2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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23 Damaris Rodriguez

  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown Secaucus, N.J.
  • High School Secaucus
  • Major Criminal Justice
  • Letters 3

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- D3hoops.com All-America Second Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
- WBCA Division III All-America Honorable Mention (2022-23)
- D3hoops.com Preseason All-America Second Team (2023-24)
- D3hoops.com Preseason All-America Fourth Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
- NCAA Division III Statiscial Leader | Scoring (2022-23)
- ECAC Division III Player of the Year (2022-23)
- D3hoops.com All-Region 4 First Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- D3hoops.com All-Atlantic/Mid-Atlantic Region First Team (2020-21)
- D3hoops.com All-Atlantic/Mid-Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year (2020-21)
- All-Met Division III Player of the Year (2020-21, 2022-23)
- NJAC Player of the Year (2022-23, 2023-24))
- First Team All-Met (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- All-ECAC Division III First Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- First Team All-NJAC (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- NJAC Rookie of the Year (2020-21)
- NJCU Female Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
- NJCU Individual Performance of the Year (2021-22)
- NJCU Female Newcomer of the Year (2020-21)
- ECAC All-Tournament Team (3/5/23)
- D3hoops.com National Team of the Week (2/22/21, 2/15/22, 11/15/22, 1/16/23, 2/14/23, 12/5/23)
- MBWA DII-III Player of the Week (2/23/21, 2/15/22, 3/1/22, 1/24/23, 12/5/23)
- MBWA DII-III Weekly Honor Roll (3/9/21, 2/8/22, 12/13/22, 1/10/23, 1/17/23, 2/14/23, 2/21/23, 12/19/23)
- NJAC Player of the Week (3/15/21, 11/15/21, 2/14/22, 3/1/22, 3/7/22, 11/14/22, 1/9/23, 1/16/23, 1/30/23, 2/6/23, 2/13/23, 11/27/23, 12/4/23, 12/18/23, 1/29/24, 2/26/24)
- NJAC Rookie of the Week (2/8/21, 2/22/21, 3/8/21, 4/5/21)

2022-23: Appeared in 28 of 29 games as a junior, making 27 starts at point guard ... led all of NCAA Division III in scoring (24.3 points/game) and averaged 5.1 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 2.5 steals over 37.8 minutes per game ... shot .406 from the floor, .321 from three and .833 from the foul line ... scored at least 30 points seven times and had five double-doubles, including her first-career triple double ... opened the season with 33 points at Division I Monmouth (11/10) ... notched 33 points, eight assists, five boards and three assists against #3 Amherst (12/4) ... poured in a career-best 34 points to go with 12 assists and three steals in the 87-82 win at Rowan (1/4) ... finished with 33 points, five assists, five boards and six steals in the 72-52 win at Montclair State (1/18) ... registered 32 points, six assists, five steals and four rebounds in the 74-62 win over William Paterson (1/25) ... recorded the first triple-double of her career with 30 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds in the 93-76 win over Rowan (2/8) ... scored 33 points to go with 10 assists in the 78-76 overtime NJAC Semifinal win over TCNJ (2/22).

2021-22: Was one of two players to play in all 23 games, making 22 starts as a point guard during her sophomore campaign ... co-captain ... led the team in scoring (21.2 ppg), assists (7.2 apg), steals (2.5 spg), minutes (39.1 mpg), made field goals (183), made three-pointers (44), made free throws (78), free throw percentage (.743) and fifth in rebounding (6.1 rpg) ... led the NJAC in scoring, assists/game, assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) and minutes/game, was tied for fourth in steals/game, sixth in FT pct. and three-pointers/game (1.9), seventh in shooting percentage (.383), was 15th in rebounding ... second in all of Division III in assists/game, fourth in minutes/game, five in total assists (166) and seventh in scoring average ... scored in double-figures in all 23 games, including 13 20-plus-point games, one 30-point performance and nine double-doubles ... notched double-digit assists on six occasions ... opened the season with 19 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and a career-best 16 steals, which is fourth all-time in NCAA Division III history, in the win over St. Elizabeth (11/11) ... dished out a career-best 18 assists, with ties for fourth all-time in DIII history, to go with 14 points, six steals and three rebounds in the win over CCNY (12/6) ... poured in a career-best 30 points to go with 11 assists, six boards and a steal against Pitt-Greensburg (12/30) ... pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds to go with 26 points, four assists and three steals over a career-high 50 minutes on the floor at Ramapo (2/5) ... scored 28 points, adding six assists, four rebounds, a block and a steal in the NJAC Quarterfinal win at Montclair State (2/22).

2020-21: Played in all 11 games as a freshman and was the only Gothic Knight to start all 11 … co-captain ... led the team in scoring (17.4 ppg), assists (5.3 apg), steals (2.6 spg), minutes (38.2 mpg) and more … scoring in double-figures in all 11 games and had five or more assists seven times … had 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 4-of-5 from deep, to go with four assists, three steals and three boards in the home-opening win over Kean (2/6) … finished with 19 points, two rebounds and career-highs assists (9) and steals (7) in the win over William Paterson (2/19) … scored 23 once again, this time to lead NJCU to the NJAC Quarterfinal home win over William Paterson (3/5), adding five assists, three rebounds, two steals and a block … poured in a career-best 26 points to go with five boards, four assists and two steals in the NJAC Semifinal win at TCNJ (3/12) … closed out the year with a career-best seven rebounds to go with 12 points, eight assists and two steals in the NJAC Championship win at Montclair State (4/3).

High School: A 2020 graduate of Secaucus High School ... four-year varsity basketball team member ... team captain as a senior ... selected to the all-county and all-state teams ... led team to NJIC Championship as a senior and was named MVP ... team won the conference title all four seasons ... set school-record for single-game points with 44 ... was also a four-year varsity member of the soccer team ... was selected all-county and all-state ... holds the school record for most-career goals with 81.

Personal: Daughter of Marisol Rodriguez ... has two siblings ... pursuing a career as a police officer ... plays the drums in her spare time ... loves animals.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21Freshman

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    2021-22Sophomore

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    2022-23Junior

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    2023-24Senior

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