2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Penn, Jaelynn
Jersey Number 13
Jaelynn Penn
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
Bio
Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21)
Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll (Dec. 28, 2020)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media, 2019-20)
All-Big Ten Second Team (Coaches, 2018-19)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media, 2018-19)
Academic All-Big Ten (2018-19)
Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (Jan. 28, 2019)
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2017-18)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22, 2018)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 29, 2018)
CAREER
Played in 114 games, making 113 starts … scored 1,319 points which ranks 17th all-time in school history … made 156 3-pointers, which ranks tied for 10th all-time … finished out her career shooting 32.2 percent from the 3-point line and 40.4 percent overall … also averaged 4.4 rebounds per game and 31.6 minutes per contest.
SENIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Played in 11 games and made 10 starts before opting out the remainder of her senior season in February … averaged 9.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game … added 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game … scored in double figures six times … had one double-double … dished out a season-high six assists in the season opener against EKU … hit a season-high three 3-pointers for 11 points at No. 11 Kentucky while also adding six rebounds … posted a double-double against Tennessee with 14 points and a team-high 10 rebounds to go along with a career-high five steals … led the team in scoring in a win at Minnesota with 19 points, on four 3-pointers, four steals and three assists … notched 10 points against No. 14 Maryland … returned from an injury at No. 21 Northwestern where she had 12 points, four rebounds and four assists … in her final career game against Michigan State, she recorded 13 points on 3-for-3 from the 3-point line, two rebounds and two assists … averaged 27.8 minutes per game.
JUNIOR YEAR (2019-20)
Started in all 32 games … All-Big Ten honorable mention selection by the media … averaged 10.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and shot 39.4 percent from the floor and a team-high 81.7 percent at the free throw line … became the 27th player in school history to record 1,000 points and wrapped up her junior season with 1,214 career points which ranks 19th in school history … scored in double figures 18 times … made a team-high 39 3-pointers … had multiple 3-pointers in 23 games … had multiple rebounds in 31 games … made her 100th career start against Nebraska and has started all 103 games of her career … had back-to-back double figure scoring games of 13 points and 10 points against Nicholls State and Jackson State … had nine points and eight rebounds against No. 2 Baylor … led in scoring with 17 points in IU’s win at No. 21 Miami in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge where she hit 2 3-pointers and went 7-for-8 at the free throw line to go along with five rebounds … shot 6-for-8 from the floor with a pair of triples for 17 points in the win over Youngstown State … had a season-high nine rebounds and eight points against No. 10 UCLA … scored a team-high 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a season-high three steals in the win at Rutgers where she scored her 1,000th career point … set a season and team-high 24 points on 10-for-16 shooting and tied a season-high three 3-pointers along with two steals at Iowa … dished out a season-high five assists against Northwestern … started a stretch of eight-consecutive double figure scoring games with 11 points at Penn State … had three-straight 15 point performances against Minnesota, Wisconsin and at Purdue … her 3-pointer in the final second of the Wisconsin game sent the game to overtime where IU would pick up the victory … had 14 points, eight rebounds and two steals against Ohio State … had 14 points and tied a season-high three steals in the regular season finale at Michigan … hit two 3-pointers for 12 points in the Big Ten Tournament against Rutgers.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2018-19)
Started in all 34 games … named to the All-Big Ten Second Team by league coaches and Honorable Mention by the league’s media … scored in double figures 27 times including six games scoring 20 points or more … averaged 13.9 points per game (second-best on the team) and shot 40 percent from the floor while amassing 474 total points … led Indiana beyond-the-arc with 57 made 3-pointers and shot 33.7 percent … also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game … shot 74.4 percent from the free throw line including a streak of 15-straight made free throws … led IU in Big Ten play, averaging 15.8 points per game … has 847 points in her two seasons combined … set a new personal best of 19 games in double figure scoring and led the team in scoring 11 times … averaged 30.4 minutes per game … had eight points and five rebounds in the season opener against Milwaukee … posted her first double figure game of the season with 12 points against North Florida …went 6-for-10 from the floor against Florida for 13 points … scored 25 points on a career-high 11 made field goals in the win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Wake Forest … her 6-for-11 performance along with her decisive 3-pointer with 29.6 seconds to play was the difference maker in the win at UCLA … dropped 20 points by shooting 66.7 percent from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range against Missouri State … kicked off her 19-game double-figure scoring streak in the Big Ten opener overtime win over Illinois with 19 points, five rebounds and two assists … against No. 15 Michigan State, Penn went 7-for-12 from the floor including another key 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining to help Indiana get the win … added 21 points, 13 of them in the first quarter, at Wisconsin where she went 4-for-4 from the 3-point line … hit a career-high six 3-pointers for a career-high 28 points in the win over Michigan … had a team-high 15 points against Maryland … she added 20 points on a 7-for-15 shooting day at Nebraska … played all 40 minutes and had 14 points against Rutgers … in the win over Iowa, posted 14 points, six rebounds and three assists … dished out a season-high four assists to go along with 15 points at Michigan … had 13 points in the Barn Burner Trophy game win over Purdue … her 11 points and eight rebounds to help IU defeat Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament … in the NCAA Tournament, went 10-for-21 from the floor including 4-for-7 from the 3-point line to upset Texas as she scored 24 points … her 24 points are the second-most by an IU player in an NCAA Tournament game … scored 15 points and six rebounds in the second round against Oregon.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2017-18)
Played and started in all 37 games, which is the most ever by an IU freshman … first freshman to be named to Big Ten All-Freshman team since 2014 … earned two Big Ten Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks in conference play … averaged 10.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 42 percent from the floor and 82.6 percent from the free throw line … also added 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game while averaging 34.6 minutes per game … her 10.8 points per game ranked third amongst all Big Ten freshmen, tied for third in steals, third in minutes played fifth in rebounding, fifth in 3-point field goals made and tied for sixth in assists … scored in double figures in 18 games and distributed multiple assists in 22 games … also added a 35.9 percent clip from 3-point line while 390 points ranks tied for sixth-most by a freshman in school history … also ranks fifth by a freshman in 3-point attempts (129), fifth in assists (111) and seventh in free throws made (71) averaging 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game … had two double-doubles … recorded nine points, four assists and two steals in her debut against Arkansas State … posted double figures for the first time in a win over Western Kentucky with a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds … had her first 20-plus scoring game at Saint Mary’s with 21 points and nine rebounds … sparked a three-game double figures scoring streak with a team-high 17 points against Louisville and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Auburn … dished out a season-high five assists at Yale to wrap up non-conference play … had a career-high six assists at Penn State … dropped 11 points on 5-for-9 shooting against Purdue … scored a team-high 20 points against Ohio State by going 61.5 percent from the floor … added 13 points including a 3-for-3 clip from the 3-point line at Michigan State that began an eight-game win streak which along with her 18 points at Maryland earned her first Freshman of the Week honors … contributed eight points and five rebounds against Wisconsin and 14 points and four rebounds versus Rutgers to earn her second-straight weekly honors … went 6-for-10 from the floor for 21 points including 3- pointers in the home regular season finale against Nebraska … played in 59 minutes of a four-overtime win against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament where she scored 16 points and seven rebounds … averaged 13.8 points and shot 51.5 percent from the floor in IU’s six games in the WNIT … led with a team-high 25 points by shooting 8-for-12 from the floor and 3-for-5 from the line while adding six points, three assists and two steals against UT Martin in the opening round … put back-to-back 16 point games up against Milwaukee and Purdue … contributed a double-double in the WNIT championship game against Virginia Tech with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
PREP
2017 Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year from Butler Traditional where she led her team to two state championships (2014, 2016) and a 111-22 overall record during her career … named the overall No. 39 recruit in the nation and the program’s first ever five-star signee … as a senior, averaged 14.7 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 59.6 percent, 33.33 percent from 3-point range and 82.5 percent from the free throw line … 2017 finalist for Miss Kentucky Basketball, McDonalds All-American nominee, Kentucky Girls All-Star, first team All-USA State Girls Basketball, first team Courier Journal All-State, MVP of Traditional Bank Holiday Classic … as a junior, averaged 14.2 points and 5.9 rebounds … named USA Today Honorable Mention Metro Louisville Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Joyce Seymour Miss Offensive Award, KHSAA State Tournament Player of the Game and All-Tournament team … named an All-State honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore …. ranked No. 48 overall by Prospects Nation, No. 23 by the All-Star Girls Report and No. 41 by Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report … the second-highest rated recruit amongst the Big Ten entering 2017-18.
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 19 … daughter of Gamaliel and Lelana Penn … major is psychology.
Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21)
Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll (Dec. 28, 2020)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media, 2019-20)
All-Big Ten Second Team (Coaches, 2018-19)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media, 2018-19)
Academic All-Big Ten (2018-19)
Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (Jan. 28, 2019)
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2017-18)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22, 2018)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 29, 2018)
CAREER
Played in 114 games, making 113 starts … scored 1,319 points which ranks 17th all-time in school history … made 156 3-pointers, which ranks tied for 10th all-time … finished out her career shooting 32.2 percent from the 3-point line and 40.4 percent overall … also averaged 4.4 rebounds per game and 31.6 minutes per contest.
SENIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Played in 11 games and made 10 starts before opting out the remainder of her senior season in February … averaged 9.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game … added 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game … scored in double figures six times … had one double-double … dished out a season-high six assists in the season opener against EKU … hit a season-high three 3-pointers for 11 points at No. 11 Kentucky while also adding six rebounds … posted a double-double against Tennessee with 14 points and a team-high 10 rebounds to go along with a career-high five steals … led the team in scoring in a win at Minnesota with 19 points, on four 3-pointers, four steals and three assists … notched 10 points against No. 14 Maryland … returned from an injury at No. 21 Northwestern where she had 12 points, four rebounds and four assists … in her final career game against Michigan State, she recorded 13 points on 3-for-3 from the 3-point line, two rebounds and two assists … averaged 27.8 minutes per game.
JUNIOR YEAR (2019-20)
Started in all 32 games … All-Big Ten honorable mention selection by the media … averaged 10.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and shot 39.4 percent from the floor and a team-high 81.7 percent at the free throw line … became the 27th player in school history to record 1,000 points and wrapped up her junior season with 1,214 career points which ranks 19th in school history … scored in double figures 18 times … made a team-high 39 3-pointers … had multiple 3-pointers in 23 games … had multiple rebounds in 31 games … made her 100th career start against Nebraska and has started all 103 games of her career … had back-to-back double figure scoring games of 13 points and 10 points against Nicholls State and Jackson State … had nine points and eight rebounds against No. 2 Baylor … led in scoring with 17 points in IU’s win at No. 21 Miami in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge where she hit 2 3-pointers and went 7-for-8 at the free throw line to go along with five rebounds … shot 6-for-8 from the floor with a pair of triples for 17 points in the win over Youngstown State … had a season-high nine rebounds and eight points against No. 10 UCLA … scored a team-high 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a season-high three steals in the win at Rutgers where she scored her 1,000th career point … set a season and team-high 24 points on 10-for-16 shooting and tied a season-high three 3-pointers along with two steals at Iowa … dished out a season-high five assists against Northwestern … started a stretch of eight-consecutive double figure scoring games with 11 points at Penn State … had three-straight 15 point performances against Minnesota, Wisconsin and at Purdue … her 3-pointer in the final second of the Wisconsin game sent the game to overtime where IU would pick up the victory … had 14 points, eight rebounds and two steals against Ohio State … had 14 points and tied a season-high three steals in the regular season finale at Michigan … hit two 3-pointers for 12 points in the Big Ten Tournament against Rutgers.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2018-19)
Started in all 34 games … named to the All-Big Ten Second Team by league coaches and Honorable Mention by the league’s media … scored in double figures 27 times including six games scoring 20 points or more … averaged 13.9 points per game (second-best on the team) and shot 40 percent from the floor while amassing 474 total points … led Indiana beyond-the-arc with 57 made 3-pointers and shot 33.7 percent … also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game … shot 74.4 percent from the free throw line including a streak of 15-straight made free throws … led IU in Big Ten play, averaging 15.8 points per game … has 847 points in her two seasons combined … set a new personal best of 19 games in double figure scoring and led the team in scoring 11 times … averaged 30.4 minutes per game … had eight points and five rebounds in the season opener against Milwaukee … posted her first double figure game of the season with 12 points against North Florida …went 6-for-10 from the floor against Florida for 13 points … scored 25 points on a career-high 11 made field goals in the win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Wake Forest … her 6-for-11 performance along with her decisive 3-pointer with 29.6 seconds to play was the difference maker in the win at UCLA … dropped 20 points by shooting 66.7 percent from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range against Missouri State … kicked off her 19-game double-figure scoring streak in the Big Ten opener overtime win over Illinois with 19 points, five rebounds and two assists … against No. 15 Michigan State, Penn went 7-for-12 from the floor including another key 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining to help Indiana get the win … added 21 points, 13 of them in the first quarter, at Wisconsin where she went 4-for-4 from the 3-point line … hit a career-high six 3-pointers for a career-high 28 points in the win over Michigan … had a team-high 15 points against Maryland … she added 20 points on a 7-for-15 shooting day at Nebraska … played all 40 minutes and had 14 points against Rutgers … in the win over Iowa, posted 14 points, six rebounds and three assists … dished out a season-high four assists to go along with 15 points at Michigan … had 13 points in the Barn Burner Trophy game win over Purdue … her 11 points and eight rebounds to help IU defeat Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament … in the NCAA Tournament, went 10-for-21 from the floor including 4-for-7 from the 3-point line to upset Texas as she scored 24 points … her 24 points are the second-most by an IU player in an NCAA Tournament game … scored 15 points and six rebounds in the second round against Oregon.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2017-18)
Played and started in all 37 games, which is the most ever by an IU freshman … first freshman to be named to Big Ten All-Freshman team since 2014 … earned two Big Ten Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks in conference play … averaged 10.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 42 percent from the floor and 82.6 percent from the free throw line … also added 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game while averaging 34.6 minutes per game … her 10.8 points per game ranked third amongst all Big Ten freshmen, tied for third in steals, third in minutes played fifth in rebounding, fifth in 3-point field goals made and tied for sixth in assists … scored in double figures in 18 games and distributed multiple assists in 22 games … also added a 35.9 percent clip from 3-point line while 390 points ranks tied for sixth-most by a freshman in school history … also ranks fifth by a freshman in 3-point attempts (129), fifth in assists (111) and seventh in free throws made (71) averaging 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game … had two double-doubles … recorded nine points, four assists and two steals in her debut against Arkansas State … posted double figures for the first time in a win over Western Kentucky with a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds … had her first 20-plus scoring game at Saint Mary’s with 21 points and nine rebounds … sparked a three-game double figures scoring streak with a team-high 17 points against Louisville and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Auburn … dished out a season-high five assists at Yale to wrap up non-conference play … had a career-high six assists at Penn State … dropped 11 points on 5-for-9 shooting against Purdue … scored a team-high 20 points against Ohio State by going 61.5 percent from the floor … added 13 points including a 3-for-3 clip from the 3-point line at Michigan State that began an eight-game win streak which along with her 18 points at Maryland earned her first Freshman of the Week honors … contributed eight points and five rebounds against Wisconsin and 14 points and four rebounds versus Rutgers to earn her second-straight weekly honors … went 6-for-10 from the floor for 21 points including 3- pointers in the home regular season finale against Nebraska … played in 59 minutes of a four-overtime win against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament where she scored 16 points and seven rebounds … averaged 13.8 points and shot 51.5 percent from the floor in IU’s six games in the WNIT … led with a team-high 25 points by shooting 8-for-12 from the floor and 3-for-5 from the line while adding six points, three assists and two steals against UT Martin in the opening round … put back-to-back 16 point games up against Milwaukee and Purdue … contributed a double-double in the WNIT championship game against Virginia Tech with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
PREP
2017 Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year from Butler Traditional where she led her team to two state championships (2014, 2016) and a 111-22 overall record during her career … named the overall No. 39 recruit in the nation and the program’s first ever five-star signee … as a senior, averaged 14.7 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 59.6 percent, 33.33 percent from 3-point range and 82.5 percent from the free throw line … 2017 finalist for Miss Kentucky Basketball, McDonalds All-American nominee, Kentucky Girls All-Star, first team All-USA State Girls Basketball, first team Courier Journal All-State, MVP of Traditional Bank Holiday Classic … as a junior, averaged 14.2 points and 5.9 rebounds … named USA Today Honorable Mention Metro Louisville Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Joyce Seymour Miss Offensive Award, KHSAA State Tournament Player of the Game and All-Tournament team … named an All-State honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore …. ranked No. 48 overall by Prospects Nation, No. 23 by the All-Star Girls Report and No. 41 by Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report … the second-highest rated recruit amongst the Big Ten entering 2017-18.
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 19 … daughter of Gamaliel and Lelana Penn … major is psychology.
FB: Fernando Mendoza & Elijah Sarratt - at Iowa Postgame Press Conference (09/27/25)
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