31 Pujita Shukla
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- Height:
- 5'10"
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- Year:
- 2023
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- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
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- High School:
- Cedar Park
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- Position:
- F
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- Major:
- Mathematics and Spanish
Bio
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2020-21 NEWMAC Women's Basketball Academic All-Conference
2020-21:
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Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic
2019-2020:
- Appeared in all 23 games while making 3 starts for the Blue as a first year.
- Made her career debut on Nov. 8 against Western Connecticut State.
- Scored a career high 16 points on Jan. 18 against Clark.
- Earned her first career start and pulled down a career high 13 rebounds on Nov. 19 against Wentworth.
- Averaged 6.8pts and 3.3rebs.
Before Wellesley:
- Cedar Park High School, and graduated in 2019.
- Was a four year letter and two year starter in basketball.
- Senior captain in basketball.
- Won district undefeated two years in a row and made school history going to regional championship for basketball.
Personal:
- Daughter of Piyush and Jaya Shukla.
- Born in San Francisco, California.
- Her father played college basketball in India and her mom played table tennis and badminton in college.
- Has one younger brother.
- Modeled all throughout high school (once in India!).
- Loves orange juice but not oranges.
- Chose Wellesley because the campus was just "what I imagined the perfect college campus to be like, the academics and professors were amazing, small class sizes, chance to play basketball, and proximity to Boston and all the other colleges!"