2023-2024 Women's Basketball Roster

Kalei Engleman
Kalei Engleman
Kalei Engleman

1 Ja'Niah Henson

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown Baltimore, Maryland
  • Highschool Roland Park Country HS
  • Prev School Morgan State
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2023-24:
Led the Bobcats in scoring throughout the 2023-24 season ... scored over 1,000 career points and reached the landmark versus Texas A&M - Corpus Christi on 11/26 ... scored over 450 points during the 2023-24 season, averaging 14.7 points a night ... started in all 32 games for the Bobcats ... had double-digits in 24 games including five games with 20+ points ... had a season-high 27 points against Troy on 1/18 ... was the third best free-throw shooter in the nation with a 93.1 shooting accuracy, going 108-116 from the line ... had a season-high 14-14 free throw shooting night at Ohio on 2/10 ... in 34 games she had just one outing with more than one miss from the free throw line ... had an active make streak of 35 straight made attempts at the end of the regular season, the longest streak in program history ... had a season-high seven rebounds at UTSA on 11/30 ... had a season-high six steals on 11/26 vs TAMU-Corpus Christi on 11/26 

2022-23 (at Morgan State): 
Named to All-MEAC First Team and earned BOXTOROW HBCU All-America Second Team honors after averaging 13.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.9 steals in 28 games (27 starts) ... led the Bears to the WNIT – the program's first WNIT appearance in 12 years ... was named MEAC Player of the Week three times ... had double-digit points in 22 games this past year, including a career-high 28 in a win against Towson in late November ... finished fourth in the MEAC in scoring as well as first in free throw percentage, fourth in steals, fifth in three-point field goal percentage, fifth in three-pointers made per game, ninth in field goal percentage and 10th in assists ... her 86.0 percent shooting at the free throw line was also 38th-best in the country.

2020-21 (at Morgan State): 
Named to the All-MEAC second team…Was a College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week (2/8)...Started all 16 games and averaged 11.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 31.4 minutes per game…Ranked 14th in the MEAC in scoring and third in free throw percentage…Tallied 181 points, 44 rebounds, 47 assists, 27 steals and shot 79% at the free throw line…Tied a season-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-8 from behind the three-point arc, while adding two rebounds and one assist in the MEAC quarterfinal game against North Carolina Central (3/11)…Recorded nine points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals against Howard (2/7)…Tallied 12 points connecting on 57% from the field, including 2-for-3 from behind the arc, two rebounds, two steals and five assists in 19 minutes of play against Coppin State (2/2)…Scored 16 points, connecting on 4-of-4 free throws, shooting 50% from behind the three-point arc (2-of-4), six rebounds and three steals at Coppin State (1/30)…Had a season-best seven assists, 15 points, and three steals against Navy (12/18)…Made her first start of the season and recorded 19 points on 3-of-5 from behind the arc (60%) and shot 4-of-5 from the free throw line, with three rebounds, three steals and four assists in the home and season opener against UMBC (11/25).

2019-20 (at Morgan State): Earned MEAC Rookie of the Week honors (11/12)…Started in three of the 30 games played…Averaged 5.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.2 minutes per game…Tallied 164 points, 37 rebounds, 46 assists, 16 steals and three blocks…Tied a season-high 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including a perfect 3-for-3 from the three-point arc, while adding four assists and two steals in the regular season finale against Norfolk State (3/5)...Had a season-best five assists, three points and three rebounds against Howard (1/18)…Scored 13 points, connecting on 7-of-8 free throws (87.5%), a rebound and an assist at Bethune-Cookman (1/13)...Recorded 11 points, three assists and a rebound against South Carolina State (1/6)…Totaled 11 points, two rebounds and an assists against Texas State (12/18)...Made her first collegiate start and pulled down a season-high five rebounds to go with three assists and two points at UMBC (12/15)…Finished with 10 points, a rebound, an assist, block and steal against Washington Adventist (11/11)...Tallied six points and two steals in her Morgan State debut in the season opener at Marquette (11/5).

High School: 
Lettered in basketball while attending Roland Park Country High…Averaged 16.9 points per game, 2.7 steals and 2.1 assists…Finished her career as the fourth all-time leading scorer at Roland Park Country with 1,274 points…Received all-conference honors…Was coached by Scott Buckley and Danielle Steinbach…Earned second-team All-USA honors and was named to the 2018-19 Baltimore Sun All-Metro team.
 
Personal: 
Daughter of Jeff Henson and Rhandi Thompson...Career ambition is to become a free-lance computer scientist and travel the world ... chose to finish her career at Texas State because, "I wanted to be apart of a winning culture structured around family, integrity, and hard work. Everyone in this community lends a helping hand to see one another be successful, and as a student-athlete it’s important that I have a family to help me get to the next level, academically and athletically."

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