Jenna Staiti

Personal: Graduated from Georgia in May 2020 with bachelor’s degree in human development and family science … also earned Master’s degree in sport pedagogy from Georgia in May 2022 … mother, Sandi, played volleyball at Providence College from 1985-89 … father, Jim, played basketball at Presbyterian College and Erskine College from 1978-81 … brother, Jimmy, played basketball at UNC Pembroke … grandfather played basketball at Loyola University Maryland … nationally-ranked swimmer who won state championship … did not start pursuing basketball until freshman year of high school … would be a coach if she was not playing basketball … lists her swim coach Ryan Bried and former Georgia head coach Joni Taylor as people who have made a difference in her lift … hobbies include playing with her three rescue dogs, spending time with friends, playing video games, travel and shopping … involved with swimming and tennis as a child. 

International Experience: Competed in 2016 USA Women’s U-18 National Team trials … also participated in 2021 USA AmeriCup Team trials. 

College Experience: Four-year letter winner at Georgia after transferring from Maryland following freshman season … started 87-of-117 games at Georgia from 2018-22 … tallied 12.2 points per contest while averaging 6.5 rebounds … shot 50.9 percent from the field during her career while converting 78.5 percent of her free throws … two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection who earned First-Team recognition as a graduate student … one of five players in Georgia history to record 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 250 career blocked shots … scored in double figures in 54 of her final 65 games with 21 double-double efforts during that span … Georgia’s leading scorer with 15.7 average as a graduate student … also paced squad with 14.8 scoring average as a senior … led Lady Bulldogs in rebounding and blocked shots during final three seasons … topped team in field goal percentage during all four years at Georgia … registered .890 free throw percentage during 2019-20 season, the second-highest mark in Georgia history … stands fifth on Lady Bulldogs’ career list with 255 blocked shots … owns program record for blocked shots by a senior with SEC-leading 85 rejections during 2020-21 campaign … named ESPNW National Player of the Week after leading Georgia to an upset of No. 2 NC State during 2021-22 season … three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection … appeared in 25 games off the bench for the Terrapins in 2016-17, averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.