DiJonai Carrington

Player

Birthday January 8, 1998

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace San Diego, California, U.S.

Age 26 years old

Nationality United States

#4556 Most Popular

1998

DiJonai Carrington (born January 8, 1998) is an American basketball player for the Connecticut Sun.

She played college basketball for Stanford and later Baylor before being drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the 2021 WNBA draft.

Carrington attended Horizon Christian Academy in San Diego, California.

She scored over 2,000 career points for Horizon, while averaging 18.8 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, and 2.5 spg.

She was named a McDonald's All-American and a Jordan Brand Classic All-American.

Following her outstanding high school career, she committed to play for Stanford.

Carrington played basketball for four years at Stanford.

2017

During her time there, she helped the Cardinal win 2 Pac-12 Tournament Championships (2017 and 2019).

2019

She also was named to the All Pac-12 Team from both the Coaches and Media in 2019.

She was also an outstanding student in the classroom.

2020

She was named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2020 and was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team in 2018 and 2019

Following her time at Stanford, Carrington grad-transferred to Baylor to compete with the Lady Bears.

In her one season there, Carrington averaged 14.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

She was named Big-12 Newcomer of the Year and also the Sixth Person of the Year.

Source

Carrington was the 20th pick in the 2021 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun.

She attended the Sun training camp and earned one of the Sun's 11 roster spots.

She is the daughter of former NFL player Darren Carrington.

She is also currently dating NaLyssa Smith who plays for the Indiana Fever.

They starting dating in 2022 after announcing their relationship on social media.