2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 35
De'Janae Boykin
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spingdale, Md.
- High School:
- C.H. Flowers/Penn State
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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