{"id":33475,"date":"2022-12-06T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=33475"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:43:24","slug":"sophomore-guard-leading-lady-sharks-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sophomore-guard-leading-lady-sharks-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomore Guard Leading Lady Sharks Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scoring is natural to <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/wbkb\/2022-23\/bios\/nelson_jaya_up8i\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaya Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona, the combo guard tallied 1,222 career points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season at Miami Dade College, the sophomore has scored in double figures in every game and she is leading the Lady Sharks with a 16.5 scoring average. That includes a season-high 23 points versus John A. Logan College on Nov. 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJaya is passionate about being a good teammate and loves playing the game,\u201d said Lady Sharks Head Basketball Coach <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/wbkb\/coaches\/Susan_Summons?view=bio\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Susan Summon<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">s<\/span>. \u201c[She] has accepted the role of helping to lead this team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basketball has always been a family business for the five-foot-five inch guard.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelson learned the game from her dad\u2014Jimmie Nelson\u2014who is the director of the Arizona Dynasty, a basketball program in southern Arizona. He previously served as the head coach at Palo Verde High Magnet School in Tucson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her older brother, Evan Nelson, is a six-foot-two inch guard at Harvard, averaging 6.7 points and 3.8 assists per game for the Crimson this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaya used her knowledge of the game to excel in high school. Nelson averaged 13.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in four seasons at Salpointe Catholic High School, leading her team to the state tournament her last three years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a senior, she averaged 14.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and was named Regional Player of the Year, earning First Team All-Conference honors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, she averaged 5.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game at Alderson Broaddus University, a Division II school in West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelson\u2019s first season at MDC has been a tough one. The team has lost 11 of their first twelve games including a 52-point loss to Eastern Florida State College on Nov. 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that has not prevented Nelson from staying focused. Whether it&#8217;s playing defense, providing leadership or encouraging a teammate, she has found a way to keep her team motivated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 19-year-old spends more than 25 hours a week between practice, the weight room, games and study hall to sharpen her skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe\u2019s a good teammate, a good player and she can shoot very well,\u201d said Kennaria Nash-James, a freshman point guard from Chicago. \u201cShe pushes everyone. She brings good energy to the court and loves to compete.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lady Sharks start their conference schedule on Jan. 7 versus Hillsborough Community College. Nelson is confident that she can continue to elevate her game and her teammates.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI can become a better player [by] continuing to figure out who I am and perfecting my craft,\u201d Nelson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lady Sharks next game is on Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. versus Eastern Florida State College at the Melbourne campus, 1519 Clearlake Rd., in Cocoa.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> here<\/span><\/a> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:mdc.thereporter@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">mdc.thereporter@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scoring is natural to Jaya Nelson. At Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona, the combo guard tallied 1,222 career points.\u00a0\u00a0 This season at Miami Dade College, the sophomore has scored in double figures in every game and she is leading the Lady Sharks with a 16.5 scoring average. 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