Who is Jenna Brandy?

Jenna Brandy was born in Thousand Oaks, California USA, on 29 September 1992 – her zodiac sign is Libra and she holds American nationality. She is a social media star and a basketball coach, who might be best known for her Instagram account which is currently followed by over 310,000 people, and counts nearly 900 pictures uploaded onto it, mostly uploads taken during her everyday life.

Childhood, parents and education

Jenna was raised alongside her twin brother Jace and their other two siblings Gia and Jett, by their parents John Bandy who was a basketball player, and Sheryl Bandy who was a housewife.

Jenna became interested in basketball while still attending elementary school, and upon enrolling at Thousand Oaks High School, she joined their basketball team and was eventually chosen for the All-County and All-Conference team two times during the four years spent there. Jenna was elected the Most Valuable Player (MVP), and the Best Offensive player and she had an average of 12 points and seven rebounds per game.

Upon matriculation in 2011, Jenna wanted to enroll at the University of Arizona as it was recommended by her friends and family, but she eventually chose to attend California State University, and immediately upon enrolling started playing for their basketball team.

She got little play time during her first year, and then during her sophomore year got to play for 20 minutes in seven matches. Jenna played only the first three games of her third season before suffering a knee injury, and having to spend the rest of the season on the bench – she played 25 games during her final year.

She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies in 2015.

Career as a basketball coach and other ventures

Jenna continued to play basketball for two years after graduation, and tried to become a sports reporter or a broadcaster, but without much luck.

In 2017, she was invited to become a basketball coach at Calabasas High School, and help the girls join the Basketball Beauties All-League – Jenna has since been working at Calabasas.

She is also a YouTuber, who launched her channel on 11 March 2014 which is currently subscribed to by nearly 170,000 people, while it counts close to 14 million views of all her videos combined – Jenna mostly uploads videos related to basketball, while her currently most popular video “CHALLENGING STRANGERS 1v1!! *Part 2*” has been viewed over 3.4 million times since 11 February 2020.

She is also active on Twitter having gathered nearly 4,000 followers, while her Facebook page counts over 2,500 ‘likes’.

Jenna has a massive fanbase on the TikTok network, as she is followed by over 650,000 people and has gathered around 7.8 million ‘likes’ of all her videos combined. While the network is generally used for uploading comedy and lip syncing videos, Jenna mostly uploads content related to basketball.

Love life and boyfriend

Jenna is very secretive when it comes to her love life, as she hasn’t talked about any men she might have dated neither has she uploaded pictures featuring any men onto her social media accounts.

Because of this, there are many people on the internet who believe Jenna to be a lesbian, while two of her fans have even claimed to have seen Jenna being rather too close to her female friend at a party.

Conversely, there are also people who believe that Jenna has been in a relationship with her college sweetheart for around six years now, as they have allegedly been seen walking hand in hand on various occasions, and according to these rumors, Jenna and her boyfriend have agreed not to marry nor have children as they want to focus on their careers.

As Jenna hasn’t commented on any of the rumors, she is single as of October 2020, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.

Hobbies and other interests

Jenna is a supporter of the movement Black Lives Matter, and has walked several peaceful protests organized around the US. She spends most of her free time working out at a local gym and playing basketball, thus her fit body, and Jenna is also following a strict diet, does yoga and meditates.

She is a huge lover of animals with dolphins being her favorites, and during her teenage years, she volunteered at a local animal shelter in Thousand Oaks on numerous occasions.

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— Jenna Bandy (@JennaBandy21) April 2, 2020

In her spare time and mostly late at night, Jenna likes to watch movies and her favorite actor and actress are Johnny Depp and Julia Roberts, while a couple of her favorite movies are the franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Notting Hill” – she also likes to watch comedy series, and her favorite is “Friends”.

Age, height and net worth

Jenna’s age is 28. She has long blonde hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) and she weighs around 145lbs (66kgs).

As of October 2020, Jenna’s net worth has been estimated at over $400,000.