2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Abby Jegede
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- King's Christian Collegiate
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Prev School:
- Tulsa
CAREER AWARDS
- 1x American Conference Weekly Honorable Mention
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2025-26) at Tulsa
- Started in 25 games
- Had five double-figure scoring games and one 20+ point contest so far.
- Led TU in scoring, rebounding and steals twice.
- In her first start at Tulsa, had nine points, four boards and two assists in the season-opener against New Orleans.
- Landed a career-high 29 points to go with four boards and two assists against Prairie View, helping land her a spot on the American’s Weekly Honorable Mention list.
- Scored eight against Houston Christian.
- Put up 13 points, four boards and three steals in the win at Oral Roberts.
- Earned 10 points against Missouri State.
- Had 13 points and four boards against Kent State and Houston.
- Led the Golden Hurricane with 18 points against Wichita State.
- Recorded a team-high six rebounds at East Carolina.
- Finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and two assists against Charlotte.
- Notched five points and a team-high eight boards against Rice.
- Enjoyed a career high 10 rebounds in the double-overtime win over Memphis.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2024-25) at Northeastern:
- Started in 24 of her 25 games played
- Averaged 15.6 points (375), 4.4 rebounds (105) and 1.5 assists (35) in 34.9 minutes per outing.
- Landed double-figure points in all but five games.
- Surpassed the 20-point mark seven times, peaking with 25 against Stony Brook.
- Shot .384 from the field (132-344), .287 from deep (27-94) and .757 from the line (103-136).
- Chipped in 14 points with five boards against Elon.
- Shot an impressive .750 clip from behind the arc against Stony Brook with six made threes.
- Went 8-10 from the field while scoring 19 points with eight rebounds against LIU.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2023-24) at Villanova
- Came off the bench in 29 games.
- Averaged 1.0 point per game and 0.5 rebounds per contest in 7.0 minutes per outing.
2022-23: UTILIZED A MEDICAL REDSHIRT YEAR
HIGH SCHOOL
- A two-year starter for King’s Christian Collegiate in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
- Averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.1 assists in her high school career.
- Named OSBA Third Team All-Star.
- Was also a high jumper for her high school’s track and field team.
- Played for team Ontario twice and helped lead them to a silver medal finish at the Canadian Nationals.
- A First Team All-Star and All-Canadian.
- Member of the Canada Basketball Women's National Team Development program.
PERSONAL
- Parents are Olu and Jennifer.
- Has three siblings, Nick, Elijah and Elizabeth.
- Started playing basketball at age 11.
- Favorite pro team is the Toronto Raptors.
- Favorite pro player is Stephen Curry.
- Favorite musician is Drake.
- Favorite movie series is “The Hunger Games.”
- Favorite show is “One Tree Hill.”
- Other than basketball, favorite sport to watch and play is tennis.
- Hobbies include shopping, movie watching and video gaming.
- Dream car is a G Wagon.
- Majoring in media studies and minoring in sociology.
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