2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

13 Déja Lee

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Surrey, British Columbia
  • Highschool Semiahmoo Secondary School

Biography

• 2024-25 All-Big West First Team
• 2023-24 Big West Player of the Year
• 2023-24 Big West Championship MVP
• 2023-24 All-Big West First Team
• 2022-23 All-Big West Honorable Mention


2024-25 (Senior)
• Earned her second consecutive All-Big West First Team selection
• Started all 31 games played
• Second-leading scorer for the team with 10.5 points and tops on the squad in assists per game (3.0)
• Also averaged 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game 
• Recorded a career-high nine rebounds at Cal State Bakersfield (Dec. 5)
• Scored in double figures 20 times with a season-high 20 points at New Mexico (Nov. 27)
• Joined the 1,000-point club on a free throw with 17 seconds left in a 52-49 win at UC Davis (Feb. 1)
• Ranked 10th among UCI's all-time scoring leaders with 1,108 career points
• Finished second in school history in career steals (198)
• Named to the Big West All-Academic Team

2023-24 (Junior)
• Named the Big West Player of the Year
• Also a first-team all-conference selection and the MVP of the Big West Championship
• Started 31 of 32 games played
• Averaged 13.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.1 assists per outing
• Set a single-season school record with 82 steals
• Had a career-high six takeaways at UC Davis (Jan. 6) and at UC San Diego (Jan. 18)
• Reached double figures in scoring 22 times with seven 20+ point performances
• Drained a career-high 29 points in an overtime win at Long Beach State on March 2
• Went 9-for-14 from the field, 5-of-6 from beyond the arc and 6-of-8 at the free throw line
• Also had 23 points at Pepperdine (Nov. 7) and vs. St. Thomas (Nov. 24)
• Had a game-high 21 (8-12 FG) in a 53-39 win over UC Davis in The Big West championship game on March 16
• Scored all 13 of UCI’s third-quarter points en route to a game-high 21 at Hawai’i (Jan. 25)
• Dished out a career-best nine assists against the ‘Bows on Jan. 11
• Earned her first career Big West Player of the Week award on Jan. 1

2022-23 (Sophomore)
• Earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition
• Started 20 of 32 games played
• Averaged 8.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals per contest
• Reached double figures in scoring 12 times with a pair of 20-point outings
• Set season highs with 22 points, eight rebounds and five steals vs. UC Davis on Jan. 5
• Went 5-for-9 from the field and 9-of-10 at the free throw line against the Aggies
• Finished with 20 points (5-8 3FG) and seven assists vs. UC San Diego (Feb. 2)
• Had 18 points vs. CSUB in the Big West quarterfinals and at SDSU in a WNIT first-round win
• Registered 16 points and eight boards in the season opener vs. Whittier
• Tallied four assists and five steals at San Diego in the second round of the WNIT

2021-22 (Freshman)
• Averaged 2.2 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 29 games played
• Finished with a season-high 12 points, five rebounds and three steals in her first career start at UC San Diego (Jan. 11)
• Also had three steals at California Baptist (Nov. 20), vs. UC Davis (Jan. 6) and vs. UC Riverside (Jan. 8)
• Recorded eight points and five boards in her collegiate debut against Westcliff on Nov. 9

High School
• Led Semiahmoo Secondary School to three AAAA Provincial Championships (2017, 2019, 2020)
• Named the tournament MVP as a sophomore, and a First Team All-Star as a junior
• Also selected as the MVP of the 2020 Fraser Valley Regional Championships
• Won a silver medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2019 U16 FIBA Americas Championship
• Helped Team Canada to a fifth-place finish at the 2021 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup
• Member of the British Columbia Provincial Team
• Led Team BC to the U15 Canadian National Championship in 2018 and a third-place finish in the U17 division in 2019
• Named to the First All-Star Team both years

Personal
• Majoring in biological sciences
• Aspires to be a neurosurgeon
• Mother played volleyball at Ryerson University and father played basketball at St. Francis Xavier University

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 29, at Long Beach State (3/2/24)
Rebounds: 9, at Cal State Bakersfield (12/5/24)
Assists: 9, vs. Hawai'i (1/11/24)
Steals: 6, 2x, last at UC San Diego (1/18/24)
Blocks: 2, vs. Denver (12/2/23)
FG Made: 9, 3x, last at Long Beach State (3/2/24)
FG Att.: 19, at Hawai'i (2/3/24)
3FG Made: 5, 2x, last at Long Beach State (3/2/24)
3FG Att.: 10, vs. UC San Diego (2/24/24)
FT Made: 11, at Cal State Fullerton (1/16/25)
FT Att.: 13, at Cal State Fullerton (1/16/25)
Minutes: 43, vs. UC San Diego (2/24/24)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2024-25Senior

    Point Guard
    5'9"
    13