DiJonai
Carrington

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About DiJonai Carrington

DiJonai Carrington (born January 08, 1998) is a guard for the Connecticut Sun. She played college basketball at Baylor.

Carrington was selected with the No. 20 overall pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Sun.

2022 Season with 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 vs. 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.
  • Appeared in all 12 playoff contests.
  • Finished the 2022 postseason with 71 points, 32 rebounds, nine assists, 12 steals and two blocks.
  • Notched a postseason career-high 13 points and six rebounds twice (8/18 and 8/21 against Dallas).
  • Dished out a postseason career-high two assists twice (8/24 against Dallas and 9/11 against Las Vegas).
  • Recorded a postseason career-high four steals in the Game 3 win over Dallas in the opening round of the playoffs on 8/24.

2021 Season with 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 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
  • Appeared in two games for the Sun during the postseason (9/30 & 10/6) against the Chicago Sky

COLLEGE
As a graduate transfer, the 5-11 guard came off the bench to help lead her team to the Elite 8, ultimately garnering Big 12 Sixth Woman of the Year as well as Newcomer of the Year. In 27 games with the Bears, she scored 382 points, grabbed 133 rebounds, dished out 63 assists and picked off 56 steals. Prior to her time at Baylor, she spent four years at Stanford University where she amassed 912 points, 133 assists, 106 steals and 553 rebounds. While with the Cardinals, the San Diego, Calif. native, was a two-time Pac-12 Tournament Champion, named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2019) and helped her team reach the Elite 8 (2019) and the final four (2017). During her senior year, she suffered a season-ending injury after starting in five games. Carrington was granted medical hardship and transferred to Baylor as a graduate student for the 2020-21 season.

PERSONAL
2020 graduate of Stanford University where she earned two undergraduate degrees in African and African American Studies and Psychology
Born in San Diego, Calif. Daughter of Vickie and Darren Carrington. 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.
Has two siblings; Diarra and Daren.

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