Awards/Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2023), ACC Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023).
2023 -- Junior: Competed in 13 matches, while making three starts on the year ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... in her first collegiate start on the road at Virginia, posted her first college goal in the second half in a 1-1 draw ... started three straight matches against the Cavaliers, Pittsburgh and No. 1 North Carolina ... played a career-high 51 minutes at Virginia ... played 229 minutes.
2022 -- Sophomore: Saw action in seven matches ... played a career-high 28 minutes in a 4-0 victory over Charlotte.
2021 -- Freshman: Enrolled at Duke in January of 2021 and trained with team during spring portion of 2020-21 season ... made career debut against East Carolina (Sept. 9), playing final 11 minutes in the win ... logged 17 minutes in win over Pittsburgh (Oct. 10).
Prior to Duke: Traveled to the U.S. from Dakar, Senegal, to attend IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. ... selected to play AFCON for the Senegal women’s national team in 2022 … competed with the IMG U-19 Girls Academy Team in 2020, starting all eight matches and notching 11 goals to go with five assists ... awarded the Girls Program Core Value Award and Open Mind Award for her IMG team ... tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year award as a freshman at IMG … 2019 U-17 National Elite Team MVP … attended a training camp with the U-16 Netherlands Youth National Team.
Personal: Full name is Dieynaba Joana Ndaw … goes by "JJ" ... born April 10, 2003 in Dakar, Senegal … daughter of Boubacar Ndaw and Margot van der Velden … has two brothers, Hans and Colin … her mother, Margot van der Velden, played tennis at TCU (1986-87) … member of the National Honor Society all four years of high school.