Ta'Niya Latson
- position Guard
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Miami, Fla.
- Previous School Florida State
- position Guard
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Miami, Fla.
- Previous School Florida State
Ta'Niya Latson Bio
Awards
At Florida State
All-America Second Team (2025 – AP)
All-America Honorable Mention (2023 – WBCA, AP; 2024 – WBCA, AP; 2025 – WBCA)
National Freshman of the Year (2023 – WBCA, USBWA, The Athletic)
All-ACC First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Rookie of the Year (2023)
ACC All-Tournament Second Team (2024)
High School
McDonald’s All-America (2022)
Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball (2022)
Florida Class 5A Player of the Year (2022)
Bio Information
At Florida State
- Earned First-Team All-ACC and All-America honors each of her three seasons, including second-team recognition as a junior
- Led the NCAA in scoring average in her final season (25.2 ppg) … how many seasons leading the ACC in scoring???
- Became just the third player in ACC history to record 2,000 career points and the fastest to do it at Florida State
- Set the Florida State record for single-game points with 40 against Virginia Tech on Jan. 2, 2025, when she became the first ACC men’s or women’s player since 2010 to post at least 40 points, five assists and five steals in a game
- Scored in double figures in 86 of her 93 career games, including 62 20-point outings and 20 30-point showings
- In addition to scoring, led the team in assist 49 times in her career
- Led the Seminoles to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons with a career 70-30 record
- Named National Freshman of the Year by the WBCA, USBWA and The Athletic after setting the ACC freshman scoring record with 659 points in the 2022-23 season
High School
- Was the nation’s top ranked shooting guard and 14th overall prospect in the Class of 2022
- Named 2022 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball and Florida Class 5A Player of the Year, averaging 27.2 points, 7.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 5.3 steals in her lone season at American Heritage in Miami
- Earned McDonald’s All-America status in 2022 and was on the MaxPreps All-American team as a junior in 2021
- Spent three seasons at Westlake High School in Atlanta, with current teammate Raven Johnson, guiding it to three state titles and the 2021 GEICO National Championship
