Vanessa de Jesus

Vanessa Ongkeko de Jesus (born January 17, 2002) is a Filipino-American college basketball player.

Early life and education
Vanessa de Jesus was born on January 17, 2002, in Northridge, California, with Valencia considered as her hometown. Her parents Phillip and Maria de Jesus, are both Filipinos. She would attend Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles before entering Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for her collegiate studies.

College
De Jesus committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Division I in May 2019 which was then under coach Joanne P. McCallie. De Jesus would only be the player who had committed to remain with the Blue Devils after McCallie left.

She debuted for the team now coached by Kara Lawson in November 2020, becoming the first Filipino in Duke University's women's basketball program.

National team
De Jesus has expressed interest to suit up for the Philippines national team as early as 2020. She would obtain her Philippine passport in May 2023 at age 21, making her eligible to play as a "naturalized player" according to FIBA eligibility rules. She debuted for the Philippines at the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

College

 * style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21
 * style="text-align:left;"| Duke
 * 4||	4||	33.3||54.5||50.0||60.0||3.8||	3.8||	0.0||	0.3||	2.0||12.0
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
 * style="text-align:left;"| Duke
 * 30||13||	19.5||36.7||27.1||62.1||2.3||	2.3||	0.5||	0.1||	1.6||	4.2
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
 * style="text-align:left;"| Duke
 * 32||	1||	15.5||42.7||34.8||89.2||2.1||	1.5||	0.8||	0.0||	1.3||	5.0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
 * 66||	18||	18.4||41.4||33.0||75.0||2.3||	2.0||	0.6||	0.1||	1.5||5.1
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
 * 66||	18||	18.4||41.4||33.0||75.0||2.3||	2.0||	0.6||	0.1||	1.5||5.1
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.