![]() Ella Fajardo during the 2023 SEA Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S. | March 15, 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, New Jersey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ella Patrice Totengco Fajardo (born March 15, 2003 [1] ) is a Filipino college basketball player who plays for the Iona Gaels of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). She represents the Philippine national team in international competitions.
Fajardo learned the fundamentals of playing basketball by attending a Milo-Best Center in the Philippines. In the United States she attended Gill St. Bernard's School, playing for her high school's basketball team. [2] [3] In her senior year, Fajardo helped her school win the championship securing her a scholarship at Fairleigh Dickinson University. [4]
Fajardo announced in July 2021 her commitment to play for NCAA Division I sides Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. [5] [6] The National University in the Philippines also tried to recruit her. [7]
Fajardo redshirted the 2021–22 season due to commitments to the Philippine women's team. [8] She made her debut during the 2022–23 season in a loss to Marquette, leading the team with 16 points. [9] She then got 14 points in a win over Cornell, and got Rookie of the Week honors. [10] That season, FDU lost in the NEC Finals to Sacred Heart and lost in the first round of the 2023 WNIT. [11] [12]
In June 2023, Fajardo announced that she would be moving to Iona University to play for the Gaels. She would have to redshirt for one year. [13]
Fajardo, a native of Bergenfield, New Jersey, is eligible to play for the Philippines through both of her parents. She holds dual citizenship. [14]
Fajardo has played for the Philippine women's 3x3 team which won a bronze medal in the 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup in Malaysia [15] and reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup in Mongolia. [16] [17]
She debuted for the Philippine women's team at the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in India. [18]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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|2022–23 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 32 | 1 | 20.8 | 38.7 | 38.8 | 81.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
2023–24 | Iona | 30 | 29 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 24.5 | 82.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 7.1 |
Career | 62 | 30 | 25.9 | 34.5 | 31.8 | 82.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 7.5 | |
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [19] |
Fajardo runs a YouTube channel, which as of May 2023, has 125k subscribers. [8] [20] She has her own name, image and likeness (NIL) deal through a company in the Philippines.
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