Personal: Full name is Saadia Adina Munford…Daugher of Chiquita Jackson…Born on January 22, 1999…Has one sister, Courtney…Majoring in marketing…Her sister, Courtney, played basketball at Jacksonville from 2006-10, leading the team in scoring as a senior in 2009-10.
Career Honors:
-2021 CAA Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
-2018-19 Preseason All-CAA Team
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2017-18 CAA All-Rookie Team
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Jan. 22, 2018
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CAA Rookie of the Week | Dec. 26, 2017
Career Highs
Points: 21 vs. James Madison | Jan. 16, 2021
Rebounds: 8 at Drexel | March 10, 2018
Field Goals: 9 vs. James Madison | Jan. 16, 2021
Three Pointers: 2, 5x- last at Hofstra | Jan. 19, 2020
Free Throws: 10 vs. Davidson | Dec. 5, 2018
Assists: 10 vs. NC Central | Dec. 19, 2017
Steals: 5 vs. Delaware | Jan. 30, 2021
Blocks: 1, 12x- last vs. Delaware | Jan. 26, 2020
Turnovers: 8 at Northeastern | Feb. 18, 2018
Minutes: 37 at Northeastern | Jan. 17, 2020
2020-21: Made 13 starts in 13 games played, averaging 25.8 minutes played ... Ranked fourth in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.5) and seventh in assists per game (3.2) ... Finished second on the team in both points per game (9.5), assists (42) and free throw percentage (.814) while also tying for second in rebounds per game (3.5) and finishing third in steals (18), field goal percentage (.482) and percentage from deep (.333) ... Posted double-digit scoring performances against Gardner-Webb (11/25), Western Carolina (12/5), James Madison (1/16, 1/17 and 2/6) and Delaware (1/31) ... Recorded a career-high in points (21) against James Madison (1/16) and in steals (5) against Delaware (1/30) ... Totaled a season-best seven assists at Drexel (1/23).
2019-20: Played in all 30 games, making 20 starts...Ranked fifth in the conference in free throw percentage (.817)...Led the team in free throws (85) and assists (81) in addition to being second in assist/turnover ratio (1.23)...Posted two career high 20-point games in wins against Towson (1/3) and Hofstra (1/19)...Averaged 8.1 points per game in 23.4 minutes of play...Recorded 11 double-digit scoring performances...Totaled at least three field goals in 15 games...Made a season-best six field goals in wins at Furman (12/30) and Charleston (2/9)...Had a strong performance on defense against Northeastern (2/16), setting a new personal best in blocks (2).
2018-19: Named Preseason All-CAA third team...Played in 27 games with six starts and averaged 20.9 minutes per game...Tallied 142 points (5.3 PPG) and 87 rebounds (3.2 RPG)...Ranked second on the team in total assists with 68...Twice scored a season-high 15 points; vs. Davidson (12/5) and at Hofstra (1/6)...Went a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line versus Davidson (12/5) while grabbing five rebounds with four assists and three steals...Dished out a season-best eight assists at Northeastern (1/4)...Scored 11 points with five rebounds versus Hofstra (3/7)...Three times posted a season-best six rebounds.
2017-18: Appeared in all 33 games as a freshman, making 31 starts at point guard for the Phoenix on the way to being selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team…Averaged 6.5 points per game to go with 3.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 25.0 minutes per game…Her 2.9 assists per game ranked as the 10th-most in the conference and her 1.5 steals per outing ranked 14th…Was named CAA Rookie of the Week on two occasions on Dec. 26 and Jan. 22…Notched a season-high 15 points on 5-of-9 from the floor to go with four assists, three steals and a block in 28 minutes against Towson (1/19) to earn one Rookie of the Week honor…Dished out a season-high 10 assists to go with six points against NC Central (12/19) to earn her first weekly award…Had a strong night at College of Charleston (2/2) with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting with five rebounds, four assists and four steals…Finished with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting with a season-high eight rebounds in the CAA title game against Drexel (3/10)…Notched nine points and seven rebounds in Elon’s road win over Towson (1/28)…Finished with 13 points and six assists in her third collegiate game against Hampton (11/17).
High School: Munford had a decorated career at Jonesboro High School in earning Clayton County Player of the Year, Region 4-AAAAAA Player of the Year, First Team All-Region and All-County and First Team Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro as a senior…That came after earning First Team All-Region, All-Metro and All-County and Second Team All-State as a junior in 2015-16…As a sophomore, Munford picked up First Team All-Region and All-County with Second Team All-Metro and All-State honorable mention in her first year at Jonesboro after moving from North Atlanta High School, where she earned All-Region honorable mention as a freshman in 2013-14…Off the court, Munford was named one of the school’s Scholar Athlete recipients and finished in the top 10 percent of her class.
