Ta'Niya Latson

Awards

At South Carolina
All-America Honorable Mention (2026 – AP, WBCA)
All-SEC Second Team (2026)
NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team (2026)
CSC Academic All-District (2026)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2026)

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)

In the South Carolina Record Book

Game
Best free throw percentage in an NCAA Tournament game (1.000 (10-10) vs. UConn, 4/5/26 and vs. Oklahoma, 3/28/26)

Bio Information

Career Summary

• Four-time All-America selection, including second-team honors in 2025 after leading the nation in scoring at 25.2 points per game … was also the ACC’s top scorer as a freshman (2022-23) with 21.3 ppg
• Became just the third player in ACC history to record 2,000 career points and the fastest to do it at Florida State
• Played in the NCAA Tournament every year of her career, including helping South Carolina to the national championship game in 2026 … won her first conference title when the Gamecocks clinched the 2025-26 SEC regular-season crown
• Was selected in the second round of the 2026 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks

Senior Year (2025-26)

• Drew All-SEC second-team honors and honorable mention All-America status after putting up the most efficient season of her career with a .522 effective field goal percentage, 1.01 points per play and 1.15 points per scoring attempt and ranking among the league’s top 15 in field goal percentage, free throw percentage, assists per game, steals per game and assist-to-turnover ratio
• Earned a spot on the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team with 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in the final weekend of the season
• Posted her first double-double as a Gamecock with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the NCAA semifinal against #1/1 UConn (Apr. 3), including going a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line, six of which came in the final 1:45 to seal the win
• Finished with 28 points against#10/10 Oklahoma (Mar. 28) in her first career Sweet 16 outing, hitting 4-of-4 from beyond the arc, 7-of-11 from the floor, and 10-of-10 from the free throw line
• Scored 10 of her 19 points in the SEC Tournament semi against #6/6 LSU (March 7) in the opening quarter on perfect 3-for-3 shooting from the floor and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe
• Handed out an SEC career-high seven assists on senior night against Missouri (Feb. 26), in addition to 17 points with six coming in a 15-5 run by the Gamecocks to round out the second quarter
• Swatted her first SEC career block against #17/17 Ole Miss (Feb. 22), adding 13 points, three assists and a team-high three steals along the way
• Made a triumphant return from injury against #19/17 Tennessee (Feb. 8), leading the team with 21 points to tie her career-best in SEC play, and adding four steals
• Tallied 10 points of her SEC career-high 21 points against #5/4 Vanderbilt (Jan. 25) in the first quarter alone .. handed out five assists that resulted in another 11 points to have 31.1 percent of the offense go through her hands
• Netted six of her 12 points against #4./4 Texas (Jan. 15) in the third quarter to help put the Gamecocks back on top as part of her 100th career game with 10+ points
• Opened the fourth quarter against #4/4 Texas (Nov. 27) with four straight points to put the Gamecocks in front hit a pair of free throws to tie the game with 15 seconds left … finishing with 16 points
• Was named USBWA National Player of the Week (Nov. 17-23) after averaging 24.0 points on 77.3 percent shooting, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 3.5 rebounds in a pair of victories

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) and was also the ACC’s top scorer as a freshman (2022-23) with 21.3 ppg
• 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 14^th 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