Jessie Rennie

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Bendigo, Australia
High School:
Bendigo Senior Secondary College

CAREER HIGHS

* Indicates most recent high

Points: 16 // Howard, 12/29/19
Rebounds: 3 // Western Kentucky, 11/28/20
Assists: 5 // ETSU, 12/20/21*
Steals: 3 // ETSU, 12/1/20
Blocks: N/A
Field Goals: 5 // Howard, 12/29/19
3-Pointers: 5 // Howard, 12/29/19
Free Throws: 2 // Lipscomb, 12/28/20*
Minutes: 24 // ETSU, 11/5/19

CAREER HONORS

SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2022-23
SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2021-22
SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2020-21
VOLeaders Academy -- 2020-21
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll -- 2019-20

2022-23 - SENIOR

Suffered a knee injury during the summer of 2022, had surgery and spent the season rehabbing.
Began dressing out vs. Vanderbilt on Feb. 12 but never saw game action.
Was recognized with her family on Senior Night and has opted to conclude her college playing career.

2021-22 - JUNIOR

Saw action in 21 games, averaging 4.9 minutes, 0.6 points, 0.5 assists and 0.4 rebounds per contest.
Scored a season-high six points while tying her career high of five assists over 23 minutes vs. ETSU.
Knocked down a pair of treys in that outing vs. the Bucs, connecting on two of five attempts.
Tallied two points and logged an assist in four minutes against Mississippi State.
Recorded a steal, an assist and a rebound in UT’s win over #25/23 Texas A&M.
Dished out three assists and snagged a steal in 17 minutes of action against Georgia State.
Chipped in two points and an assist in 17 minutes vs. Chattanooga.
Saw eight minutes of action against Oklahoma St., notching a point at the South Point Thanksgiving Shoot Out.
Traveled to Belize with teammate Tamari Key as part of a VOLeaders Academy trip between her sophomore and junior seasons.

2020-21 - SOPHOMORE

Averaged 0.7 ppg and 0.7 rpg., appearing in 14 contests.
Scored a season-high four points and added three assists and a rebound vs. Furman.
Doled out a career-high five assists against UNCG while adding three points and a rebound in a season-most 22 minutes.
Recorded a career-high three steals in 10 minutes of action against ETSU.
Pulled down a career-topping three boards in the opener vs. Western Kentucky.

2019-20 - FRESHMAN

Came off the bench in 30 games to average 2.7 ppg. and shoot 43.9 percent from the field during her first season at Tennessee.
Fired in 25 three-pointers in 54 attempts to rank third on the team in treys made and first in three-point field goal percentage (.463).
Her .463 three-point shooting percentage was the second-highest for a season in UT history behind only Dena Head (25-51, .490).
Started the year three of 15 (.200) from long range over her first eight games before shooting a toasty 22 of 39 (.563) during her final 22 appearances of the season.
Had a breakout game against Howard, knocking down five of seven from the arc to score a career-high 16 points in 19 minutes of duty.
Four games later, she went three of three on treys at Ole Miss and connected on both free throw tries to finish with 11 points.
During a four-game span vs. No. 22/25 Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Auburn late in the season, she went a combined seven of 13 (.538) against those SEC foes.
Best effort during that stint came at Arkansas, where she was three of four for nine points in 13 minutes against the Razorbacks.
Played 14 minutes against Ole Miss in their second meeting, scoring six points on two-of-three long-range marksmanship and grabbing a rebound in UT’s win in Knoxville.
Drained a three against Central Arkansas to score her first points as a Lady Vol while also leading the team in steals with two.
Had her first game with multiple treys, firing in two in three attempts to net a (then) career-high eight points against Colorado State.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Competed for the Bendigo Spirit of the Women's National Basketball League and the Bendigo Lady Braves of the South East Australian Basketball League.
Despite her youth compared to the other participants, Rennie rose through the ranks of the club circuit to earn a roster spot with the Bendigo Lady Braves.
She played in 10 games her first year in 2016 for the Lady Braves at 15 years of age, hitting 14 of 39 field goals (.359), including 13 of 34 beyond the arc (.382). She was a perfect two of two from the free throw line and averaged 4.3 ppg.
Scored 14 points, hitting four three-pointers in her first SEABL game.
She saw duty in 25 games in 2017 for the Lady Braves, connecting on 56 of 128 field goal tries (.438), knocking down 32 of 88 (.364) shots from beyond the arc.
She was 11 of 12 at the charity stripe and averaged 6.2 ppg.
In 2018, she was selected as a development player for the Bendigo Bank Spirit in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL).
Rennie, though, missed all of the 2018 season after suffering a torn ACL in late 2017.
Rennie first started playing for the Bendigo Lady Braves at the U14 level.

PERSONAL

Full name is Jessie Taylah Rennie.
Nicknames are Jess or Rennie.
Born on May 17, 2000, in Numurkah, Victoria, Australia.
Parents are Dave and Sharon Rennie.
Has one sister: Taylah Rennie.
Is the third-ever international player for the Lady Vols and second Australian.
Enjoys traveling, swimming, reading and listening to music as interests away from the court.
Earned a degree in therapeutic recreation from UT in May of 2023.
Recipient of the Jim Stockdale Basketball Scholarship Endowment.