University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Jersey Number 30
Deborah Orianegbena
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Edo State, Nigeria
- Major:
- Health and Wellness Promotion
Bio
2024-25 Season (Freshman) - Appeared in 25 games making five starts as a freshman...Averaged 2.8 points per game and was second on the team at 6.2 rebounds per game...Also totaled nine assists, 16 steals and four blocks...Scored a career0high 11 points at Charleston Southern (Jan. 25) shooting a career-best 5-9 from the field...Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds against High Point on Feb. 8...Dished out a career-high two assists twice, while registering a career-high three steals at Radford on Jan. 29...Went a career-best 3-4 at the foul line at Loyola (Md.) on Nov. 23.
Prior to Asheville - Standout athlete at Victory Christian Center School, both on the basketball court and the track...Has been named a two-time SPAA All-Conference selection on the basketball court, while also posting a state championship and a state runner-up finish during her high school career...Has also been named an All-State selection, awarded the Most Improved Athlete for basketball and named an Above and Beyond Player of the Week in 2023...Two-time long jump state champion, as well as a member of a two-time state championship 2x200 relay team...She has finished runner up in the long jump once and is also a two-time All-Conference selection for girls cross country...Finished runner-up in the 400-meter state championship race, and has also won a state championship in the 4x200 relay...MVP for girls cross country, and also a three-time Christian Character Award winner...Earned a runner-up finish in the state championship in the 200-meter dash, and and also been named the Most Improved Athlete for cross country...In the classroom, she was an honor roll student, and a STEAM high school participant.
Prior to Asheville - Standout athlete at Victory Christian Center School, both on the basketball court and the track...Has been named a two-time SPAA All-Conference selection on the basketball court, while also posting a state championship and a state runner-up finish during her high school career...Has also been named an All-State selection, awarded the Most Improved Athlete for basketball and named an Above and Beyond Player of the Week in 2023...Two-time long jump state champion, as well as a member of a two-time state championship 2x200 relay team...She has finished runner up in the long jump once and is also a two-time All-Conference selection for girls cross country...Finished runner-up in the 400-meter state championship race, and has also won a state championship in the 4x200 relay...MVP for girls cross country, and also a three-time Christian Character Award winner...Earned a runner-up finish in the state championship in the 200-meter dash, and and also been named the Most Improved Athlete for cross country...In the classroom, she was an honor roll student, and a STEAM high school participant.
LJ Thorpe Chalk Talk | Men's Basketball
Wednesday, August 27
Alumni Interview || Clay Edmondson || Baseball
Monday, August 04
Why Asheville || Payton Rolfsen || Volleyball
Thursday, July 24
Why Asheville || Addie Cooper || Women's Soccer
Tuesday, June 17