Journee McDaniel

#2 Journee McDaniel

POS. G
HT. 5'9"
YR. Fr.
HOMETOWN New Bern, N.C.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL Farmville Central High School

2022-23 (Freshman): Made her mark as a rookie on a record-breaking ETSU squad, earning SoCon Sports Media Association (SCSMA) All-Freshman team honors ... Played in 33 games with 13 starts, including starts in 11 of the first 12 games ... Averaged 5.6 points per contest ... Totaled a career-high 26 points in the final game of the season against Georgia Southern in the WBI 3rd place game, helping ETSU achieve its largest margin of victory over a D1 opponent in program history by a 96-49 final (3/19) ... Went 7-7 behind the arc in that win over Georgia Southern, becoming just the fifth player in program history to make seven or more threes in a game ... Had the third-highest field goal percentage on the team among players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game, shooting 68-166 for 41.0 percent ... Shot 31-98 behind the arc for 31.6 percent ... Went 18-24 from the charity stripe for 75.0 percent ... Had six games where she scored in double-figures — the first of which came in a record-breaking 95-26 win over Virginia-Lynchburg where she scored 16 points as ETSU set school records for largest margin of victory and fewest points allowed in a game all-time (12/4) ... Also added 12 rebounds against the VUL Dragons for her first-career double-double ... Had four double-digit rebound games, including a career-high 13 against Morehead State (11/20) ... Had 10 rebounds in the second game of her collegiate career against St. Bonaventure, while adding seven points and a season-high four assists (11/11) ... Averaged 20.8 minutes per game ... 2022-23 SoCon All-Freshman Team (Media).

High School: Prepped at Farmville Central High School in the Greenville, N.C. area ... Played both basketball and soccer ... Was a two-time state runner-up and all-conference selection at shooting guard ... Scored over 1,000 career points in high school ... Averaged 15.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.8 steals, 1.6 blocks and less than one turnover (0.4) per game ... Served as a midfielder on the soccer team.

Personal: Born on Nov. 7, 2004 ... From New Bern, N.C. ... Daughter of Jeremy McDaniel and Natalie Benjamin ... Her father played four years of football at Arizona ... Claims to be a disguised comedian and dancer ... Majoring in marketing management.