Indiana women’s basketball forward Sharnecce Currie-Jelks missed most of the 2023-24 season while tending to an undisclosed personal issue.
She shed more light on that situation on social media this week, posting photos with a baby on Instagram. A source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier that the baby is Currie-Jelks’, and the personal matter she dealt with last season was her pregnancy.
The source added that Currie-Jelks is planning to return to the court in August, and that her mother, Stephanie, is moving to Bloomington to help care for the baby.
IU head coach Teri Moren stated in late January that Currie-Jelks was dealing with “some personal stuff” and didn’t want to elaborate further. Moren also said the staff hadn’t discussed a potential redshirt for her. She’s listed as a junior on IU’s roster, which would indicate a redshirt not happening, but a program spokesperson couldn’t comment on the situation.
The forward played in just three games for IU last season as a sophomore after transferring in from UT Martin. Currie-Jelks last appeared in Indiana’s December 18 game against Evansville. She totaled only nine minutes across the three games, and recorded two points and one rebound.
Currie-Jelks would give the Hoosiers an additional frontcourt veteran along with Lilly Meister and Tennessee transfer Karoline Striplin, along with freshmen Sydney Fenn and Faith Wiseman.
The 6-foot-2 Currie-Jelks averaged 15.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 blocks in 29.4 minutes per game for the Skyhawks as a freshman in 2022-23. She shot 53.9 percent from the field, 23.8 percent from beyond the arc and 73.8 percent from the free throw line.
Currie-Jelks was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and tabbed to the All-OVC first team. She earned a pair of OVC Player of the Week selections and set a school record with nine OVC Freshman of the Week honors.
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