Brittany Boyd-Jones ( Boyd; born June 11, 1993) is an American
basketball
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free agent in the
Women's National Basketball Association
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(WNBA). She previously played for the
Chicago Sky
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. She played
college basketball
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for the
California Golden Bears. She was selected by New York in the first round of the
2015 WNBA draft
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This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who ...
with the ninth overall pick.
Boyd grew up in
Richmond, California, and attended high school in
Berkeley
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at
Berkeley High.
As a senior in college, she helped Cal advance to the second round of the
2015 NCAA Tournament
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. Boyd averaged 13.4
points, 7.7
rebounds
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, 6.8
assists and 2.9
steals per game for the season, and was a semifinalist for the
Naismith College Player of the Year
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History an ...
.
[ 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.][
Boyd played five seasons with New York. In ]2019
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, she tied a career high with 33 games played while starting in a career-high 17 contests. The Liberty waived
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her after the season.
Career statistics
Source
References
External links
WNBA profile
California Golden Bears bio
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1993 births
Living people
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from California
Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni
California Golden Bears women's basketball players
Chicago Sky players
Guards (basketball)
New York Liberty draft picks
New York Liberty players
Sportspeople from Richmond, California