Jana El Alfy was not expecting the snowstorm that greeted her when she arrived in Storrs from Egypt to join the UConn women’s basketball team as an early enrollee for the 2023 class on Jan. 23.

El Alfy’s parents both have college degrees in Egypt and wanted that for Jana, so they were fully onboard with her dream to play at UConn. They met with Auriemma on a Zoom call, then came to ...

Jana El Alfy’s parents flew from Cairo to Poland to New York to Tampa to watch their daughter play with UConn for the first time. El Alfy, a 19-year-old starting center, was limited by foul ...

El-Alfy ended up redshirting her true freshman season due to an Achilles injury she suffered during FIBA competition. She was a member of the Egyptian U19 national team at 2023 Women’s ...

El Alfy, the first UConn player to hail from Egypt, is a 6-foot-5 center who joined the Huskies this past January but did not compete in the remainder of the season. Her father, Ehab, is the head ...

El Alfy has been fasting full-day since she was 11 years old, the outlet reported. Amid her grueling workout and training sessions with the Huskies, she’s had to adjust her routine.

Where is Jana El Alfy from? El Alfy was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. During the player-guided introductions on ESPN's Final Four broadcast, Bueckers called El Alfy "our Egyptian queen." ...

El Alfy’s love for basketball came from her dad. Ehab El Alfy is the head coach of the Egyptian women’s national team. Jana led the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup with 21.4 points per game and was ...