Editor's Note: For the third consecutive season, the Atlantic 10 will provide five days of online A-10 women's hoops coverage in lieu of a traditional preseason media day event. The #A10WBBTipOff will run through Oct. 30 with three schools featured each day, and will conclude with the Preseason Poll and Preseason All-Conference Teams on Thursday, Nov. 5. On Monday, the A-10 released its preseason coverage of the George Mason women's basketball program, including interviews with Coach Nyla Milleson and seniors Marika Korpinen and Camarie Gatling.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Expect speed and athleticism from George Mason women's basketball starting with a new face. 

Welcome to Fairfax, Daijah Jefferson! Or should we say, welcome back to Virginia. Jefferson hails from Hopewell, just outside of Richmond, a little more than an hour from her new school. She transfers in from Georgia Tech as a graduate student.

The 6-2 forward adds size to the Patriots and a mentality reminiscent of Natalie Butler, the UConn transfer, the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in 2018.

Much like Butler, Jefferson transfers in from a proven Power 5 program where she was a role player. At GMU, expect her to contribute on both ends of the floor. 

"Like Natalie, she has the impact and the experience of knowing what it takes to compete at the highest level," said Coach Nyla Milleson. "She has athleticism. There's a reason she went to Georgia Tech."

As enthusiastic as Milleson is about this group, it will take time for them to jell given the absence of senior forward Camarie Gatling, the team's top returning scorer and rebounder, who continues to recover from a knee injury.

"She's not with us yet, and we don't have a timetable," Milleson said. "We need Cam back, but right now, she's an unknown."

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