2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Sherrod, Jaylyn
Jersey Number 00
Jaylyn Sherrod
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Ramsay H.S.
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
Career Honors
- WBCA All-America (honorable mention)
- 2x All-Pac-12 (2023, 24)
- CSC Academic All-District
- WBCA All-America Finalist
- 2024 AP All-America (honorable mention)
- 2024 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- 2024 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA POY Watch List
- 2024 Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Team
- 2024 Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List
- 2024 Lieberman Top 10 Candidate
- 2024 Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 2, 2024)
- ESPN Player of the Week (Jan. 1, 2024)
- AP Player of the Week, 3x (Last, Jan. 2, 2024)
- USBWA Player of the Week (Jan. 3, 2024)
- 2023 Paradise Jam All-Tournament
- 2023-24 Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List
- 2023-24 Preseason All-Pac-12
- 2023-24 Preseason Lieberman Watch List
- 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 (First Team)
- USBWA Player of the Week (Jan. 11, 2022)
- 2020-21 Preseason Pac-12 (honorable mention)
- 2020 Pac-12 All-Freshman
- 2020-21 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Graduate (2023-24)
- Started all 34 games
- Became CU’s all-time leader in games started (133)
- Scored a career-high 34 points on a career-high 13 FGM against Utah (12/30)
- Handed out a career-high 13 assists vs UT Arlington (12/5)
- Tied her career-high with eight rebounds in CU’s season-opening win over No. 1 LSU (11/5)
- Became third player in CU history with 1,000 career points and 600 assists
- Averaged a career-high 12.8 points and tied her career-high with 5.1 assists
- Also averaged career-highs in FGM (4.4) and free throw % (76.4)
- Scored in double figures 21 times, including three games of 20+
- Had at least one steal in 30 games
- Ranked third in the Pac-12 in assists (172) and second in assists per game
- Ranked fourth in the league with 73 steals and 2.15 per game
- Ranks 19th in field goals made (486), 14th in points (1,483), ninth in steals per game (2.0), fifth in total steals (274), fourth in free throws made (441) and second in games played (140)
Senior (2022-23)
- Scored the final four points to force overtime in CU’s 61-53 win over Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
- Led the Buffs and the Pac-12 in assists per game (5.1)
- Tied Bridget Turner (1985-86) for fourth most assists in a single season at CU with 167
- Finished the season 31st in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 with 78 steals – ninth best in CU history
- Scored her 1000th career point against Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament (3/3/23)
- Matched her career-high with 27 points against Washington State (2/10/23)
- Had a season-high 10 assists at Chicago State (11/27/22)
- Scored in double figures in 21 games and had 5+ assists in 20 games
Junior (2021-22)
- Started all 31 games in Colorado’s run to the NCAA Tournament
- Scored a career-high 27 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Creighton
- Had season-highs in FGM (11) and FGA (15) against the Bluejays
- Was third in the conference with 55 steals…
- Finished fifth in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.77), assists per game (3.8) and assist-turnover ratio (1.72)
- Had 12 games with five or more assists
- Averaged 8.1 points per game, while shooting 35.8% from the field and 30.2% from 3-point range
Sophomore (2020-21)
- Was limited in her second season, playing just 12 games
- Started all 12 games, capped off by a nine-point, three-assist performance against No. 1 Stanford
- Helped secure CU’s first win over a No. 1 opponent with a key steal and layup in the final minute to tie the game at 67 and force overtime
- Scored in double figures in five games, including two of 20 points or more
- Recorded a season-high 24 points against Utah (12/14/20), making a season-high nine field goals
- Had a career-high eight rebounds at Oregon State (12/6/20)
- Led the team with 2.4 steals and 3.1 assists per game
- Also averaged 10.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game
Freshman (2019-20)
- Handed out a season-high 11 assists in her Colorado debut, marking the most by a CU player in her first game since 1979
- Averaged 5.1 assists per game (32rd NCAA) and ranks third on CU's freshman assist list and ninth on CU's single-season list with 152 this season (32nd NCAA)
- Scored a season-high 21 points at Stanford and led the team in scoring on four occasions
- Recorded her lone double-double in CU's win at Utah, totaling 19 points and 10 assists on her way to earning Freshman of the Week honors
- Finished second on the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game.
In the Classroom
- Graduated with bachelor’s degree in three years
- Graduated with master’s degree in 2023
- Working on second master’s program
High School
- Played in just eight games as a senior
- Totaled 11.0 points, 4.0 assists and 3.8 steals per game in her junior season at Ramsay H.S
- Helped the Rams to both the area and regional championships, recording a 25-5 record...
- A three-time letterman
- Defensive Player of the Year in 2018 along with being first-team All-Birmingham - also a two-time All-Area Team selection
- Three-star recruit according to ESPN.com
- Three-time honor roll student, boasting a GPA over 4.0
- National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, a mathematics honor society
AAU
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She played for the All Alabama Roadrunners
Personal
- Daughter of Tamika Williams and Micheal Sherrod
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