2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 00
Jaylyn Sherrod
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Ramsay H.S.
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
Career Honors
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 30)
- 2019-20 Pac-12 All-Freshman
- 2019-20 CU Most Improved
- 2019-20 Crystal Ford Adams Scholar-Athlete
- 2020-21 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- 2020-21 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2023 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Senior (2022-23)
- Scored the final four points to force overtime in CU’s 61-53 win over Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
- Led the Buffs and the Pac-12 in assists per game (5.1)
- Tied Bridget Turner (1985-86) for fourth most assists in a single season at CU with 167
- Finished the season 31st in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 with 78 steals – ninth best in CU history
- Scored her 1000th career point against Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament (3/3/23)
- Matched her career-high with 27 points against Washington State (2/10/23)
- Had a season-high 10 assists at Chicago State (11/27/22)
- Scored in double figures in 21 games and had 5+ assists in 20 games
Junior (2021-22)
- Started all 31 games in Colorado’s run to the NCAA Tournament
- Scored a career-high 27 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Creighton
- Had season-highs in FGM (11) and FGA (15) against the Bluejays
- Was third in the conference with 55 steals
- Finished fifth in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.77), assists per game (3.8) and assist-turnover ratio (1.72)
- Had 12 games with five or more assists
- Averaged 8.1 points per game, while shooting 35.8% from the field and 30.2% from 3-point range
Sophomore (2020-21)
- Was limited in her second season, playing just 12 games
- Started all 12 games, capped off by a nine-point, three-assist performance against No. 1 Stanford
- Helped secure CU’s first win over a No. 1 opponent with a key steal and layup in the final minute to tie the game at 67 and force overtime
- Scored in double figures in five games, including two of 20 points or more
- Recorded a season-high 24 points against Utah (12/14/20), making a season-high nine field goals
- Had a career-high eight rebounds at Oregon State (12/6/20)
- Led the team with 2.4 steals and 3.1 assists per game
- Also averaged 10.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game
Freshman (2019-20)
- Handed out a season-high 11 assists in her Colorado debut, marking the most by a CU player in her first game since 1979
- Averaged 5.1 assists per game (32rd NCAA) and ranks third on CU's freshman assist list and ninth on CU's single-season list with 152 this season (32nd NCAA)
- Scored a season-high 21 points at Stanford and led the team in scoring on four occasions
- Recorded her lone double-double in CU's win at Utah, totaling 19 points and 10 assists on her way to earning Freshman of the Week honors
- Finished second on the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game
In the Classroom
- Graduated with bachelor’s degree in three years
- Graduated with master’s degree in 2023
- Working on second master’s program
High School
- Played in just eight games as a senior
- Totaled 11.0 points, 4.0 assists and 3.8 steals per game in her junior season at Ramsay H.S
- Helped the Rams to both the area and regional championships, recording a 25-5 record...
- A three-time letterman
- Defensive Player of the Year in 2018 along with being first-team All-Birmingham - also a two-time All-Area Team selection
- Three-star recruit according to ESPN.com
- Three-time honor roll student, boasting a GPA over 4.0
- National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, a mathematics honor society
AAU
- She played for the All Alabama Roadrunners
Personal
- Daughter of Tamika Williams and Micheal Sherrod