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Jersey Number 30
Imani Lester
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- North Raleigh Christian Academy
- Prev School:
- Kansas State
2025-26 | Redshirt Senior (Rutgers)
- Saw action in 26 games and made 23 starts
- Averaged 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds
- Reached double digits in 16 contests, including a career high 19 points at Penn State (Jan. 18)
- Also made a career high nine field goals and three deeps shots versus the Nittany Lions
- Led the team off the offensive glass with 57 boards
- Brought in a career best nine rebounds three times
- Ranked second in field goals made (103) and free throws made (63)
- Topped the squad with 29 blocks, stopping a career high four shots against Siena (Nov. 24)
- Career-highs for points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, rebounds, assists and steals
- Played in a career-high 34 games with a career-best 367 minutes of action (10.8 mpg)
- Tallied 82 points (2.4 ppg), shot .493 from the field (34-of-69) and .500 (14-of-28) from the foul line
- Brought down in 93 rebounds (2.7 rpg) and managed eight games with five or more rebounds
- Dished out 21 assists, 19 blocks, including five games with two or more blocked shots
- Also registered 18 steals
- Registered a career-high seven rebounds to go with four points against Little Rock (11/18)
- Scored a career-high eight points on 4-of-4 shooting and pulled in three rebounds against UCF (3/6).
- Played in 19 games with one start
- Logged 116 minutes (6.1 mpg), recorded 28 points (1.5 ppg), shot .241 (7-29) from the field and.737 (14-19) from the foul line
- Hauled in 30 rebounds (1.6 rpg), blocked 13 shots (0.7 bpg) and pocketed seven steals
- Made collegiate debut against Presbyterian (11/6) and tallied two points, two rebounds and a blocked shot in seven minutes off the bench
- Did not see action
- Four-star prospect, ranked No. 57 overall and the eighth best post player by espnW HoopGurlz
- Played varsity basketball since the seventh grade and reached 1,000 career points in her freshman season at North Raleigh Christian Academy
- Named to 2019 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletics Association (NCISAA) 4A All-State team
- Collected 2019 TISAC Player of the Year
- In 2022, named to the Charlotte Observer North Carolina first-team Super Team
- Helped her team to a 25-8 record and the 2022 NCISAA state title which included 23 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in the championship game
- In 2021, averaged 16.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.4 blocks, 4.3 assists and 2.7 steals a game for North Raleigh, her team finished 19-2 and were runner-ups in the NCISAA state tournament
- Standout volleyball player at North Raleigh
- Father, Avie Lester, played at NC State and overseas in Europe professionally
Women’s Basketball Head Coach Gary Redus II Introductory Press Conference
Tuesday, March 17
Coach Redus Press Conference
Tuesday, March 17
Women’s Basketball Post Game Press Conference - Penn State
Sunday, February 22
Women’s Basketball Post Game Press Conference - Minnesota
Sunday, February 08
