Da'Jourie Turner joined the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball program as a graduate assistant in August 2018. She enters her second season with the Titans in 2019-20.
Turner, an All-State high school player at Warren Fitzgerald, played four years of collegiate basketball at Central Michigan University, winning the MAC Tournament Championship during her freshman season in 2012-13. As a senior captain in 2015-16, Turner helped lead the Chippewas to the MAC title game.
She twice led the Chippewas in assists, dishing out 122 as a senior in 2015-16 and scored 828 points in her Central Michigan career, sinking 293 free throws.
Turner was an assistant basketball coach at East English Village Prep Academy in Detroit from 2016 through 2018, mentoring and supervising the student-athletes during practice, games and off the court.
She attended and engaged in coach, team and parent meetings, helped market and promote the program during the off-season and tracked and analyzed statistics, among other duties, while at East English Prep.
Turner also has worked as a Camp Counselor for Championship Sports and Recreation Assistant at Morey Courts in Mount Pleasant during the summer of 2015, helping plan, organize and lead activities for groups and campers.
At her alma mater, Central Michigan University, Turner was involved with the Residence Life Moving Crew and worked as part of the CMU Facilities staff.
Turner graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in May 2016.
She is currently working on her Master's degree in Educational Administration at the University of Detroit Mercy.
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