Brittany Boyd

Brittany Boyd

Brittany Boyd at Madison Square Garden in 2015
No. 15 New York Liberty
Position Point guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight 156 lb (71 kg)
Career information
High school Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
College California (2011–2015)
WNBA draft 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Brittany Boyd (born June 11, 1993) is an American basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. She was selected by New York in the first round of the 2015 WNBA draft with the ninth overall pick.[1]

Boyd grew up in Richmond, California,[2][3] and attended high school in Berkeley at Berkeley High.[4] As a senior in college, she helped Cal advance to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.[5] Boyd averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game for the season, and was a semifinalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year.[1][4] She was the first player in the history of the Pac-12 Conference to reach career totals of 1,400 points, 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 300 steals.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hammon, Stephanie (April 16, 2015). "Cal's Brittany Boyd and Stanford's Amber Orrange are headed to New York as WNBA teammates, having both been drafted by the Liberty". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
  2. Smith, Michelle (April 6, 2013). "There's no place like home". espnW.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
  3. "Creative Genius". Slam. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cal's Brittany Boyd is a Naismith semifinalist". San Jose Mercury News. March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
  5. Vernon, Mike (March 22, 2015). "Cal's Boyd, Gray see careers end with loss to Texas". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
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