University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
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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
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.
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
