Career Stats after 2021-22 Season
CAREER
• Appeared in 32 games with nine starts
• Averaged 6.9 points and 4.3 rebounds over 13.5 minutes per game
• 56.2% career shooter from the field
• Blocked 31 shots
• Recorded two double-doubles, finishing in double-figure scoring seven times and had three or more blocks three times
• Career highs – 20 points vs. Dayton on Nov. 20, 2021, 10 rebounds, twice, last vs. Florida State on Nov. 27, 2021, 3 blocks, three times, last vs. Dayton on Nov. 20, 2021, 28 minutes vs. Marshall on Nov. 22, 2021
2021-22 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Played in and started first nine games of the season, before a nagging injury kept her off the court the rest of the year
• Averaged 11 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game over 19.3 minutes per night
• Shot 54.9% from the field
• Posted first two career double-doubles, first coming with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Marshall on Nov. 22
• Added a 13-point, 10-rebound outing against Florida State on Nov. 27
• Hit double figures in scoring in five games with a pair of 10-plus-rebound outings
• Turned away a trio of shots in back-to-back games against Illinois State on Nov. 17 and Dayton on Nov. 20
• Played a career-high 28 minutes against Florida State on Nov. 27
2020-21 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Came off the bench in all 23 appearances
• Averaged 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game
• Shot 57.3% from the field
• Went 27-54 at the line, the fourth-most free throws on the team and attempted the third most
• Grabbed a rebound every three minutes of floor time
• One-of-three freshmen from the Big Ten to record 30 offensive rebounds
• Ranked fifth among freshmen in the nation with a defensive rebounding percentage of 25.3% and 10th with a 18.9% total rebounding percentage
• Made debut against North Alabama on Nov. 29 to go for 16 points and nine rebounds, nearly recording a double-double
• Nine boards in opener were second most by a rookie debut since 1998-99
• Finished in double figures twice
• Led the team in rebounding twice and blocks 12 times
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner at Marion High School under Lawrence Jordan
• Guided the Giants to back-to-back sectional championships in 2018 and 2019
• Won the 2018 regional title at Marion, finishing the season in semi-state against Northwestern and Madison Layden
• Closed career with 1,816 points on a 52% clip from the field
• One of the top-100 scorers in IHSAA history
• Recorded 1,021 rebounds and 259 blocks in career
• Tallied 627 points as a senior to rank 31st in the nation, while hauling down 314 rebounds
• Set a Marion High School record with 50 points against Southwood on Jan. 8, 2020
• One of 47 players in state history to score 50 or more points in a game, a list that includes Purdue greats Stephanie White, MaChelle Joseph, Cindy Lamping and Jodi Howell
• Finished with more than 20 points in 17 games as a senior
• Shot 54% from the field during junior campaign in 2018-19
• Averaged double-double as a junior with 15.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game
• Tallied a career-high 4.4 blocks per game as a sophomore to go along with 15 points per outing
• Notched 15.2 points per game as a freshman in 2016-17
• Won three letters in volleyball
• Averaged one block per set during career, with 209 rejections over three seasons
• Played AAU for Always 100
NOTEWORTHY
• Named McDonald's All-America nominee
• Tabbed to the Indiana Miss Basketball Midseason Top-10
• IBCA Senior Supreme 15 and All-State selection in 2020
• IBCA Large School All-State in 2019 and 2020
• IBCA Honorable Mention Underclass All-State in 2018
• Tabbed AP First Team All-State in 2020 and Honorable Mention All-State in 2019
• Named First Team All-North Central Conference in 2019 and 2018
• No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and rating of 22 by Dan Olson Girls Basketball Report
• No. 7 center in the nation, No. 43 overall player and a four-star athlete by Prospect Nation
• Five-star athlete, No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and a rating of 97 by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Picked as an Indiana Senior All-Star
• Named to Indiana Junior All-Star team
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Ra Shaya Kyle
• Major: Sports Management
• Birthday: March 6, 2002
• City Born: Marion, Ind.
• Parents: Reggie Jones, Sr. and Sha Raya Jones
• Siblings: Ra Zya Jones, Reggie Jones, Jr. and Ra Sheed Jones
• Brother, Reggie Jones, Jr., played two seasons at Western Michigan, before transferring to Tulsa, tabbed a three-start recruit and the No. 10 ranked player by ESPN coming out of high school