Jadrea (Seeley) Steelman played high school basketball at Bethel, Oklahoma, and then played at the University of Oklahoma. She transferred to OBU in 2001, and in her first OBU season, she scored 798 points, averaging 24.2, and pulled down 230 rebounds, averaging 7.0. She was first team All-Sooner Athletic Conference and Player of the Year and was selected first team NAIA All-America and first team Kodak NAIA All-America. She was NAIA and Kodak Player of the Year.

A knee injury kept Steelman out of action in 2002-03, but she returned in 2003-04 to score 694 points, (19.8 ppg), and grab 253 rebounds, (7.4 rpg). She was a first team all-conference and NAIA All-America selection. Both of her Lady Bison teams reached the Sweet 16 in the NAIA National Tournament.

Steelman scored 1,492 points in two seasons, ranking tenth in career scoring, and she has the second-highest career scoring average, 21.9. She holds the career field goal percentage record of 60.1 percent. Her 798 points and 24.2 scoring average in 2001-02 are both Lady Bison season records. She also holds first and second place in season field goals made with 350 in 2001-02 and 311 in 2003-04. 

Steelman is a business manager for National Oilwell Varco. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband Daniel and two children.