COSTA MESA -- Vanguard women's basketball has its next assistant coach as Jada Wynn comes aboard ahead of the 2026-27 school year.  Wynn will stand beside Head Coach Russ Davis as the Lions look to retain their Pacific West Conference titles and return to the NCAA Division II Tournament later this calendar year.  Wynn will have a role in all facets of running the program with Davis, and aims to bring her Division I experience to her awaiting charges.
 
"I'm super excited to have Jada join our program as a full-time assistant coach," said Coach Davis.  "She will be an outstanding addition to us and will continue the high standards that the previous assistant coaches have had, as they moved on to become head coaches.  Jada brings great playing experience, a great basketball mind, and grew up in a home that has two parents who are very successful coaches that I have known for several years.  Help me welcome Jada to our basketball family.  She is a great fit for Vanguard and our mission here."
 
Wynn is fresh off her final year as a collegiate player and was named the Big West Newcomer of the Year at UC Irvine and a First Team All-Conference player.  Wynn helped UCI capture its second Big West regular-season title in the past four years and secured a playoff appearance for the fourth time in the past five years (Big West Tournament and Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament) as a captain on the squad.  As the second player to be named as the Newcomer of the Year in program history, Wynn averaged 15 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per contest, and led UCI with 125 assists in her final stint.  She tallied 496 points, with her calling card being her deep shot, as she splashed down at a 40.2% clip from beyond the arc, ranking second in the Big West in threes made and third in three-point shooting percentage.  She was so prolific from downtown that she ended second all-time at UCI for triples made in a single season with 76.  With 21 games with at least two conversions from deep, Wynn had three games when she buried five as her single-game high.  She only had five games with under 10 points scored and posted eight with over 20 points, with 25 against CSU Bakersfield being her best.  At year's end, Wynn was listed inside the top 10 in the Big West in assists (fourth), rebounds (eighth), and scoring (ninth).  On the academic front, Wynn made the Dean's List, was a College Sports Communicators Academic All-American All-District honoree, and graduated with her degree in sociology.
 
Prior to her arrival at UCI, Wynn played two seasons at Texas Tech for her sophomore and junior years, with the team selecting her as a captain in year two at TTU.  She assisted the Lady Raiders in getting to the Big 12 Tournament in each season, while the program got a selection to the WBIT her junior year.  Wynn started her collegiate playing career at Colorado, appearing in 32 games and dropping nine points during her debut against New Mexico State.  She was third on the team with 24 conversions from downtown and helped the Buffaloes reach the Sweet 16 after a third-place finish in the Pac-12.  For her success, she was a McDonald's All-American Nominee.
 
As a coach, Wynn has helped at the Adidas All-American Camp, where she coached and evaluated over 200 elite high school athletes in group and individual settings.  She was a camp coach and counselor during her two years at Texas Tech, where she coached the youth athletes who came for camps and clinics in Lubbock.  Despite being away at school for a couple of years, Wynn has retained her local roots and has been an independent skill trainer in Orange County since 2022, where she has provided individual and small group instruction, along with Division I recruiting guidance.