[2] Elliott attended summer camp one year with Adrien, and became interested in the game.

She also had individual success, earning Scholar-Athlete honors, as well as being named to the Washington Post All-Metro Team.

In her junior season the Huskies went undefeated (35–0) and won the 1995 NCAA National Championship over the Tennessee Lady Vols, starting the decade rivalry between the two teams.

[6] Auriemma would say about her, "I've coached a lot of bright players, but Jamelle is the smartest and the toughest".

[7] After graduating from UConn with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Elliott took the following year off from sports, and pursued her master's degree in Sports Management with an interest in some day becoming an athletic director of a college.

Tamika Williams (a player on the 2002 team) said, "Jamelle used to tell us that we never really won a national championship until we went undefeated.

On May 5, 2009, Elliott achieved her goal of becoming a head coach by taking the Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball job.

"Elliott was previously a candidate for jobs at Fairfield, George Washington, and Penn State.