2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Jenna Staiti
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- West Forsyth
- Hometown:
- Cumming, Ga.
Career Honors
2022 First-Team All-SEC
2022 Preseason All-SEC
Wooden Award Top-25 Watch List
Naismith National Player of the Year Midseason Team
Lisa Leslie Award Finalist
2021 All-SEC Second Team
2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
2021-22 Season (Graduate)
» First-team All-SEC selection
» Georgia’s leading scorer and rebounder
» Averaged 15.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest
» Scored in double figures in 23 of 29 starts
» Scored in double figures in 54 of last 65 career games with 21 double-doubles
» Led Georgia in scoring 19 times during the season
» Ranked third in the SEC in blocks with 2.2 per game
» One of only five Lady Bulldogs to score 1,000 points, bring down 500 boards and block over 250 shots
» Has scored in double figures in 20 of 26 games she has played in this year
» Named ESPN National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week following NC State win
» Had one of the best performances of her career against one of the top post players in the country (Elissa Cunane/NC State); scored 21 points to go with 11 rebs. and 6 blocks
» Missed the LSU and Florida games due to health and safety protocols
2020-21 Season (R-Senior)
» 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team and All-SEC Second Team
» SEC's blocked shots leader with 85 total (3.0 per game)
» Ranks seventh in UGA history with 203 career blocks
» One of only eight Lady Bulldogs all time to score 1,000 career points, record over 500 rebounds and block 150 shots
» Has scored in double figures in 32 of the last 37 games with nine 20-plus point efforts and 12 double-doubles during that time
» Ended the regular season with a career-high 30-point effort at Florida
» Averaged 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds over the last nine contests of the season in 2020
2019-20 Season (R-Junior)
» Started all 31 games -- the first starts of her career
» Scored in double figures in nine-straight games to end the season and in 10 of the last 12 contests.
» Averaged 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds over the last nine contests of the season
»Recorded her sixth double-double of the season and the seventh of her career against Alabama in the first round of the SEC Tournament on March 5
» Shot 89 percent from the line
» Had a 24-point, nine-rebound effort at LSU on Feb. 23; followed with 22 points at Kentucky on Feb. 27 and the 20 vs. Florida on March 1 to conclude regular season play
» Notched double-digit performances in both of Georgia’s SEC Tournament matchups.
» Grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds on two occasions this season, the first against N.C. A&T on Nov. 13 and the second against Florida on Feb. 9
» Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative for women’s basketball
» SEC Academic Honor Roll
» Fifth in the SEC in blocked shots with 48 and fourth in blocked shots per game (1.6)
» Scored 11 points off a 5-for-9 shooting performance against South Carolina
» Knocked in a pair of free-throws with eight seconds remaining to give Georgia a 65-62 lead against Tennessee; finished with 12 points and seven boards against the Lady Vols
» Came off the bench to score 13 points in 21 minutes at Vanderbilt
» 13 points and nine boards against LSU
» Scored a career-high 21 points against Presbyterian, hitting 10-of-15 from the field
» Did not enter the game until the second half against Villanova and finished with 10 points in 14 minutes
» Finished one point shy of a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds against Mercer
» Career-high six blocks at Georgia Tech
» Started a perfect 9-for-9 from the field
2016-17 Season (freshman at Maryland)
» Played on a Maryland team that went 32-3 overall, 15-1 in the Big Ten en route to a conference title and No. 3 seed in the 2017 NCAA Tournament
» Scored 6 points with 4 rebounds in Maryland debut (Nov. 13)
» Picked up first career double-double with 10 points, 14 rebounds and a block in 10 minutes vs. MDES
» Scored 10 points with 7 boards, 3 assists and a block vs. Mount St. Mary's (Nov. 18)
» Averaged 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds during her freshman season
» Scored 5 points, had 5 rebounds, 2 steals and a block in 10 minutes at Illinois (Jan. 26)
» Added two buckets with three boards in NCAA First Round vs. Bucknell (March 17)
High School
» Earned WBCA High School All-America honors and was named the Gatorade State Player of the year for Georgia
» Named the No. 17 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia
» Also ranked No. 29 player overall by the All Star Girls Report
» Averaged 26.2 points and 13.7 rebounds per game with 4.2 blocks and 2.3 assists as a senior
» Led the Wolverines to a record of 25-7 and to the program’s first Class AAAAAA state semifinal appearance
» Finished her career with 2,623 points, 1,598 rebounds and 421 blocks, all of which are Forsyth County records
» Once scored 51 points in a game
» Named Player of the Year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Atlanta Tip-Off Club’s Miss Georgia Basketball as a senior
» Earned First Team All-State honors as a junior and senior and Second Team as a sophomore in 2014
» Named the Forsyth County Player of the Year as a sophomore, junior and senior
» Named Region Player of the Year as a junior
» Named to the Naismith Second Team as a junior in 2015 and Honorable Mention as a sophomore in 2014
» XL-212 Player of the Year in 2015
» Played for the Atlanta Cagers before the Georgia Metros in AAU
» Nationally-ranked swimmer prior to playing basketball and won a state title in swimming
Personal
» Born May 21, 1998
» Daughter of Jim and Sandi Staiti
» Her mother played volleyball at Providence College and her father played basketball at Presbyterian and Erskine College
» Was a state and sectional champion in backstroke and swam with Swim Atlanta
» Only really started playing basketball seriously as a freshman in high school
» Graduated May, 2020 with a degree in human development and family science
» Pursuing a master’s degree in sport pedagogy
