2021-22 GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten…Earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Season: Played in 28 games, starting 21 contests…Averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game…Collected 34 assists, 15 steals and eight blocks…Had three games in double figures.
LIU (11/9): Recorded 11 points on four-of-seven from the floor and three-of-six from three. at Boston College (12/2): Notched eight points, including a pair of three-pointers. at Northwestern (1/20): Matched a career-high with six assists to go with six rebounds and a block. Maryland (1/30): Tallied a season-high 16 points, including four three-pointers, and five assists…Added two steals and a block. Nebraska (2/17): Nailed four threes and scored 13 points…Grabbed three rebounds and two steals. at Michigan State (2/21): Collected five points and a season-best seven rebounds.
2020-21 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: CoSIDA Academic All-District…Academic All-Big Ten…Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Season: Was Penn State’s leading scorer, second-leading rebounder and leader in minutes played nine games into the season before suffering a season-ending injury…Averaged 15.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 34.6 minutes per game in her nine games before injury…Scored in double figures in every game that she played, including two 20-plus point games and three double-doubles.
Coppin State (11/25): Registered second-career double-double and scored 1,000th career point in Penn State debut. Finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds and scored 1,000th career point as the third quarter expired. St. Francis (PA) (11/30): Notched second-straight double-double with a team-leading 24 points and 10 rebounds behind a 69.2 percent (9-13) shooting performance. at Syracuse (12/6): Finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Maryland (12/31): Tallied third double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds, including a perfect 10-for-10 effort from the free throw line. at Ohio State (1/4): Finished with 19 points and six rebounds. at Minnesota (1/10): Registered a team-best 15 points to go along with eight rebounds and two steals in road victory.
2019-20 • Joined Penn State in January 2020 as a graduate transfer
BEFORE PENN STATE
2018-19 (at Villanova): Named to the Big East Academic All-Star Team…Garnered first team All-Philadelphia Big 5 honors…Started all 30 games she played in and averaged 13.8 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per contest in 34.6 minutes per game…Shot .459 from the field (157-of-342), .403 from three-point range (69-of-171) and .681 from the foul line (30-of-44)…Tallied 74 assists, 19 blocks and 17 steals…Scored double figures in 24 of the 30 games…Had five games of 20 points or more…Scored a season-high 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including a 5-of-7 effort from three-point range to go with six rebounds and two assists at Lehigh…Tallied 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting (5-of-11 from three-point range), six rebounds and three assists versus Xavier…Went 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-5 from long distance for 22 points versus Virginia Tech…Scored 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting to go with five assists and three rebounds versus Georgetown…Posted a double-double with 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds at Penn…Credited with 15 point and nine rebounds versus Creighton…Had 17 points at Central Florida…Tallied 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal at St. John’s…Scored 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting to go with five rebounds versus DePaul.
2017-18 (at Villanova): Named the Philadelphia Big 5 Most Improved Player…Earned second team All-Big 5 honors…Started all 32 games she played in and averaged 11.3 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per contest in 32.7 minutes per game…Tallied 68 assists, 16 steals and 12 blocks…Made 133-of-322 from the field (.413), 49-of-134 from three-point range (.366) and 48-of-59 from the foul line (.814)…Registered 17 double figure scoring games, including five games of 20 points or more…Named Big East Player of the Week on Nov. 20 for her performance versus Duke when she scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including a 7-of-9 effort from three-point range…Scored a career-high 27 points versus Saint Joseph’s on 11-of-17 shooting to go with six assists, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal…Registered 21 points, six assists and five rebounds against Xavier…Had 21 points at Seton Hall…Recorded 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting at La Salle…Tallied 17 points on 7-of-18 shooting, including a 3-of-5 performance from three-point range at DePaul…Totaled 15 points against Providence…Posted 10 points and eight rebounds versus Penn…Recorded 10 points and seven rebounds at Hartford.
2016-17 (at Villanova): Named the Philadelphia Big Five Rookie of the Year…Started four of the 35 games she played in and averaged 22.1 minutes per game…Averaged 6.1 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per contest…Shot .333 from the field (71-of-213), .294 from three-point range (30-of-102) and .724 from the foul line (42-of-58)…Registered 50 assists, 12 steals and 10 blocks…Credited with 12 points against Mississippi State in her first career game…Scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting, including a 4-of-9 effort from three-point range in first career start versus Seton Hall…Had 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including a 3-of-7 effort from behind the arc and a 2-of-2 performance from the foul line to go with four assists at Xavier…Posted 12 points and four rebounds versus Troy…Totaled eight points and a career-high nine rebounds versus DePaul…Tallied 10 points and five rebounds against Georgetown…Recorded 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field, a 2-of-3 effort from three-point range and a 2-of-2 effort from the foul line at Seton Hall… Registered 12 points and eight rebounds at Princeton in first round of the WNIT…Scored 13 points, including a perfect 8-of-8 effort from the free throw versus Drexel in the WNITsecond round.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year out of Cumberland Valley High School… Pennsylvania AAAAPlayer of the Year… USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year… Three-time first team All-State honoree… First Team All-Conference… District 3 MVP…Led team to three consecutive state championships…Scored 2,141 career points…Senior Academic Excellence honoree
PERSONAL
Oldest of four girls of John and Jennifer Jekot…Father played basketball at Lock Haven University…Mother played field hockey at Lock Haven University...Sister, Katie, is currently a member of the Saint Joseph's University women's basketball team...Pursuing master's degree in Educational Leadership at Penn State.