Shayna Mehta

Class:
Senior
Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
San Francisco, Calif.
High School:
International

Notes: Finished first all-time at Brown and fourth in Ivy League history with 261 career made 3-pointers; made 60 or more 3-pointers in each of her four seasons … Scored 1,785 career points, ranking second at Brown and 11^th in Ivy League history … In the Brown record books, finished second in career field goals made (655), second in career games played (111), third in career points per game (16.1), third in career games started (105), fifth in career 3-point percentage (.358), fifth in career steals (255), sixth in career assists (303), eighth in career free throw percentage (.775), first in career 3-pointers attempted (730), and second in career field goals attempted (1,644) … Scored in double figures 92 times, including 29 games with 20 or more points and four games with 30 or more points … Totaled nine career double-doubles.

2018-19: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Collected Academic All-Ivy plaudits for the second straight year … Gained Brown University Turkey Tip-Off All-Tournament Team accolades … Garnered Ocean State Tip-Off All-Tournament Team laurels … Won Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 21 … Captured Team MVP honors for the third straight year … Served team as a captain … Broke program’s single-season steals record with 96 steals; set the record vs. Princeton (Mar. 8); eclipsed a record that dated to 1985 … Finished the season fifth in program history in points (495), fourth in 3-pointers made (65), fifth in assists (130), sixth in field goals made (181), and first in 3-pointers attempted (214) in Brown’s single-season records book … Ranked ninth in the NCAA with 3.2 steals per game … Stood first in the Ivy League in steals per game (3.2), first in minutes per game (36.0), third in points per game (16.5), second in assists per game (4.3), fourth in field goals made (181), fourth in in 3-pointers made (65), fifth in 3-pointers made per game (2.2), and sixth in free throws made (68) … Scored in double figures 25 times with seven 20-point games and two 30-point games … Totaled two double-doubles … Posted nine game with five or more steals … Set Brown’s career 3-pointers made record at Maine (Dec. 8) … Posted career highs in points (37) and steals (eight) vs. Yale (Jan. 18); marked the third-most points in a single game at Brown and one steal shy of the team’s single-game steals record; made 10-of-19 field goals and 14-of-15 free throws … Started all 30 games, one of two Bears to do so … Averaged 36.0 minutes, 16.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 3.2 steals per game … Shot 36.9 percent from the field, 30.4 percent from 3-point distance, and 77.3 percent from the free throw line … Played 35 or more minutes in each of 22 games; played 40 or more minutes five times … Came within one assist of a triple-double at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31) behind 25 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists … Approached a triple-double with 14 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists at Maine (Dec. 8) … Totaled 23 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists vs. Harvard (Feb. 2) … Netted 34 points on 12-of-20 field goals and 6-of-9 3-pointers at Holy Cross (Nov. 18) … Poured in 29 points on 12-of-22 field goals vs. Bucknell (Nov. 25) … Tallied 27 points vs. Princeton (Mar. 8) … Scored 23 points with seven rebounds at Boston University (Nov. 12) … Notched 17 points and eight assists at Rhode Island (Dec. 2) … Posted a double-double on 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Central Connecticut (Nov. 6).

2017-18: Garnered Second Team All-Ivy accolades … Earned Academic All-Ivy honors … Eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau at Colgate (Dec. 10) … Won Ivy League Player of the Week twice (Nov. 20, Jan. 1) … Ranked second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.5), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.8), third in steals per game (2.2), and fifth in minutes per game (35.0) … In Brown’s single-season record lists, finished sixth in points (480), fifth in points per game (18.5), third in 3-pointers made (72), seventh in field goals made (179), seventh in free throw percentage (84.7), first in 3-point attempts (207), and fourth in field goal attempts (439) … Set single-game program records for 3-pointers made (nine) and 3-pointers attempted (15) vs. California (Nov. 19) … Netted 20 or more points nine times … Scored in double figures 24 times … Played in and started 26 games … Shot 40.8 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from 3-point distance … Added 5.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game … Scored a career-high 33 points vs. California (Nov. 19) … Registered 28 points on 9-of-12 shooting vs. Cornell (Feb. 24); made 4-of-5 shots from 3-point distance … Notched 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting with seven rebounds at Harvard (Jan. 27) … Tallied 25 points at Dartmouth (Jan. 26) … Netted 22 points with five made 3-pointers vs. Columbia (Feb. 23) … Scored 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting with nine rebounds at Colgate (Dec. 10); made 6-of-11 3-pointers … Dropped in 28 points on 11-of-21 field goals vs. Holy Cross (Nov. 29) … Poured in 25 points on 9-of-14 field goals vs. Sacred Heart (Dec. 6); made 5-of-9 triples … Posted 22 points and seven rebounds at Howard (Dec. 31) … Compiled a double-double on 15 points and a season-high 11 rebounds vs. Yale (Jan. 19) … Spent 18 days from June 22 to July 8 in Chennai, India with Crossover Basketball & Scholars Academy, a non-profit organization dedicated to impacting the education rates of marginalized communities in India through the use of basketball as a vehicle of change … Won Team MVP honors for the second straight year.

2016-17: Gained Second Team All-Ivy honors … Earned a spot on the inaugural Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Won Ivy League Player of the Week three times (Dec. 26, Jan. 23, Mar. 6) … Ranked third in the Ivy League in points per game (15.7), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.1), third in 3-point percentage (39.2), and third in field goals made per game (5.8) … Stood second in the Ancient Eight in steals per game (1.9) and fifth in assists per game (2.9) … Scored 470 points on the year, the seventh most in a single season at Brown … Made 62 3-pointers on the year, tying herself for the fourth most in a single season at Brown … Totaled five double-doubles on the year … Netted 20 or more points eight times … Scored in double figures 26 times … Started all 30 games, the only Bear to do so … Grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game, second on the team … Shot 41.1 percent from the field and 72.1 percent from the free throw line … Poured in 28 points on 11-of-16 shooting and 4-of-5 3-point shooting in a de facto play-in game to earn a spot in the Ivy League Tournament at Cornell (Mar. 4) …Netted a season-high 29 points at Binghamton (Nov. 26) … Posted 20 points and seven rebounds vs. Yale (Jan. 20) … Tallied 21 points and a season-high six assists vs. Princeton (Feb. 18) … Notched 20 points and nine rebounds vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 24) … Logged 24 points, a season-high six assists, and four steals in the WBI Quarterfinals at UNC Greensboro (Mar. 19) … Compiled a double-double on 22 points and 10 rebounds in the WBI First Round at UMBC (Mar. 16) … Scored 19 points in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinals at Penn (Mar. 11) … Notched a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds vs. URI (Dec. 3) … Tallied a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds vs. Saint Peter’s (Dec. 22) … Won Team MVP honors.

2015-16: Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … Played in 25 games with 19 starts … Scored 13.6 points per game, second on the team … Shot 41.1 percent from 3-point distance, ranking second in the Ivy League on the year and third all-time at Brown … Connected on 62 3-pointers on the year, fourth all-time in a single season at Brown … Made 1.8 steals per game, fifth in the Ivies … Averaged 28.4 minutes and 3.8 rebounds per game … Shot 41.6 percent from the field and 79.1 percent from the free throw line … Scored in double figures in each of 17 games and netted 20 or more points in each of five games … Hit five or more 3-pointers in each of five games … Scored a season-high 30 points, shooting 10-of-12 from the field and 7-of-7 from behind the arc at Bryant (Dec. 6); tied the Brown record for 3-pointers made in a game and set a new mark for 3-pointers made without a miss … Posted first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Morgan State (Nov. 21) … Netted 24 points in 24 minutes, making 5-of-6 3-pointers, vs. Cornell (Mar. 5) … Posted 20 points and made 5-of-8 treys vs. Harvard (Feb. 12) … Scored 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Columbia (Feb. 6) … Notched 21 points and connected on 6-of-9 triples vs. Rhode Island (Dec. 1) … Gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on five occasions (Nov. 16, Dec. 7, Feb. 8, Feb. 22, Mar. 7) … Earned the team’s Rookie of the Year Award … Won the Kate Silver ’86 Award, given to Brown’s most outstanding first-year female student-athlete.

Before Brown: Earned North Coast Section Bay Counties League West Player of the Year twice … Chosen as a Cal-Hi Sports CIF All-California First Team selection … Gained San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro Team honors … Led International High School to its first-ever NCS Championship as a junior … Averaged 23.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game as a sophomore … Garnered San Francisco Examiner All-City Player of the Year in 2012-13.

Personal: Born on April 24, 1997 … Daughter of Yogy Mehta and Usha Rajagopal … Has a younger sister, Nina, a member of Brown women’s basketball’s Class of 2022 … Fluent in French … Biology concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for its great combination of academics and athletics.”

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 37, vs. Yale (1/18/19)
Rebounds: 11, 3x, last vs. Yale (1/19/18)
Assists: 9, 2x, last at Northern Illinois (12/31/18)
Steals: 8, vs. Yale (1/18/19)
Blocks: 2, vs. Bryant (12/3/17)