Jessica January

Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Richfield, Minn.
High School:
Richfield

Career:

Selected by the Connecticut Sun in 2017 WNBA Draft
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
WBCA All-America Regional Finalist
All-BIG EAST Tournament team
Senior CLASS Award Finalist
John R. Wooden Award Top 25 List
Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List
Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
Maggie Dixon Classic MVP
Gulf Coast Showcase All-Tournament Team
Advanced to semifinals of State Farm Three-Point Championship
Recorded second career triple-double in 2017
Named team's co-MVP in 2017
Four-time Shirley Becker Academic Award winner
2017 Cookie Gavin Courage Award
2016 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year
Sporting News 2016 Preseason third-team All-American
2016 Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist
2016 NCAA All-Dallas Regional Team
2016 I-AAA Scholar Athlete of the Year
Third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America
Became only the second player in DePaul's history to record a triple-double
Second-team all-BIG EAST as a junior
Named the team's tri-MVP in 2016
Became the first junior captain for DePaul since 2003-04
BIG EAST Player of the Week -- Jan. 11 and Feb.
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - Nov. 16 and Dec.
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention as a sophomore
BIG EAST All-Freshman team
BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Dec. 23 and Feb. 24
Four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2016-17 (Senior):

Started 20 games and averaged 15 points, 5.3 rebounds a a team-high 6.5 assists despite missing two months with a broken finger
In the second game back from injury recorded her second career triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists against Georgetown
Led DePaul with 18 points and nine rebounds in NCAA Second Round game at Mississippi State
Registered three consecutive 25-point games against UAB, Northwestern and Western Kentucky
Had 18 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds against No. 11/18 Syracuse
Finished with 23 points, seven boards and seven assists at Marquette
Finished with 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists at Temple
Scored 20 points against St. John's
Had 19 points, six rebounds and six assists against No. 2/2 Notre Dame
Finished her career No. 4 all-time in assists, No. 7 in steals, No. 10 in field goals and No. 17 in points.

2015-16 (Junior):

2016 Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist I-AAA Scholar Athlete of the Year
Third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America
NCAA Dallas All-Regional Team
One of three captains the first DePaul player to be named a team captain as a junior since 2003-04
Became only the second DePaul player in program history to record a triple double - 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists at Seton Hall on Jan. 5, 2016
Second-team BIG EAST
BIG EAST Player of the Week -- Jan. 11 and Feb.
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - Nov. 16 and Dec. 7
Tallied five double doubles - three with points and assists and two with points and rebounds
Scored 20-plus points in four games with a season-high 25 points at Louisville in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament
Second on the team with 14.1 points per game
Dished out 211 assists and became just the third player in school history to record over 200 assists in a single season
DePaul's top returning scorer
Averaged 14.1 points per game which ranked second on DePaul, ninth in the BIG EAST and 243rd in Division I
Enters the season with 1,230 career points which ranks 22nd all-time at DePaul
Boasted a 2.64 assist-to-turnover ratio which ranked eighth in DI
Her 211 assists last season was the 10th most by DI player
Led the BIG EAST and ranked 19th in DI with 5.9 assists per game
Ranked 18th in the BIG EAST with 5.0 rebounds per game
.452 field goal percentage ranked 12th
1.9 steals led DePaul and ranked fourth in the league.

2014-15 (Sophomore):

Tabbed All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention on Mar. 2
Played and started in 35 games
Notched 18 games in double figures for points, reaching a career best 26 points against Georgetown on Jan. 30
Had five games with 20 points or more
Played more than 20 minutes each game except for four
Notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Villanova on Jan. 2
Stole the ball seven times against Northwestern on Nov. 29
Put up seven assists against Xavier on Jan. 11
Went 4-7 from the three-point line at Loyola-Chicago on Dec. 17
Put up 12 points, five assists and two steals in season loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament on Mar. 22.

2013-14 (Freshman):

BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
Named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice, Dec. 23 and Feb. 24
DePaul's first option off the bench
Season-best 17 points against Butler
Reached double-figures in 18 games including 12 against BIG EAST opponents
At least one steal in 17 of DePaul's last 18 games
Eighth in BIG EAST with 1.5 steals per game
Season-best four steals against Louisiana-Monroe and Georgetown
Led DePaul in rebounding in four games -- Louisiana-Monroe, at Bradley, against Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and at Duke
Season-best eight rebounds at #5/6 Notre Dame, vs. Louisiana-Monroe and vs. Georgetown in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament.

High School:

Finalist for Minnesota Miss Basketball Award
McDonald's All American nominee
Ranked No. 74 in her class by HoopGurlz
Averaged of 22.1 ppg, 6.8 apg, 6.5 rpg and 4.5 spg in 2011-12
Led team to state tournament for the first time in school history, including a trip to the Class 3A state championship game in 2012
Highest amount of points scored in a game in school history
Also ran track and broke a 16-year-old state record in the 100m hurdles (14.29 seconds)
Holds the Richfield HS records in both the 100m and 300m hurdles
Placed third in the state in the long jump
Gatorade Minnesota Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2010)
All-state performer in track, basketball and volleyball.

Personal:

Daughter of Montral and Stefanie January
Brother, Mitchell
Sister, Pamela lettered for four seasons in women's basketball at South Dakota University
Finished academic career as salutatorian of her class with a 4.6 GPA
Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

Career Numbers
2016-17 Game-by-Game
Career Stats

Career Highs
Points 26, Georgetown (01-30-15)
Rebounds 13, Georgetown (02-26-17)
Assists 13, x2 last Syracuse (11-27-16)
Steals 5, Saint Bonaventure (11-15-15)
Blocks 1, x8 last Georgetown (02-26-17)
Field Goals 10, x5 last at Temple (12-15-16)
FG Attempts 23, Notre Dame (12-10-16)
3-pt. FG 4, x2 last Connecticut (12-02-15)
3-pt. FG Attempts 9, Northwestern (11-29-14)
Free Throws 9,x2 last Western Kentucky (11-25-16)
FT Attempts 12, Texas A7M (11-14-14)
Minutes 40, Seton Hall (01-29-16)
Double-Figure Games 75
20-Point 15
5+ Assists 53
7+ Assists 22
10+ Assists 5
10+ Rebounds 5
Double-Double 6
Triple-Double 2