Jayla Alexander

Class:
Freshman
Position:
G
Height:
5-9
Experience:
HS
Hometown:
Pearl, Miss.
High School:
Pearl
Major:
Sport and Recreation Administration

2019-20 (Freshman)
Played in 30 games, making 19 starts ... Averaged 9.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 points, and 1.3 steals per game ... Scored a career-high 23 points at Missouri ... Scored 13 points and recorded a career-high nine rebounds at Vanderbilt ... Scored 16 points and recorded a career-high eight assists vs. Missouri ... Scored double digit points 13 times ... Led Ole Miss in scoring five times, rebounding six times, and in assists eight times.

High School
No. 1 ranked player in Mississippi, No. 81 nationally by MaxPreps ... 19.1 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 6.9 APG, 5.5 SPG her senior year ... Led Pearl to a 32-1 record and a 6A state championship her senior year ... 6A state championship game MVP ... 2019 First-Team USA Today All-USA Mississippi Girls Basketball Team ... Three-time All-State ... Four-time All-District ... Four-time All-Area ... Three-time All-Region ... Four-time All-Metro ... Two-time selection to the Dandy Dozen ... Two-time District MVP ... Member of the North vs. South All-Star team ... Six-time Clarion Ledger Player of the Week ... Played in the Mississippi vs. Alabama All-Star Game ... Also played two years of varsity volleyball.

Personal
Born Feb. 10, 2001 to Tamara Shaw and Corey Bolden ... Has one brother, Jonah, and three sisters: Amya, Alayah and Aryin ... Her father was a student-athlete at Wesley College, and her uncle, Randy Bolden, competed at Texas Southern ... Majoring in sport and recreation administration.