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Jayde Christopher - Women's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks
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Jayde Christopher

Position Guard
Height 5'8''
Class Freshman
Hometown Federal Way, Wash.
High School Cleveland HS
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2016-17 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 30 games and made 16 starts … Averaged 19.4 minutes per game … Netted 91 points, averaging 3.0 points per game … Grabbed 51 rebounds, averaging 1.7 per game … Shot 30.1 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from behind the 3-point line … Dished out a team-high 82 assists … Scored a career-high 10 points behind 4-of-9 shooting at Texas Tech (2/18) … Also pulled down a career-best six boards at TTU … Tied her career high with six assists against Kansas State (2/25) … Shot 2-of-3 from long range against Iowa State (2/21) … Recorded 28 steals and four blocks.
 
2015-16 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 31 games and cracked the starting lineup on five occasions … Averaged 2.1 points per game… Shot 32.5 percent from the field on the year … Ended the season with 55 assists, second-most on the team and first among returning players … Logged four or more dimes in six contests, including a career-high six assists against Northern Illinois (11/27) … Netted a career-best nine points against St. John’s (12/6) … Owned a team-best 1.34 assist/turnover ratio … Recorded four points, three assists, one steal and her only block of the season against Iowa State (2/2) … Shot 100 percent from the field in six games, including both Big 12 Championship games, going 1-of-1 in each.

High School
Played three years of varsity basketball for the Cleveland High School Eagles under Stephenie Wheeler-Smith and Jamie Redd … Two-time Washington state champion … Named to the Class 3A First Team by the Associated Press … Earned All-Metro league honors in 2012 and 2013, and was also awarded the Most Inspirational award by her team … Ranked 14th at her position and 59th overall by ProspectNation, while ESPN’s Hoopgurlz ranked her 22nd at her position and 67th overall … A 2015 McDonald’s All-America nominee.
 
Personal
Daughter of Robert Christopher Jr., and Gina Christopher … Has two siblings, Portia and Robert III.