By ISU Sports Information
NORMAL- The Illinois State women’s basketball program will welcome Deja Turner to the team starting next season, as she signed her National Letter of Intent, it was announced Friday by head coach Barb Smith.
“Deja is a great addition to our 2016 class,” Smith said. “She is a scoring guard who is very versatile and can run the point or off-guard positions. Deja works very hard at both ends of the floor. She is very driven and committed on the court but is also successful in the classroom. Deja wants to major in nursing. We’re excited that she is a Redbird!”
Turner, who hails from Tampa, Florida, will have four years of eligibility at ISU. The 5-11 guard wrapped up a very impressive senior season at Plant High School, where she averaged 15.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 3.5 steals per game while helping her team to a 21-6 record.
After the season, Turner was named the recipient of the Dottie McGahagin Girls Basketball Award – the Hillsborough County Sports Awards top girls’ basketball honor – and was named First Team All-Hillsborough County by the Tampa Bay Times, the All-Hillsborough County Player of the Year and First Team All-County American Division. She is also a Principal’s Honor Roll student and will graduate with a 5.17 weighted grade point average.
Turner joins an incoming recruiting class that features Amaria Allen, Frannie Corrigan, Megan Talbot, and Morgan VanHyfte, who all signed during the fall signing period in November, and Hannah Green, who signed at the beginning of the spring signing period in April.
