Moriah Jefferson

Position: Guard
Height: 5-7 / 170 cms
Weight: 122 lbs / 55 kgs
High School: Texas Home Educators Sports Association ‘12
Hometown: Glenn Heights, Texas

USA Basketball Notes

• Gold Medal: 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
• Member of the 2012 USA Basketball U18 National Team that compiled a 5-0 record, captured the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, and qualified the U.S. for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship; averaged 5.6 ppg., 3.4 rpg. and a USA team second-best 4.2 apg.
  
• Named as a finalist for the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team on May 25, 2011, and competed in the USA’s 49-37 exhibition victory against Brazil’s U19 squad.
  
• Participated in the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team Trials.
  
• Participated in the 2009 USA U16 National Team Trials.

College Notes

• Has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend and play for the University of Connecticut.

High School Honors & Recognition

• MaxPreps All-America first team (2012).
  
• Parade Magazine All-American (2012).
  
• National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships (NCHBC) Sullivan Award winner (2011, 2012), which was renamed the Moriah Jefferson Award in 2012.
  
• USA Today All-USA first team (2012).
  
• McDonald’s and WBCA All-American (2012); scored 10 points and reeled in four rebounds at the McDonald’s All-American Game and scored four points to go along with four assists and five steals in
• the WBCA All-American game.
  
• NCHBC Maravich Award winner (2010), the second-most prestigious award given out by the NCHBC.
  
• Selected to the NCHBC All-America first team four times.
  
• All-area first team (2010, 2011, 2012).

High School Notes

• Played five varsity seasons with the Texas Home Educators Sports Association (THESA) as a homeschooled athlete, amassing 3,354 points, 825 rebounds and 728 steals in her career.
  
• Helped lead the Riders to five NCHBC basketball titles and five NCHBC Texas Region titles.
  
• As a senior in 2011-12, averaged 17.3 ppg., 3.8 rpg., 3.6 apg. and 5.1 spg. to lead her team to a 41-6 record.
  
• As a junior in 2010-11, started all 50 games and averaged 21.8 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 4.0 apg. and 4.0 spg. in aiding her team to a 42-8 record.
  
• As a sophomore in 2009-10, averaged 17.5 ppg. to help her team to a 42-9 record.
  
• As a freshman in 2008-09, started in 50 of 51 games played and averaged 19.5 ppg., 1.7 rpg., 1.7 apg. and 2.8 spg. to help THESA to a 42-10 record.
  
• Compiled 509 points, 85 rebounds, 87 assists and 144 steals as an eighth-grader in the 2007-08 season.
  
• Played AAU ball for the Lady Panther Elite from 2005-09 before joining and playing for DFW Elite.

Personal Notes

• Born on Mar. 18, 1994 in Dallas, Texas. Goes by the nickname, “Mo.”
  
• Daughter of Robin and Lorenza Jefferson; has two brothers, Joshua and Jeremiah, and one sister, Danielle Noble.
  
• Maintains a 4.0 GPA.
  
• A cousin, Kelsie Jefferson, is in the U.S. Navy.
  
• Related to Michael Jefferson, Jr., played football at Nebraska from 1989-91; Michael Jefferson, Sr., played football at Southern Colorado State; David Jefferson, played football at Austin College; and
• Gary Jefferson, played football at Kentucky State.

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