DiJonaiCarrington

2024 – Connecticut – Named 2024 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player, received 28 of 67 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters … averaged career highs of 12.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.56 steals this season, up from 8.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.63 steals in 2023 … recorded a career-high 25 games with 10 or more points … paced all WNBA players in games with at least five steals (three) and ranked ninth in steals per game … helped Connecticut lead the league in fewest points allowed (73.6 points per game) and defensive rating (94.1) … Connecticut ranked third in steals per game (8.2) … started all 39 games in which she played … helped Connecticut post a 28-12 record – the most wins in franchise history – and earn the No. 3 seed in the WNBA Playoffs … surpassed 1,000 career points against the Sparks on 9/8. 

2023 – Connecticut –  Appeared in 32 regular season contests for the Sun … averaged a career-best 8.3 points, along with 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game … tallied a career-high 23 points against New York on 6/27 … tied her career-high with seven rebounds against Chicago on 6/25 … tied her career-high with four assists twice- both against Chicago on June 25 and Sept. 10 … reached 500 career-points on 7/30 against Minnesota … reached 200 career-rebounds on 7/1 against Las Vegas. 

2022 – Connecticut – Appeared in 36 regular season games, including two starts … finished the 2022 regular season with 244 points, 112 rebounds, 38 assists, 29 steals and four blocks … tallied a career-high 18 points against New York on 7/19 … grabbed a career-high seven rebounds twice- 7/24 against Minnesota and 8/9 at Los Angeles … dished out a career-high four assists against Chicago on 8/7 … recorded a career-high 32 minutes in the season opener against New York on 5/7. 

2021 – Connecticut – Played in 24 games for the Sun and started 1 (6/13 vs Seattle) … finished the year with 68 points, 47 rebounds, 12 assists, and 13 steals … scored in double-figures twice … once against Washington (5/28) and the other against New York (9/15) where she scored her season and career high 14 points … earned her season and career high in rebounds during her first start as she finished with seven. 

COLLEGE  

2020-21 – Baylor – Played in just five games due to a knee injury, and she was awarded a medical hardship … named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … started in all five games she appeared, averaging 7.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest … shot 48.6 percent from the floor … hit 2-of-7 shots from beyond the 3-point arc … made 2-of-5 free-throw attempts … scored in double figures twice, with a season-high 16 points at San Francisco, 11/9, where she also grabbed a season-best eight rebounds. 

2016-2020 – Stanford – Finished four years at Stanford and amassed 912 points, 133 assists, 106 steals and 553 rebounds … two-time Pac-12 Tournament Champion (2017, 2019) … named All-Pac-12 by both the Coaches and Media (2019). 

HIGH SCHOOL – Named a Five-star recruit, and was ranked the 34th-best player in the 2016 class by ESPN HoopGurlz … named a McDonald’s and Jordan Brand Classic All-American … scored 2,000-career points for Horizon, and her senior season, she averaged 18.8 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game … participated in the 2016 USA Basketball U19 National Team trials … played club ball for Cal Sparks Gold … also played volleyball two seasons. 

PERSONAL – Born Jan. 8, 1998 … 2020 graduate of Stanford University where she earned two undergraduate degrees in African and African American Studies and Psychology … born in San Diego, California … daughter of Vickie and Darren Carrington … sister, Diarra, played college basketball at Daytona State and New Orleans … brother, Darren, played college football at Oregon and Utah … mother, Vickie, ran track at Northern Arizona … father, Daren, played football at Northern Arizona and went on to an 8-year NFL career after being drafted in the fifth round by the Denver Broncos in 1989. 

CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Drafted No. 20 overall by the Connecticut Sun during the 2021 WNBA Draft … acquired by the Wings via trade in Feb. 2024.