Georgia Southern University Athletics

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS AND AWARDS
Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List (2023-24)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List (2022-23)

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
Played in 21 games, starting three, as a sophomore for the Eagles ... Averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds per game in 156 minutes of action ... Scored a career-high seven points at Georgia State in her first career start, logging 27 minutes of action.

FRESHMAN (2022-23)
Played in 15 games for the Eagles as a freshman ... Scored 11 points and grabbed 23 rebounds in 91 minutes of action ... Scored three points and grabbed five rebounds in the Eagles' 96-65 win at Charleston Southern on November 13 ... Named to the President's List in 2023 for carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Spring semester.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time team MVP at Archbishop Malloy HS in Briarwood, N.Y. ... Averaged 18 points, eight assists, five rebounds, three blocks and three steals per game for the Stanners as a senior ... Earned CHSAA All-League honors and scored more than a 1,000 points in her high school career ... Played club for Castle Athletics and was also the top scorer on that team.

PERSONAL
Born Amoni Nykkia Byrd on March 19, 2004, in Lake Success, N.Y. ... Hometown is Bayside, N.Y. ... Daughter of Shawan and Nicole Byrd ... Has three siblings: Jarrick, Cheyenne and Rayven ... Brother, Jarrick, played basketball professionally overseas in Montenegro and the Dominican Republic.

MAJOR
Exercise Science