Biography
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-24 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year (Atlanta TipOff Club)
2023-24 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (1/9/24)
2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Midseason Watch List
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (12/27/23)
Mid-Major Madness Women's Player of the Week (12/20/23)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (11/28/23)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (11/14/23)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team (2023-24)
2022-23 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year (Atlanta TipOff Club)
2022-23 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (2/27/23)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (1/3/23)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team (2022-23)
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Sixth Woman of the Year
2021-22 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (2/15/22)
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year (2020-21)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (2/8/21)
SENIOR (2023-24)
Started 29 games for the Eagles as a senior ... Averaged 22.0 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, ranking 11th in NCAA Division I in scoring ... Recorded 16 double-doubles on the year, leading the Sun Belt ... 2023-24 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year as awarded by the Atlanta TipOff Club ... Earned First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors, becoming the first three-time All-Conference selection for the Eagles since Sharon Mitchell (1997-99, 2000-01) and is one of only five student-athletes overall to earn that accolade, joining Mitchell, Telly Hall (1995-98), Phylette Blake (1987-89) and Regina Days-Bryan (1985-88) ... Finishes her Georgia Southern career as the third all-time leading scorer with 1,749 points and fifth all-time leading rebounder with 802 ... Reached double figures in 27 of 29 games and had 21 games of 20+ points, including nine straight games from November 25 through January 11 ... Notched eight straight double-doubles from November 20 through December 22 ... Scored a season-high 35 points against App State on January 11 ... Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Charleston Southern on December 14 ... Ranked among the Top 10 in the Sun Belt in 15 separate statistical categories ... Her 637 points scored are the second-most in a single season in Georgia Southern women's basketball history.
JUNIOR (2022-23)
Played in all 31 games, starting 27, for the Eagles as a junior ... First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honoree ... 2022-23 Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year as awarded by the Atlanta TipOff Club ... Averaged 18.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game ... Led the Sun Belt Conference in scoring and ranked 31st in NCAA Division I ... Scored 573 points, fifth-most in a single season in Georgia Southern history ... Ranked among the Top 10 in the Sun Belt in field goals, field goals attempted, field goal percentage, rebounds, rebounds per game, steals and steals per game ... Registered double digit scoring in the first 18 games of the season, the longest such streak to start a season since 1991 ... Reached double digit scoring in 28 games and notched 11 double-doubles ... Scored 40 points in the Eagles' 99-86 win over Arkansas State, just the fifth 40+ point game in Georgia Southern history ... Two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (January 3, February 27) ... Scored 20+ points in five straight games from January 7-January 21 ... Scored 29 points in the Eagles' 75-59 win at South Alabama on February 22, including her 1,000th career point, becoming the 25th Eagle to register 1,000 career points ... Scored 31 points vs. California Baptist in the WBI Semifinals on March 18.
SOPHOMORE (2021-22)
Played in 24 games, starting 11, as a sophomore for the Eagles ... Averaged 15.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game ... Earned second-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors and was named the Sun Belt Conference's Sixth Woman of the Year ... Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring, ninth in rebounding, fifth in steals, third in three-point field goal percentage (36.2%), 11th in three-point field goals made per game (1.4), 14th in free throw percentage (73.1%) and 15th in blocked shots per game ... Named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week on February 15 for scoring 30+ points in back-to-back games. Had a career-high 32 points vs. Appalachian State on February 10, then 30 points against Coastal Carolina on February 12 ... Had 17 games of double-digit scoring and seven games with 20 or more points ... Registered four straight double-doubles from January 22-February 5, the first time that's happened for an Eagle since 1991-92 ... Had six overall double-doubles on the year.
FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Played in 22 games, making two starts, for the Eagles as a freshman ... Averaged 7.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 14.1 minutes per game of action ... Shot 45.5% from the field (55-of-121) and 50% from three-point range (12-of-24) ... Hit 83.6% of her free throws (51-of-61) ... 2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, just the third Georgia Southern women's basketball player to earn league Freshman of the Year honors, joining 1990 TAAC Freshman of the Year Markisha Vereen and 2007 SoCon Freshman of the Year Carolyn Whitney ... Sun Belt Player of the Week on February 8 for averaging 18.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game in the Eagles' split with Troy at Hanner. She is the first freshman to earn a conference weekly award in Georgia Southern women's basketball history ... Averaged a team-best 9.2 points per game in Sun Belt Conference action ... Scored a season-high 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-2 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws at Appalachian State on February 27 ... Notched seven games of double-digit scoring ... Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds and a season-high five steals vs. Troy on February 5.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for four years at Wayne County HS ... Earned 5A All-State honors as a senior for the Yellow Jackets ... Also named Co-Player of the Year in 5A ... Averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior ... Holds the Wayne County HS record for most points and rebounds.
PERSONAL
Born Terren Tashani Ward on March 22, 2002, in Jesup, Ga., her hometown ... Daughter of Terah Ward ... Has three siblings: Tania, Tyrah and Jack ... Sister, Tania, played basketball at Paine College.
MAJOR
Exercise Science
