Kaniya Boyd

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Position:
G
Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Centennial

CAREER HONORS

SEC Co-Freshman of the Week -- 2024-25

CAREER HIGHS

* Indicates most recent high

Points: 15 // Winthrop, 12/29/24
Rebounds: 4 // Texas, 3/29/25
Assists: 4 // Winthrop, 12/29/24*
Steals: 4 // Alabama, 2/20/25*
Blocks: 1 // Kentucky, 2/27/25
Field Goals: 5 // Winthrop, 12/29/24
3-Pointers: 2 // LSU, 1/9/25
Free Throws: 4 // Georgia, 3/2/25*
Minutes: 28 // Georgia, 3/2/25

2024-25 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

Averaged 4.0 ppg., 1.5 rpg., 1.3 apg. and 1.3 spg. while appearing in 33 games and starting four of them.
Shot 48.5 percent from the field and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Finished third on the team with 42 steals and led the team in that category in six games.
Impressively ranked third on the team in her first college season in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9) with 44 assists and 23 turnovers.
Ranked second for UT in charges drawn with five.
Went off for a career-high 15 points (5-5 FG/1-1 3FG/4-5 FT) and chipped in four assists, three rebounds and two steals vs. Winthrop.
Tallied an SEC-high 11 points vs. Auburn (4-4 FG/3-4 FT) while adding three boards, three assists and a steal against Auburn.
Carded nine points vs. Georgia on 4-of-4 shooting and also logged two steals and a rebound.
Delivered seven points, three boards and two steals against Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament.
Recorded her third start of the season and notched seven points and two boards at Missouri.
Sank two timely three-pointers for a total of six points at home vs. LSU, including one during a fourth-quarter run.
Logged six points, a season-high-tying four steals, three assists and two rebounds versus Alabama.
Tossed in six points and collected two rebounds and two steals against South Carolina.
Made her first collegiate start against UT Martin, posting six points, two assists, two steals and a block.
Contributed six points, an assist and a rebound against Richmond at the West Palm Beach Classic.
Chipped in five points, two steals, one rebound and an assist vs. South Florida in the NCAA First Round.

2023-24 - FRESHMAN

Arrived on campus on Jan. 8, 2024, and enrolled mid-year at Tennessee after graduating high school early.
Continued to rehab her knee after an injury forced her to miss her senior year of high school.

HIGH SCHOOL

No. 29 overall player, No. 3 among combo guards, four-star rating by ProspectsNation.com (2024).
No. 35 overall player, four-star rating in espnW 100 (2024).
Averaged 12.2 points, 4.5 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game as a junior.
Helped Centennial High School to a 30-1 record and its eighth-straight NIAA 5A state title (2023).
MaxPreps Nevada High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2023).
Nevada High School Coaches’ Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year (2023).
Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada Team (2023).
USA TODAY High School Sports Girls Basketball Player of the Year Watch List (2023-24).

PERSONAL

Kaniya LaShonda Boyd was born on Jan. 26, 2006.
Mother is Taranekia Boyd.
Chose the Lady Vols over Florida State, Texas A&M, Utah and Kentucky among others.
Second Lady Vol from Las Vegas to play for Tennessee, following in the footsteps of Liberty High School graduate Rae Burrell (at UT from 2018-2022).
She is majoring in sport management and pursuing a minor in business administration.
Recipient of the Abby Conklin #52 LVFL Endowed Scholarship.