Jayla Hearp

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Smithfield
Hometown:
Hampton, Va.

Career Highs:

Points: 21	Blocks: 2
Rebounds: 9	FG Made: 7
Assists: 4	3FG Made: 5
Steals: 6	FT Made: 7

2025-26: Along with Bobbi Smith is now part of the winningest four-year class in program history with 81 wins… Was the only player to start every game… Averaged 9.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game… Scored in double figures 16 times. High of 18 against South Florida (2/4)… Hit a three in 22 games, multiple nine times with a high of three at North Texas and Charlotte… Grabbed nine rebounds against Memphis (1/3), 5+ eight times… Had a season high five steals at Temple (2/14)… Led ECU in scoring three times.

2024-25: Appeared in 32 games, making 31 starts… Scored 317 points for 9.9 per game… Grabbed 95 rebounds and recorded 46 steals and 42 assists… Made a team-high 43 three-point shots… Scored in double figures 17 times… Poured in 21 points on two occasions against Charleston Southern (11/6) and Tulsa (12/29)… That Charleston Southern game was her return from an ACL injury suffered in 2023 and was a career high scoring… Led the team in scoring seven times… Grabbed four-plus rebounds 11 times… Recorded a career high six steals to go with 19 points against Temple (1/1).

2023-24: Did not compete as she recovered from injury.

2022-23: Appeared in 30 games with eight starts... Scored 17 points on 5-6 from deep and seven rebounds against High Point... Dropped in 18 point against N.C. A&T (12/19)... Grabbed seven rebounds on three separate occasions... Made Dean's List in the Fall and Spring Semesters.

Prep: Spent the first three seasons of her prep career at Hampton High School then her senior season lettering under head coach Derrick Gatling at Smithfield High School. Hearp also played for head coach Boo Williams at Boo Williams EYBL. Hearp was the two-time Peninsula District Player of the Year while at Hampton and she is the No. 4 ranked recruit in the state of Virginia by Prep Girl Hoops.