Fantasia James

“We have had the pleasure of watching Fantasia blossom over the last couple of years,” said Coach Burks-Wiley of FIU.  “Fantasia’s motor has allowed her to get better and better every single year. We couldn’t be more ecstatic to be able to have a local player of her caliber for four years, she has definitely been worth the wait!” Fitting words for Oakleaf 2023 guard Fantasia James, who has impressed since her freshman year. Just search her name on the Duval Sports website and you’ll see her mentioned several times stemiming all the way back to her middle school days as a track & field standout to go along with her incredible basketball skill.

She’s played in 104 games in her four years of high school and averaged 18.8 points per game including a 7.9 rebounds per game average as a freshman. She is a terrific two-way player, who makes an impact in any game on the defensive end. With the Knights, she averaged an impressive 2.4 steals per game to go along with 2.6 blocks. She led Oakleaf to the playoffs every year, and tt’s the reason James made all the superlative basketball honors lists, including making the Duval Sports girls basketball first team list. She heads off to  play collegiate ball at Florida International University.