Maryam Dauda

Awards

At South Carolina
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2025, 2026)

At Arkansas
2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)

High School
McDonald’s All-America (2021)

Bio Information

Career Summary

• Played in at least 32 games every year of her college career, including averaging 14.1 minutes in 59 SEC contests while at Arkansas and South Carolina
• Helped South Carolina to back-to-back NCAA national championship game appearances and SEC regular-season championships as well as an SEC Tournament title in 2025
• Was most productive her sophomore season at Arkansas, ranking 21^st 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

Senior Year (2025-26)

• Played in 37 games, including 14 SEC outings and 16 of the team’s 19 games against ranked opponents
• Posted five or more rebounds in nine games
• Outstanding off the bench in both games of the NCAA Sacramento Regional 4, especially in the Elite Eight against #14/12 TCU (Mar. 31) with a pair of offensive rebounds in the third period to help the Gamecocks keep pace
• Scored 10 points against Southern Cal (March 23) to set a new NCAA Tournament career-high after going a perfect 6-of-6 at the charity stripe
• Had a perfect shooting night against #17/17 Ole Miss (Feb. 22), going 4-for-4 at the free throw line and 2-for-2 from the floor in addition to five boards and season-high tying three blocks
• Played 16 second-half minutes at Auburn (Jan. 29), giving the Tigers problems with five rebounds and a career-best 8-of-8 at the free throw line
• Hit a Gamecock career-high four field goals against Queens (Nov. 23)
• Dominated the second quarter against Bowling Green (Nov. 7), posting five points and five rebounds (four offensive) in her 3:26 on the court … finished game tying Gamecock career highs of eight rebounds and 21 minutes

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 21^st 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