Jaida Brooks brings steady lead-guard craft and proven playmaking to UC Irvine
Jaida Brooks is a compact, poised point guard for UC Irvine who arrived as a junior-college All-American after averaging 11.8 points and 4.1 assists in the 2023-24 season at Mesa Community College, where she also posted a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio and helped her team go 28-7. Her game translates as control, pace, and distribution more than volume scoring, and that’s exactly what makes her useful: she can organize an offense, take care of the ball, and create for others. In the 2024-25 season at UC Irvine, her box-score output was modest, but her background suggests a steady, competitive floor general rather than a flashy stat chaser.
