Draft Prospect Profiles | Jordin Canada

College: University of California, Los Angeles
Class: Senior
Height: 5’6″
Position: Guard

NOTABLE
• All-Pac-12 Honors (2016-17, 2015-16)
• All-Defensive Team (2016-17, 2015-16)
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2016-17, 2015-16)
• Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2016-17, 2015-16)
• Associated Press All-American honorable mention (2016-17, 2015-16)
• John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 (2016-17, 2015-16)
• Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 (2016-17)
• Top 10 Finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award (2016-17)
• Watch List for the Dawn Staley Award (2016-17)
• USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List (2016-17)
• John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 (2016-17)
• espnW Top 25 Player at No. 21 (2016-17)
• “Wade Watch” List (2016-17, 2015-16)
• Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List (2016-17)
• Preseason All-Pac-12 (2016-17)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2014-15)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2014-15)
• WNIT Most Valuable Player (2014-15)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times (2014-15)

AT FIRST GLANCE
Known as a dual-threat, Canada tries to make the simple pass to set her teammates up for success. She broke the Pac-12 record for assists dishing out 790 career assists, while also becoming the first women’s player in conference history to notch 1,800 points and 700 assists. No stranger to leading her team, as a freshman Canada led the Bruins to a Women’s National Invitation Tournament title scoring 31 points. In her senior year she has led UCLA to a fourth-seed in the NCAA Tournament and leads the team in scoring (16.6 ppg) and assists (224).

CAREER CAPSULE
2017-18: Leading the team in scoring and assists, averaging 16.6 ppg on 43.2% shooting and 7.0 apg – 3.5 rpg – 33.5 mpg – shooting 39.5% from behind the arc – 81.1 % from the charity stripe – scored a season high 28 points at Oklahoma State on Dec. 8, 2017 – set a season high in assists with 14 against Utah on Feb. 24, 2018 – Has a career total of 2,077 points, 796 assists, 536 rebounds and 331 steals. – recorded eight double-doubles this season and one triple double, filling up the box score with 26 points, 10 assists and 11 steals in the team’s season opener against San Jose State on Nov. 10, 2017.