Women’s Basketball Signs Wisconsin Transfer D’Yanis Jimenez

CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina women’s basketball head coach Kevin Pederson has announced the signing of Wisconsin transfer D’Yanis Jimenez for the 2025-2026 season. 

“Our staff is excited to welcome D’Yanis and her family to Coastal Carolina!”, Pederson said. We recruited D’Yanis out of high school so we’ve been familiar with her for a while and we see her as a big time addition to our team.  D is a great fit in our motion offense and she will provide a skill set that we believe can establish her as one of the premier guards in this league.”

Jimenez, a 5-8 guard who enters the program as a junior, played at Wisconsin from 2023-2025. The Cape Coral, Florida native is the second player to be signed by the Chants after playing at Wisconsin, following the signing of Tessa Grady for the upcoming season. 

Last season, Jimenez played 26 games with one start for the Badgers. She averaged 9.8 minutes per game, 1.8 points per game, and scored a career high of seven at Oregon on January 4th. 

Her 2022-23 season saw the guard play 29 games with nine starts in her freshman year. Jimenez averaged 20 minutes per game with 6.9 points per game, posting a career-high of 20 against St. Thomas on December 13th, 2023. Jimenez also averaged 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game in her first season of collegiate basketball. 

Jimenez was rated a 3-star recruit and 108th nationally by ESPN after her career at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida.  

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