Kionna Jeter Explained

Kionna Jeter
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
League:Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Team:Valur
Birth Date:4 October 1997
Birth Place:Spartanburg, South Carolina
Nationality:American
High School:Spartanburg
(Spartanburg, South Carolina)
College:
Draft Year:2021
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:36
Draft Team:Las Vegas Aces
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:2021
Years1:2023–present
Team1:Valur
Highlights:
  • 3× First-team All-CAA (2019–2021)
  • 2x CAA All-Defensive Team (2019, 2020)

Kionna Jeter (born 1997) is an American basketball player. She was drafted in the third round of the 2021 WNBA draft by the Las Vegas Aces. She plays the Point Guard position.[1] [2]

Early life

Jeter grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where she attended Spartanburg High School.[3] [4]

College career

Jeter originally signed to play at Coastal Carolina University before transferring to Gulf Coast State, where she played for one year.[5] [6]

From Gulf Coast State, Jeter transferred to Towson University, where she played for three years. She was the 2020-21 Colonial Athletic Association preseason player of the year and was the first Towson player to earn three consecutive all-CAA first team selection as well as back-to-back CAA all-defensive team honors. She led Towson to the NCAA tournament in 2019.[7] [8] [9]

Professional career

Jeter was the first Towson player to be drafted into the WBNA. She was waived by the Aces before the start of the 2021 season.[10] [11] [12]

In August 2023, Jeter signed with reigning Úrvalsdeild kvenna champions Valur.[13]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|33||33||33.2||42.0||29.9||80.8||5.4||1.7||2.7 ||0.3||2.7||17.3 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|29||28||33.5||39.6||33.5||80.0||6.7||2.4||3.3 ||0.2||2.5||18.1|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2020–21| style="text-align:left;" | Towson|21||19||32.9||42.8||34.6||75.3||5.1||2.3||2.5 ||0.2||1.9||23.0|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|83||80||33.2||41.4||32.6||79.0||5.8||2.1||2.9 ||0.2||2.4||19.1|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kionna Jeter makes history as first Towson player selected in WNBA draft. Edward. Lee. baltimoresun.com.
  2. Web site: Towson's Kionna Jeter drafted to WNBA. www.msn.com.
  3. Web site: Kionna Jeter to forgo final year of eligibility with Towson women's basketball to enter WNBA draft. Edward. Lee. baltimoresun.com.
  4. Web site: Kionna Jeter's High School Girls Basketball Stats. MaxPreps.com.
  5. Web site: Former SHS star Kionna Jeter overcomes tragedy to reach NCAA tournament. Paul Martin, For the. Herald-Journal. GoUpstate.
  6. Web site: kionna-jeter. ESPN.com.
  7. Web site: Towson University's Kionna Jeter drafted to WNBA; first in school's history. April 16, 2021. WBAL.
  8. Web site: Towson Women's Basketball Star Kionna Jeter Aiming To Make WNBA Dream A Reality. April 2, 2021.
  9. Web site: TU's Jeter Named CAA Preseason Player Of The Year. November 23, 2020. Towson, MD Patch.
  10. Web site: 'It doesn't matter what we look like on paper': Star-studded Aces learning to play together. Sydney. Olmstead. thenext.substack.com.
  11. Web site: Towson Women's Basketball's Kionna Jeter becomes first player in program history to be selected in WNBA draft. April 16, 2021. WMAR.
  12. Web site: Aces Waive Kionna. April 26, 2021. OurSports Central.
  13. News: Íslandsmeistararnir fá liðsauka . 2 August 2023 . . 2 August 2023 . Icelandic.
  14. Web site: Kionna Jeter College Stats. Sports-Reference. July 7, 2024.