 De Jesus with Duke in 2025 | |
| No. 2–Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 17, 2002 Northridge, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Filipino / American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sierra Canyon (Los Angeles, California) |
| College |
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Vanessa Ongkeko de Jesus [1] (born January 17, 2002) is a Filipino-American college basketball player who plays for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Vanessa de Jesus was born on January 17, 2002, in Northridge, California, with Valencia considered as her hometown. [1] Her parents Phillip and Maria de Jesus, [1] are both Filipinos. [2] She would attend Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles before entering Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for her collegiate studies. [1] She transferred to the University of Notre Dame for the 2025–26 season. [3]
De Jesus committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Division I in May 2019 which was then under coach Joanne P. McCallie. De Jesus would only be the player who had committed to remain with the Blue Devils after McCallie left. [4]
She debuted for the team now coached by Kara Lawson [4] in November 2020, becoming the first Filipino in Duke University's women's basketball program. [5] [6] [7]
In April 2025, De Jesus announced that she will transfer to Notre Dame and play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. [8]
De Jesus has expressed interest to suit up for the Philippines national team as early as 2020. [9] She would obtain her Philippine passport in May 2023 at age 21, making her eligible to play as a "naturalized player" according to FIBA eligibility rules. [10] She debuted for the Philippines at the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup. [2] [11] [12]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Duke | 4 | 4 | 33.3 | 54.5 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 2021–22 | Duke | 30 | 13 | 19.5 | 36.7 | 27.1 | 62.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| 2022–23 | Duke | 32 | 1 | 15.5 | 42.7 | 34.8 | 89.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 2024–25 | Duke | 36 | 0 | 12.4 | 47.6 | 36.1 | 68.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Career | 102 | 18 | 16.3 | 42.8 | 33.8 | 73.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.4 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [13] | |||||||||||||
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