Imani Lester

Position:
Forward
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.
High School:
North Raleigh Christian Academy
Prev School:
Louisville

SOPHOMORE (2024-25)
Career-highs for points, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, rebounds, assists and steals... Played in a career-high 34 games with a career-best 367 minutes of action (10.8 mpg)... Tallied 82 points (2.4 ppg)... Shot .493 from the field (34-of-69)... Shot .500 (14-of-28) from the foul line... Hauled in 93 rebounds (2.7 rpg)... Eight games with five or more rebounds... Dished out 21 assists... Blocked 19 shots... Five games with two or more blocked shots... Pocketed 18 steals... Registered a career-high seven rebounds to go with four points against Little Rock (11/18)... Tallied four points and two blocks against DePaul (11/27)... Registered two points, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal at Utah (1/8)... Carded six points on 3-of-5 shooting, five rebounds, three assists and two steals against Iowa State (1/30)... Tallied four points, five rebounds and two steals at Oklahoma State (2/8)... Six points and three blocks at Iowa State (3/2)... Scored a career-high eight points on 4-of-4 shooting and pulled in three rebounds agagainst UCF (3/6).

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2023-24)
Played in 19 games with one start... Logged 116 minutes (6.1 mpg)... Carded 28 points (1.5 ppg)... Shot .241 (7-29) from the field... Shot .737 (14-19) from the foul line... Hauled in 30 rebounds (1.6 rpg)... Blocked 13 shots (0.7 bpg)... Pocketed seven steals... Made collegiate debut against Presbyterian (11/6) and tallied two points, two rebounds and a blocked shot in seven minutes off the bench... Tallied five points, three rebounds and two blocks at Cincinnati (12/30)... Hauled in four rebounds and pocketed three steals in a career-high 20 minutes off the bench at Texas (2/4).

LOUISVILLE (2022-23)
Did not play in a regular season or post season game.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star prospect... Ranked No. 57 overall and the eighth best post player by espnW HoopGurlz... Played varsity basketball since the seventh grade and reached 1,000 career points in her freshman season at North Raleigh Christian Academy... Named to 2019 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletics Association (NCISAA) 4A All-State team... Collected 2019 TISAC Player of the Year... In 2022, named to the Charlotte Observer North Carolina first-team Super Team... Helped her team to a 25-8 record and the 2022 NCISAA state title which included 23 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in the championship game... In 2021, averaged 16.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.4 blocks, 4.3 assists and 2.7 steals a game for North Raleigh, her team finished 19-2 and were runner-ups in the NCISAA state tournament... Standout volleyball player at North Raleigh.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Patricia and Avie Lester... Has five siblings: Latoya, Brittney, Jasmine, Kenya and Avie III... Father, Avie Lester, played at NC State and overseas in Europe professionally... Avie is the head coach at North Raleigh Christian Academy... Major is organizational management.