In The News
- 4/11/21: From North Toronto's quiet leader to national champion at Stanford - David Rouben (On Point Basketball)
- 4/6/21: Canada's Jerome on Stanford's championship: 'Everyone gave up so much' - Hayley McGoldrick (SportsNet)
- 1/26/21: Mic'd Up: Alyssa Jerome [VIDEO] - Stanford Athletics
- 11/17/20: Senior Spotlight: Alyssa Jerome - Harper Hummelt (Stanford Daily)
- 4/1/18: Taking it to the rim: Alyssa Jerome on repping Team Canada and Stanford - Darcy Streitenfeld (Post City Magazines)
- 11/13/16: Toronto basketball prodigy sets her sights on the Olympics and beyond - Kate McGillivray (CBC News)
- 10/3/16: The future of women’s b-ball? Two words: Alyssa Jerome [VIDEO] - Toronto Star
Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs
- NCAA champion (2021)
- Two-time Pac-12 champion (2021-22)
- Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2019, 2021-22)
- Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019)
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2021-22) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in 23 games
- Scored six points and totaled 10 rebounds, four steals, one block and one assist on the year
- Had two points vs. Pacific (12/12) and hit two free throws at Oregon State (2/18)
- Grabbed two rebounds at Gonzaga (11/21)
- Played a season-high 14 minutes in Spokane
As a Senior (2020-21) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in 28 games, making one start at Utah
- Averaged 1.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game
- Featured a career performance at Oregon State (2/13), erupting for 14 points and shooting 5-for-6 from the floor in 18 minutes of play
- Bulk of points came from behind the arc, shooting 4-of-5 from deep
- Season-high five rebounds came in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Utah Valley (3/21)
- Dished three assists at home vs. Utah (2/7)
As a Junior (2019-20) | Game-by-Game Stats
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in 31 games, making 13 starts
- Averaged 2.8 points and 2.0 rebounds in 12.0 minutes per game
- Shot 37.7 percent from the floor and 32.7 percent from behind the arc
- Finished with a season-high 11 points, including three 3-pointers, at San Francisco in the Chase Center (11/9)
- Also went into double figures against Washington State (1/3), playing 26 minutes
- Pulled down six rebounds against Buffalo (11/24)
- Dished a career-best five assists vs. California Baptist at the Greater Victoria Invitational (11/28)
As a Sophomore (2018-19) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Tournament Champions
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Appeared in 35 games and made 11 starts
- Averaged 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game
- Shot 38.2 percent from the floor (39-of-102), 30.8 percent from behind the arc (12-of-39) and 77.8 percent on free throws (14-of-18)
- Scored a season-high nine points in back-to-back games at No. 21 Utah (1/27) and Cal (1/31)
- Had a personal best three assists in the game at Cal (1/31)
- Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds in the season opener against UC Davis (11/7)
As a Freshman (2017-18) | Game-by-Game Stats
- Appeared in 34 games and made one start
- Averaged 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per outing
- Shot 40.0 percent from the floor (28-of-70), 29.0 percent from 3-point range (9-of-31) and 66.7 percent at the line (4-of-6)
- Played 22 minutes in her lone start against No. 1 UConn in Columbus, Ohio (11/12)
- Scored a season-high eight points in the opener at No. 5 Ohio State (11/10)
- Had five points and a season-high five rebounds at Arizona (1/5)
- Collected two of her three blocks in a win over UNLV (12/16)
- Handed out multiple assists four times against No. 9 Ohio State (11/25), San Francisco (11/29), UNLV (12/16) and Gonzaga (3/17)
- Was 2-of-2 from deep in the first game of the season at No. 5 Ohio State (11/10)
- Has represented her country at four FIBA tournaments around the world and one Pan American Games
- Started all four games for Canada, which finished sixth at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru in Aug. 2019
- Averaged 4.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per outing
Captained Canada to bronze at the U19 World Cup in Udine and Cividale del Friuli, Italy in the summer of 2017, its first podium finish at the event
- Averaged 7.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 26.3 minutes per game
- Played in both the FIBA U17 World Championships in Zaragoza, Spain and the FIBA Americas U18 Championships in Valdivia, Chile in the summer of 2016
- Captained Canada to seventh at the U17 World Championships, which ran from late June to early July, and averaged 10.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in six games
- Less than two weeks later was in Chile playing alongside fellow Cardinal Mikaela Brewer at U18 FIBA Americas and helped Canada win silver
- Averaged 15.8 points on 48.5 percent shooting, 9.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game
- Finished third in the tournament in points, seventh in field goal percentage, third in rebounds and second in double-doubles (3)
- In 2016, represented Canada at the first female Basketball Without Borders Camp in Toronto and won MVP honors
- Was team captain and tournament MVP of the FIBA Americas U16 Championships in Puebla, Mexico in 2015
- Averaged a near tournament double-double of 13.2 points and 9.2 rebounds per game
- The youngest player on Canada’s Senior Women’s National Team roster for an exhibition series in China and Japan in August 2018
- In May 2017, was the second-youngest player invited to camp with the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team
- Camp was used to assess players for the next Olympic qualifying cycle
- Team had an exhibition series in Spain and France against Spain, Japan, Montenegro, France and Ukraine
Prior to Stanford
- A 2017 graduate of Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Three-time team captain in both basketball and volleyball and also played soccer
- Voted the school’s female athlete of the year in 2014, 2015 and 2017 and its volleyball player of the year during her junior year
- Played club for North Toronto JUEL (2014-17) and provincially for Team Ontario (2014-15)
- Finished third in the province with North Toronto JUEL in 2016
- Team Ontario was second at nationals at the U15 level (2014) and won a national championship at the U17 level (2015)
- Three-time first team all-star with North Toronto JUEL (2014, 2016, 2017)
- Second-team all-star with Team Ontario at the U15 Tournament (2014) and a first-team all-star at the U17 Tournament (2015)
Personal
- Born in Toronto, Ontario
- Daughter of Heather and Dan Jerome
- Has a younger brother, Ryan
- Mother played volleyball at the University of Guelph (Canada)
- Ontario Scholar and recipient of her school’s academic excellence award all four years of high school
- Volunteered at her elementary school’s after-school sports program
- Coached Harbord Collegiate's junior girls' basketball team in 2017