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2026-27 MIT Women's Basketball Roster

Dayle Burke
Gil Talbot

13 Deana Prasad

  • Position G
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • High School Green Level
  • Hometown Cary, N.C.
  • Major Mathematics and Finance

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Points: 17 vs. Mount Holyoke (Feb. 7, 2026) 
  • Rebounds: 6 vs. Wheaton (Feb. 11, 2026)
  • Assists: 4 vs. Wheaton (Feb. 11, 2026) 
  • Steals: 4 vs. WPI (Feb. 28, 2025 – NEWMAC Semifinal) 
  • Blocks: 2 vs. Smith (Dec. 10, 2024) and Mount Holyoke (Feb. 7, 2026)
Accolades: 
  • 2025-26 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team 
2025-26: 
  • Played in 13 games, started 11 
2024-25: 
  • Played in 24 games, started five 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Green Level High School 
  • Two-time captain 
  • All-District First Team, All-Conference First Team 
  • Four-time Academic All-Conference 
  • Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Year 
  • Team MVP and four-time varsity letterwinner 
  • Female Student-Athlete of the Year, Athletic Director's Award 
  • High School Hoops US Army Player of the Game, Christmas Tournament MVP 
  • 1,000 point scorer 
  • Was also a member of the track and field team and set the school record in the triple jump 
  • National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, National English Honor Society 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship finalist 
  • Three-time DECA state winner and ICDC qualifier 
  • Founder and President of Cool 2 Be Kind, Fluid Dynamics Research Assistant with Department of Mathematics at UNC Chapel Hill, Student Ambassador, Chick-fil-A Leadership
  • Club/AAU: NC Attack 
Personal: 
  • Internship: Spin Ventures
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “My high school team's big come-from-behind win to win the 2024 Christmas Tournament.” 

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2024-25First Year

    G
    5'8"
    4
  • 13

    2025-26Sophomore

    G
    5'7"
    13
  • 13

    2026-27Junior

    G
    5'7"
    13