General:

A rookie with the women’s basketball team … Will compete for time in the Stags backcourt, mainly at the point … High School: Earned four varsity letters for the Tigers … Helped lead her squad to 84 wins, including back-to-back 24-win seasons as a junior and senior, being named team MVP both seasons … Averaged 11.6 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 steals a game for her career … Served as team captain as a senior … Named First Team All State-Group III as a senior … Also named First Team All-County by the Star Ledger and Courier News her final season … Led her team in scoring as a sophomore and a senior … Personal: Niya Shanae Santiago … Is the daughter of Tonya and Richard Santiago … Has two brothers and two sisters … Major undecided.