Sania Feagin

Awards

At South Carolina
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022)

High School
Naismith All-America First Team
WBCA All-America
McDonald’s All-America
Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year (2020)

International (USA Basketball)
2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, gold medal
2019 U16 National Team finalist

After @GamecockWBB‘s win over Elon, I asked Dawn Staley about freshman Sania Feagin, who is competing with veteran post-players.

Feagin had 9 points, 4 rebounds in 8 minutes of play:

“It could either shake your confidence or build it. She chose the latter.”@wachfox pic.twitter.com/2n2dM04Kq4

— Matt Dowell (@MattDowellTV) November 27, 2021

Bio Information

Freshman Year (2021-22)

• Part of first team in program history to be ranked No 1 in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Polls every week of the season and program’s second National Championship
• Had a career day in NCAA first-round win over Howard (Mar. 18), tying for team lead with a season-high 10 points and a season-high seven rebounds in just 14 minutes of action
• Played a season-high 11 minutes against Auburn (Feb. 17), finishing with season highs of six rebounds and two blocks
• Enjoyed perhaps her best quarter of the season, scoring five points with two steals and a rebound in almost eight minutes of action in the second quarter at #17/14 Georgia (Feb. 13)
• Led the bench’s rebounding effort at #13/16 LSU (Jan. 6), pulling down four in the first half to help keep the game close
• Made her SEC debut vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 2), getting a steal in three minutes of action
• Led the team to its most dominant quarter vs. Elon (Nov. 26) with production on both ends of the court in the fourth; made all four field goal attempts for nine points along with four rebounds (two offensive), two assists and a steal
• Had another perfect shooting night off the bench vs. Clemson (Nov. 17), hitting all three of her field goal attempts
• Connected on both field goal attempts in the fourth quarter vs. South Dakota (Nov. 12) to score her first collegiate points

High School

• Ranked the No. 1 forward and No. 4 overall player in the Class of 2021
• Consensus first-team All-American after a senior year (2020-21) that included 18.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game
• Was a four-time All-State selection by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, including first-team honors as a junior (2019-20) and senior (2020-21)
• Earned Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year recognition as a junior (2019-20)
• Helped Forest Park to 6A state championship in 2020 and a 5A runner-up finish in 2021
• Amassed over 1,800 points and 1,300 rebounds in her career

Personal

• Daughter of Sherri and Charles Feagin … has two older sisters, Temeka Adderton and Kiera Wills, an older brother, Jacari Davison, and a younger brother, Jacob Feagin
• Both parents played basketball NCAA Div. I basketball – Sherri at Washington, Charles at Morgan State
• Majoring in early childhood education