Taisja Jones

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
Prev School:
Grayson County C.C.
High School:
Lakeview Centennial

Begins first season with Kent State after an All-American season at Grayson County Junior College...athletic player can fill both guard and forward positions...can score from long range and can create opportunities.

PRIOR TO KENT STATE
Spent the 2008-09 season at Grayson County Junior College in Denison, Texas…named a first-team All-American performer by the National Junior College Athletic Association…averaged 22.0 points per game for the Vikings on her way to claiming North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors…her 22.0 ppg clip was fourth among all NJCAA Division I programs…had a season-high 40 points against McLennan Jan. 14…shot 49.5 percent from the field and 42.4 percent from three-point range…went 162-for-213 from the free throw line (76.1 percent)…finished the year ranked in the top 50 in the NJCAA in three-point percentage (21st, 42.4 percent) and free throw percentage (44th, 76.1 percent)…played the 2007-08 season at UALR…aided the Trojans to a 23-9 record and a WNIT appearance…posted career-highs of 10 points and seven rebounds against Southern Mississippi in the first round of the WNIT (March 20)…finished the year with 2.3 points per game...as a prep at Lakeview Centennial High School, averaged 19.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game...was named the 2007 District 10-5A Offensive Player of the Year...four-time all-district selection...garnered Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State honors and played in the All-Star game...received Ms. Offense and first team all-area honors her senior season...earned Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region and District Most Valuable Player honors as well as second team all-area her junior season while helping lead her team to runner-up in district and all-area.

PERSONAL
Born July 31, 1989…daughter of Sonia Morgan...has a sister, Piaget Robinson…intended major is criminal justice.