Jillian Alleyne

Jillian Alleyne is an American professional basketball player briefly for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for University of Oregon.

Jillian Alleyne
Alleyne in 2019
Free agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1994-08-16) August 16, 1994
Fontana, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolSummit (Fontana, California)
CollegeOregon (2012–2016)
WNBA draft2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2018–2019IDK Gipuzkoa
2018–2019Hapoel Rishon LeZion
2019Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards

High school

Alleyne graduated from Summit High School in Fontana, California, in 2012.[1] She was a McDonald's All-American nominee, named Sunkist League MVP, an all-state selection, and Inland Valley Player of the Year.[2]

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.[3]

Alleyne shared the media version of the Pac-12 Player of the Year award in 2016 with Oregon State's Jamie Weisner,[4] who had also won the Pac-12 coaches' version of the award.[5]

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.[6] 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.[6]

For her college career, she has the third most rebounds and the second most double doubles in NCAA Division I history.[7]

Oregon statistics

Source[6]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012-13 Oregon 31 402 45.1 - 53.8 11.9 1.0 0.9 1.3 13.0
2013-14 Oregon 32 684 55.4 - 70.9 16.2 2.0 1.6 1.1 21.4
2014-15 Oregon 30 551 57.6 50.0 56.4 15.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 18.4
2015-16 Oregon 27 514 58.5 - 60.7 13.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 19.0
Career Oregon 120 2151 54.3 20.0 61.7 14.3 1.5 1.2 1.2 17.9

Personal life

Alleyne discovered an interest in country music after attending a Jason Aldean concert. Along with other members from the Ducks basketball team, she has done charity work in the Dominican Republic.[8] In college, she is majoring in communication disorders and sciences.

References
  1. "Women's basketball: Oregon freshman Jillian Alleyne a bright spot for struggling Ducks". OregonLive.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. "Seattle Sports Insider". seattlesportsinsider.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  3. "Oregon women's basketball: Jillian Alleyne's double-double streak ends at 21 - 'I never put myself before the team'", Eugene Daily News (no date)
  4. "Media votes Alleyne, Weisner Players of the Year" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. "Pac-12 announces women's basketball honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  7. "Former Summit star Alleyne is playing brilliantly for Oregon hoop team". Fontana Herald News. February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  8. "Jillian Alleyne has been pedal-to-the-metal since the Ducks’ women’s hoops season has ended", Daily Emerald, May 7, 2015
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