds… Had her sixth straight double-double versus Florida (Jan. 19) after scoring 19 points and grabbing 13 rebounds… Moved up to fourth all-time on A&M’s career double-double list with her 19th against Alabama (Jan. 23), after putting up 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds… Third on A&M’s all-time double-double list after attaining her eighth-straight (10 points, 13 rebounds) versus Missouri (Jan. 26)… Led the Aggies to a win against Georgia (Jan. 30) with 21 points and 10 rebounds… Recorded her 13th double-double of the year with 16 points and 15 rebounds at Mississippi State (Feb. 9)… Recorded her career-high 12th straight double-double against Vanderbilt with 17 points and 12 rebounds… Hauled in 20 rebounds for the third time in her career at Georgia (Feb 20)… Grabbed double-digit rebounds for the 17th game in a row (12) versus South Carolina (March 1)... Had 10 points and 11 rebounds in just 24 minutes versus Arkansas in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals (March 8).

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A&M)
Started all 34 games, averaging 7.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game… Became the first Texas A&M player to have two games of 20+ rebounds in the same season, with 21 at Georgia (Jan. 20) and 20 vs. No. 8 Oregon State (Dec. 15)… Her 21 rebounds at Georgia are the most for an Aggie in any regular season game, and her 20 against Oregon State are the most for an Aggie against a ranked opponent… Those games rank as the second-and-fourth best single-game rebounding marks in school history… Ranked second on Texas A&M’s single-season list with 384 rebounds—the most ever for a Texas A&M sophomore… Named to the All-Maui Jim Maui Classic Tournament team, helping the Aggies to their first in-season tournament title since 2014… Had 10 double-doubles on the season, including three of A&M’s five SEC/NCAA Tournament games… Ranked second in the SEC and 14^th nationally in rebounds per game… Had 11 games of 15+ rebounds… Added 7.7 points per game, including 11 games of 10+ points… Averaged 11.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in the SEC/NCAA Tournaments… Had a season-high 15 points plus 18 rebounds against Prairie View (Dec. 21)… Blocked five shots at Missouri (Feb. 7)… Had 10+ rebounds in nine of 10 games from Feb. 3-Mar. 9.

2017-18 (FRESHMAN AT TEXAS A&M)
Played in 23 games… Shot 45.8% from the field and 71.4% from the line… Averaged 9.5 rebounds per 40 minutes, the second-highest rate on the team… Averaged 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds per game… Scored six points at Arkansas (Feb. 22), going 3-of-3 from the floor… Scored six points with four rebounds against Prairie View (Nov. 28)… Grabbed a season-high five rebounds against Ole Miss (Feb. 8), scoring four points… Made both of her free throws at Southern California (Dec. 15), which proved crucial as the Aggies won by a single point.

2017 SPAIN TOUR
Averaged 8.0 points and 9.5 rebounds over two games in Spain... Posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Club Olímpico (Aug. 18)... Started and had five points and eight rebounds against Combinado Valencia (Aug. 19).

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated by ESPNU HoopGurlz as a four-star recruit... Ranked as the No. 18 forward and the No. 79 player overall in the recruiting class... Averaged 17.7 points, 13.9 rebounds and four blocks for Brookwood High School in 2015-16, earning Region Co-Player of the Year honors from the Gwinnett Daily Post and All-State honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association... Member of her school’s 1,000-point and 1,000-rebound club, recording 1,626 points and 1,433 rebounds ... Passed Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA great Maya Moore in career total rebounds... Ranked first in rebounds and blocks, and second in points at her high school... Holds Brookwood’s single-game record with 28 rebounds and 15 blocked shots... Three-time All-Region selection... Two-time All-State selection... Named to the All-Metro Atlanta Second Team by Atlanta Tipoff Club in 2017... Played AAU basketball for the Atlanta-based Team Elite... Played volleyball and the flute in the marching band.

ACADEMIC MAJOR
Jurisprudence