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Jersey Number 30
Deborah Orianegbena
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Edo State, Nigeria
- Major:
- Health and Wellness Promotion
Awards & Honors
2025-26 Season (Sophomore) - Named a 2025-26 Kay Yow Servant Leader Award recipient prior to the start of the season...Appeared in all 30 games making 26 starts on the season...Totaled 668 minutes averaging 22.3 minutes per game...Totaled 135 points, 209 rebounds, 23 assists, 18 steals and seven blocks on the season...Scored a career-high 18 points on a career-best eight made field goals at Winthrop (Feb. 25) while pulling down 12 rebounds to complete the double-double...Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds against High Point (Feb. 18)...Registered a career-high four assists against Warren Wilson...Grabbed a career-high three steals in three different games this season...Made a career-high four free throws against Gardner-Webb (Jan. 30)...Grabbed double-digit rebounds in five games this season...Named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
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.
- 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection
- 2025-26 Kay Yow Servant Leader Award
2025-26 Season (Sophomore) - Named a 2025-26 Kay Yow Servant Leader Award recipient prior to the start of the season...Appeared in all 30 games making 26 starts on the season...Totaled 668 minutes averaging 22.3 minutes per game...Totaled 135 points, 209 rebounds, 23 assists, 18 steals and seven blocks on the season...Scored a career-high 18 points on a career-best eight made field goals at Winthrop (Feb. 25) while pulling down 12 rebounds to complete the double-double...Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds against High Point (Feb. 18)...Registered a career-high four assists against Warren Wilson...Grabbed a career-high three steals in three different games this season...Made a career-high four free throws against Gardner-Webb (Jan. 30)...Grabbed double-digit rebounds in five games this season...Named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
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.
Highlights || Women's Basketball || #9 UNC Asheville vs #1 High Point (Big South Tournament)
Thursday, March 14
Highlights || Women's Basketball || #9 UNC Asheville vs #8 Gardner-Webb (Big South Tournament)
Thursday, March 14
Highlights || Women's Basketball || UNC Asheville vs Radford
Monday, March 04
Highlights || Women's Basketball || UNC Asheville at Gardner-Webb
Monday, February 26
