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Position Guard/Forward
Class Junior
Height 5-8
Highschool Timber Creek
Hometown Sicklerville, NJ
Major Nursing, Health Sciences

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Taja Brown joined the Scarlet Raptors for the 2023-24 season after playing one season of junior college basketball at Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois. She completed her second season with the team during the 2024-25 campaign.

In 48 career games at Rutgers-Camden, Brown is averaging 6.4 points and 5.3 rebounds.

Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2024-25 scholastic year…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student.

Basketball 2024-25: Played in 24 of the Scarlet Raptors’ 25 games…Averaged 3.7 points and 3.0 rebounds…Collected 11 steals and nine assists…Shot 39.5 percent from the floor (34-for-86) and 58.3 percent from the foul line (21-for-36)…Scored a season high of 13 points against Ramapo (Jan. 25)…Also hit double digits with 10 points against Drew (Jan. 6)…Had a season high of eight rebounds against Rowan (Dec. 4)…Dished off a career high of three assists against Stockton (Feb. 13)…Had a pair of steals on two occasions, coming against Rutgers-Newark (Nov. 26) and against William Paterson (Jan. 18).

Basketball 2023-24: Started all 24 of her games…Finished second on the team in scoring (9.1 ppg) and rebounding (7.5 rpg)…Added 17 assists, 16 steals and one blocked shot…Shot 74-for-209 (.354) from the floor and 70-for-107 (.654) from the foul line…Collected three double-doubles, with the first coming at William Paterson (Jan. 13) when she notched 10 points and 10 rebounds…Added a double-double with 11 points and her season high of 14 rebounds in the Scarlet Raptors’ lone win of the season, a 55-54 triumph over Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 27)…Had her final double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against New Jersey City (Feb. 14)…Scored in double figures on 14 occasions, with a high of 17 against William Paterson (Feb. 10)…Had 16 points in the previous game at Kean (Feb. 7)…Grabbed double-digit rebounds in six games…Had highs of two assists (five times) and two steals (four times)…Blocked her lone shot against Ramapo (Feb. 3).

Pre-Rutgers: Appeared in three games, starting one, at Kaskaskia College during the 2022-23 season…Scored 20 points, averaging 6.7 points per game…Shot 8-for-19 (.421 percent) from the floor and 4-for-8 (.500) from the foul line…Notched 13 rebounds, averaging 4.3 per game…Added three steals and one assist…Blocked one shot.

High School: Four-year varsity basketball letterman at Timber Creek High School for Coach MollyAnne Light…Graduated in 2022.

Personal: Born December 2, 2003…First name pronounced “TAJ-a”…Nicknamed “Taj”…Hobbies and interests include working out, shopping, going out with friends, trying new restaurants, and doing TikToks…Dual Nursing and Health Sciences major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to become a travel ER nurse…Taja is the daughter of Tiffany and Tye Brown of Sicklerville.