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    Deja Mann

    Player Profile
    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Merced, Calif.

    High School:
    Merced HS

    Height:
    5-7

    Position:
    Guard

    Experience:
    2V

    Academic Highlight:
    Student of Barrett, The Honors College

    03/16/2012

    Sun Devil Women's Basketball Falls to Pacific, 77-62, in First Round of the WNIT

    ASU concludes 2011-12 season with 20-12 record

    03/12/2012

    Sun Devil Women's Basketball Opens WNIT on Friday at Pacific

    ASU making its fifth Postseason WNIT appearance

    03/09/2012

    Sun Devil Women's Basketball Faces Stanford in Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals

    Winner advances to Saturday's championship game

    03/06/2012

    Sun Devil Women's Basketball Opens Pac-12 Tournament Play on Thursday

    ASU will face either UCLA or Arizona in quarterfinal matchup

    03/06/2012

    Three ASU Women's Basketball Players Earn Pac-12 Honors

    Bennett, Brandon and Mann recognized by league's coaches

    03/09/2012

    Arizona St. vs. Stanford (Pac-12 Semifinals)

    Arizona St. vs. Stanford (Pac-12 Semifinals)

    02/02/2012

    Arizona State 49, Stanford 62 - AP Photos

    Deja Mann led the Sun Devils with 11 points.

    --Click here for more information on Barrett, The Honors College, as Deja is a student there along with several other Sun Devil student-athletes.

    Career Notes

    • Has played in 95 career games (48 starts).

    • Played in all 31 of ASU's contests in 2010-11 with 14 starts (all 14 starts coming in last 14 games).

    • Has led ASU in free throw shooting percentage the last two seasons, connecting on 83 percent (89-107) of her free throw attempts during that stretch.

    • Averaged 2.4 points as a freshman.

    • A 2009 graduate of Merced High School in Merced, Calif., where she earned first-team All-Central California Conference honors each of her first two seasons, including being named the conference's MVP her sophomore season.

    2011-12

    • Earned Pac-12 Honorable Mention (coaches) and Pac-12 Defensive Honorable Mention (coaches)

    • Started all 32 games and led ASU in assists (3.4 apg), free throws made (56) and free throw percentage (.812).

    • Scored in double figures nine times, with seven of those instances coming in the last 15 games of the season.

    • Tied for the team lead in scoring (8.9 ppg) over the last 15 games of the season while shooting 39 percent from three-point range (14-36) during that stretch.

    • Had five or more assists 10 times, including a career-best seven on two occasions - vs. Eastern Washington (Dec. 2) and vs. Colorado (Jan. 19).

    • Scored 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds while playing a career-high 41 minutes in ASU's 56-52 OT win at Colorado State.

    • Recorded then-career highs in points (11) and rebounds (7) vs. No. 13 Rutgers (Nov. 26).

    • Scored 11 points and had five assists in win vs. Illinois State (Dec. 3).

    • Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in win at Oregon (Jan. 14).

    • Scored 17 points in win vs. Utah (Jan. 21).

    • Scored seven of her 12 points in the final 4:30 of ASU's 57-53 win at Washington (Jan. 28).

    • Led ASU with 11 points vs. No. 4 Stanford (Feb. 2) and followed that with another 11-point effort vs. Cal (Feb. 4).

    • Once again led ASU's offensive attack, scoring 12 points at Utah (Feb. 4).

    • Poured in a career-high 22 points (most by a Sun Devil in 2011-12) in ASU's loss at USC (Feb. 25).

    • Tied for the team lead with 14 points (5-10 FGs) in ASU's first round WNIT game at Pacific (Mar. 16).

    2010-11

    • Played in all 31 of ASU's contests with 14 starts (all 14 starts coming in last 14 games).

    • Shot 87 percent from the line (33-38).

    • Scored all 9 of her points (tying career high) in the second half of ASU's win vs. Providence (Nov. 26).

    • Tied her career high with 9 points (3-5 FGs) in win vs. Colorado State (Dec. 11).

    • Dished out a career-best 6 assists in ASU's win vs. Arizona (Jan. 16), which tied the second-highest single-game assist total by a Sun Devil this season.

    • Made her first start of the season at No. 11 UCLA (Jan. 27).

    • Replaced Dymond Simon at point guard after Simon left with a concussion at USC (Jan. 29). Would hit a clutch three-pointer to tie the game after ASU fell behind late in the second half of ASU's eventual 62-61 win.

    • Scored all eight of her points in the second half, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, in ASU's 45-44 win over Cal (Feb. 5).

    • Scored all 7 of her points in the second half of ASU's 69-55 win over USC (Feb. 24).

    2009-10

    • Played in every game (2 starts).

    • Scored 5 points (2-3 FGs) in her Sun Devil debut vs. South Dakota State (Nov. 15).

    • Scored 7 points (3-6 FGs) vs. UCLA (Jan. 3).

    • Grabbed a season-best 4 rebounds 5 times.

    • Was a combined 6-7 from the field at Oregon State (2-3, 4 points) and at Oregon (4-4, career-high 9 points).

    • Earned the first start of her career in ASU's WNIT 1st round win over NMSU (Mar. 17).

    High School

    • A 2009 graduate of Merced High School in Merced, Calif.

    • Earned first-team All-Central California Conference honors each of her first two seasons, including being named the conference's MVP her sophomore season.

    • As a freshman, averaged 14.4 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game on her way to earning first-team all-area and honorable mention all-district honors in addition to be named her team's best offensive player.

    • Raised her game a few notches as a sophomore, as she averaged 16.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.0 steals per game in earning first-team all-district and team MVP recognition in addition to being named to ESPN Rise Magazine's `Players to Watch' Third Team.

    • Was also team captain her sophomore year.

    • An outstanding all-around athlete, also competed in track and won the 100m hurdles and was runner-up in the high jump.

    • Earned All-CCC All-Academic honors in 2006 and 2007.

    • Did not compete her last two years in high school because of injury.

    • Was coached in basketball by John Bliss.

    • Was an honor roll student all four years in high school.

    Personal

    • Major is communication and is in ASU's Barrett Honors College.

    • Parents are Damon and Verdistine Mann.

    • Has one brother, Malcolm (17), and one sister, Olivia (11).

    • Comes from a very athletic family. Cousin (Brent Lett) played basketball for four years at Southwest Christian College in Texas; uncle (Sam King) wrestled for two years at Cal Poly; cousin (Melanie King) was on the track and field team at CSU Chico; cousin (Lee Evans) competed in track and field at CSU San Jose and would go on to win Olympic gold medals in the 400-meter-dash and the 4x400-meter-relay at the 1968 Olympiads held in Mexico City. He set world record in both events, 43.86 seconds in the 400-meter-dash and 2:56.16 seconds in the 4x400-meter-relays.

    • Hobbies include writing, listening to music, surfing the Internet and hanging out with friends.

    • Born June 3, 1991 in Merced, Calif.

    • Full name is Deja Monique Mann.

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