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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

De'Janae Boykin #35 F

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Spingdale, Md.
  • High School:
    C.H. Flowers/Penn State

Summary

Biography

2018-19 (Junior) – at West Virginia

  • Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules


2017-18 (Sophomore) – at Penn State

  • Started 29 games for the Nittany Lions
  • Averaged 7.6 rebounds per contest to lead Penn State
  • Also averaged 5.8 points per game
  • Compiled 14 steals, 22 blocks and 48 assists
  • Ranked fourth on the team with 29.4 minutes per game and was third in blocked shots
  • Had five double-digit scoring and a team-best seven double-digit rebounding games on the season
  • Registered her first career double-double with a career-high 14 points and 19 rebounds against Drexel (Nov. 12)
  • Dished out a career-high five assists at Rutgers (Jan. 6)
  • Played a career-best 37 minutes against Rutgers (Jan. 18)
  • Posted a career-high two blocks on five occasions, most recently at Nebraska (Feb. 22)

2016-17 (Redshirt Freshman) – at Penn State  

  • Made first career appearance against American (Dec. 18) after sitting out the first 10 games of 2016-17 due to NCAA transfer rules
  • Missed a portion of the season due to injury (foot)
  • Scored 10 points and tied a team-high six rebounds in her collegiate debut against American (Dec. 18)
  • Pulled down a team-best nine rebounds and scored 12 points, going 4-for-4 at the free-throw line against Iona (Dec. 20)
  • Grabbed two rebounds, had one assist and one block in 19 minutes against Indiana (Dec. 28)
  • Iowa (1/3): Led Penn State with three steals and secured six rebounds against Iowa (Jan. 3)
 

2015-16 (Freshman) – UConn/Penn State

  • Began her collegiate career at UConn
  • Transferred to Penn State in the spring

Prep

  • Earned Naismith Trophy Third Team All-American honors as a senior at C.H. Flowers HS
  • Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year as a junior
  • Tallied 1,225 career points and 659 rebounds in three seasons under coach Patrice Frazier-Watson
  • Named Washington Post First Team All-Met as a junior
  • Also First Team All-Prince George's County as a junior
  • Ranked as a top-10 recruit in a pair of publications
  • Rated as the No. 23 overall prospect by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and ESPN/HoopGurlz
  • McDonald's All-America honoree
  • Selected to play in the inaugural Jordan Brand Classic
  • Played AAU ball for Boo Williams
  • Owns a trio of gold medals from international competition with Team U.S.A.
  • Represented her country at the 2014 FIBA U-17 World Championships and the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 Championship
  • Teamed with Napheesa Collier, Arike Ogunbowale and Katie Lou Samuelson to claim gold in 3-on-3 play at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games

Personal

  • Birthday is May 4
  • Daughter of Sheila and Jeff Boykin
  • Has one younger brother, Joshua, and one older sister, Janiesha
  • Father, Jeff, served as a U.S. Marine, and sister, Janiesha is in the U.S. Navy

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2018-19Junior

    Forward
    6'2"
    35
  • 35

    2019-20Senior

    Forward
    6'2"
    35
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