Indiana University Athletics
2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster

Jersey Number 13
Jaelynn Penn
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
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)
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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.Â
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.Â
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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