| Position: | Guard[1] |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| College: | |
| Birth Place: | Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| High School: | St. Andrews (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1999 |
| Nationality: | Rwandan /American |
| Team: | APR |
Janai Crooms (born 23 June 1999) is a Rwandan-American basketball player.[2]
Crooms was born on 23 June 1999 in Cranston, Rhode Island, to John Crooms and Lisa Robertson. She attended St. Andrew's School in Barrington, Rhode Island, where she played on the basketball team. Crooms was rated a four-star recruit and was ranked No. 36 in the 2018 class by Prospect Nation.[3]
Crooms played for Ohio State Buckeyes for two seasons (2018 to 2020), Michigan State Spartans from 2020 to 2021 before joining Providence Friars for two seasons (2021 to 2023).[4] As a sophomore at Ohio State in 2019–20, she played in 32 games, made 10 starts, averaged 6.8 points per game.[5]
In 2022, while she was with the Providence Friars, she earned the All-Big East Conference honors alongside Kylee Sheppard.[6]
Crooms played for Rwanda in the 2023 FIBA Women's AfroBasket where she averaged 13.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game during the tournament.[7] [8] [9]