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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

21 Drayah Heyward

  • Position G
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newark, NJ
  • Highschool Newark Arts High School

Biography

2022-23 (Senior Season): Appeared in all 28 games while making 27 starts. Tallied a career-high 20 points against LIU on January 8. Led Wagner with 53 steals while finishing in the top-five in the NEC for the second consecutive season.
 
2021-22 (Junior Season): Played in 28 of the 29 games during the season while making the start 26 times… Averaged 21.2 minutes while tallying 5.4 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 1.7 assists per game and a team-leading 2.3 steals per contest… Became the first Seahawk since Jasmine Nwajei (2015-16) to lead the Northeast Conference (NEC) in steals, as she finished with a league-high 64… Was the team’s steals leader in 14 of the 28 games that she played in… Ranked 59th in the NCAA in steals per game at 2.29 while her 64 total steals was ranked 75th out of 149 players in the country... Netted a career-high 13 points at LIU (Feb. 5)... Pulled down a career-best nine rebounds at Sacred Heart (Jan. 8)... Swiped a personal-best seven steals against Big Ten members, Rutgers (Dec. 18), which was the highest single-game total by a NEC player during the year… Dished out a career-high eight assists in the season-finale at Merrimack (Mar. 3).

2020-21 (Sophomore Season): Appeared in 18 games for the Seahawks… Averaged 7.6 minutes per game… Netted 2.6 points per game… Grabbed 1.7 rebounds per contest… Shot 37.5 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range… Converted 60.0 percent from the free-throw line… Netted a season-high nine points against Central Connecticut (Feb. 28)… Logged a season-high 13 minutes in the Northeast Conference (NEC) championship game against Mount St. Mary’s (Mar. 14).

2019-20 (Freshman Season): Appeared in all 30 games for the Green & White … Averaged 2.3 ppg and 1.5 rpg … Second on the team in field goal percentage (.429) ... Tenacious defender who racked up 16 steals … Scored a season high 10 points in the NEC Quarterfinal against Robert Morris (3/9) to go along with five rebounds in just 18 minutes of play … Shot an impressive 20 of 24 from the free throw line.

Before Wagner: Was a four-year member of the Jaguars basketball team under the direction of head coach Ray-Quell Cotton… Was also a member of the Newark Arts High School track and field team, under coach Damon Harrison… An all-conference First-Team selection her entire high school career, helped lead the Jaguars to a conference championship in her freshman campaign… Eclipsed the 1,000 career points to close out her junior season as the Jaguars advanced in the Super Essex Conference… She was a big piece in the Arts rotation, averaging 15.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 3.2 apg in her senior season.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2019-20Freshman

    G
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2020-21Sophomore

    G
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2021-22Junior

    G
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2022-23Senior

    G
    5'7"
    21

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