Maryam Dauda
- position Forward
- height 6-4
- class Senior
- Hometown Bentonville, Ark.
- Previous School Arkansas
- High school Bentonville
- position Forward
- height 6-4
- class Senior
- Hometown Bentonville, Ark.
- Previous School Arkansas
- High school Bentonville
Maryam Dauda Bio
Awards
At South Carolina
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2025)
At Arkansas
2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
High School
McDonald’s All-America (2021)
Bio Information
Career Summary
- Has played in at least 33 games every year of her college career, including averaging 15.5 minutes in 45 SEC contests while at Arkansas and South Carolina
- Helped South Carolina to SEC regular-season and tournament titles as well as to the NCAA national championship game in her first season with the Gamecocks
- Was most productive her sophomore season at Arkansas, ranking 21st in the nation in blocks per game and leading the SEC in the category in conference play
- Graduated in August 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in services management and a minor in economics; is pursuing master’s degree in retail innovation
Junior Year (2024-25)
- Played in 34 games, including 12 against ranked opponents and 15 SEC contests, as team claimed SEC regular-season and tournament titles and played in the national championship game
- Scored four points and grabbed four boards plus a steal in her first NCAA Tournament appearance against Tennessee Tech (Mar. 21)
- Defensive machine against #10/10 Oklahoma (Mar. 8) in SEC Tournament semifinals, holding the Sooners’ top scorer Reagan Beers (17.8 ppg) to just seven points on the day … posted all five of her points and two of her rebounds during a 14-2 run over the last 3:23 of the first half to give the Gamecocks a 17-point lead
- Grabbed four of her seven rebounds at Vanderbilt (Feb. 23) in just three minutes of first-quarter action, helping Gamecocks out to an early double-digit lead
- Recorded a near double-double against Arkansas (Feb. 20) posting nine points while grabbing a season-high tying eight boards – five in the second quarter – in a season-high 14 minutes
- Made the most of her fourth-quarter minutes at Georgia (Feb. 6), adding three points with a team-high three rebounds in the final period of the win
- Hit her fourth 3 of the season against #13/13 Oklahoma (Jan. 19) to cap a 12-2 run by the Gamecocks in the first quarter
- Scored season-high 10 points in home opener against Coppin State (Nov. 14), grabbing eight boards, including five offensive
At Arkansas
- Averaged 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds over her two seasons as a Razorback
- Started all 33 games of her sophomore season, posting 10.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game and leading the Razorbacks in field goal percentage (.455), blocks (74) and offensive rebounds (79)
- Led the SEC with 2.8 blocks per conference game and ranked 21st in the nation with 2.2 blocks per game for the season
High School
- Ranked as high as No. 13 in the 2021 signing class, according to espnW
- Earned McDonald’s All-America status and was a semifinalist for Naismith High School Player of the Year as a senior (2021)
- Was a four-time all-conference and three-time all-state selection and left Bentonville High School as its all-time leading scorer, rebounder and shot blocker
