"My heart is just broken" - DiJonai Carrington shares heartfelt tribute to her grandfather with touching photo collage

DiJonai Carrington recently lost her grandfather. With pictures and messages, the Connecticut Sun star made an emotional post on her social media dedicated to her grandfather on Friday.

Carrington posted a collage of photos with her and her grandfather. He was also wearing a Sun's jersey in most of the pictures, showing support for his granddaughter.

The 2024 Most Improved Player also shared a love-filled last message exchange between her and her grandpa.

"I'm glad to know you are thinking about me. I think about you every day I love you ❤️," Carrington's grandfather wrote.

In the caption of the story, Carrington penned a long heartfelt goodbye message to her biggest fan. She also thanked her well-wishers for their prayers.

"He fought so hard and through so much pain. My only solace is knowin that he can now rest in peace with grandma and the Lord. I'll never have to right words to express what he means to me. Really my guy fr. & never missed a game in phx from a kid to the wnba. Thank you for fighting so I could be by your side for your last days on this earth," Carrington wrote.

"My heart is just broken, everything is broken but I know God is a God of love and I have to hold onto that."

She ended her message by promising to continue his legacy and saying she loves him.

Dijonai Carrington's IG story dedicated to her grandfather [Credit: IG/@dijonai__]

Indiana Fever shade Dijonai Carrington in social media post

The game between the Connecticut Sun and the Indiana Fever made some headlines last season due to an incident involving DiJonai Carrington. She became one of the villains in Indiana after fouling and mocking the Fever's star Caitlin Clark.

Despite the 2024 WNBA being long over, the Indiana Fever threw shade at Carrington through one of their social media posts on Wednesday. The X, formerly known as the "Twitter" handle of the Fever made an animation post alluding to their star Aliyah Boston's defensive dominance in two consecutive seasons.

However, in the animation, they showed Boston with a savage block on Carrington's layup attempt.

Since the post was made, it has gone viral among the WNBA and especially among the Indiana Fever fans.

DiJonai Carrington has proven during the 2024 WNBA season that she is one of the best guards and defensive players in the league. She was named to the First Team All-Defensive Team last season and is coming off a strong campaign where she averaged 12.6 points and 5.0 rebounds, both career highs.