Destiny Littleton

Awards

At South Carolina
3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

At Texas
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2018)

High School
McDonald’s All-America (2017)
Gatorade California Player of the Year (2017)

International (USA Basketball)
2017 FIBA U18 3×3 World Cup, gold medal
2015 FIBA U16 Americas Cup, bronze medal

Bio Information

Career Notes

• Played in 59 games in the Garnet and Black after sitting out 2020-21 due to NCAA transfer rules and taking advantage of that to have a procedure to alleviate chronic issues in both ankles
• Grew more comfortable offensively in her senior season, shooting 34.4 percent from 3-point range
• In her two seasons on the court, helped the Gamecocks to two SEC Tournament championships, an SEC regular-season title, an NCAA Final Four and the 2022 National Championship
• Spent two seasons at Texas, helping Longhorns to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a spot in the 2018 Sweet 16

Senior 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
• Showed off her defense vs. #12/8 Tennessee (Feb. 20), recording a steal and a big block in eight minutes of action
• Led the bench with eight points in 10 minutes vs. Auburn (Feb. 17), knocking down a pair of 3s and swiping a pair of steals; it was her fourth game this season with multiple 3s made and tied her career high in an SEC game
• Was a key to building a big lead at Arkansas (Jan. 16); along with her six points she tied a career high for rebounds vs. a SEC opponent with five boards and the team finished +15 on the scoreboard in her 23 minutes on the floor
• Played 18 of the final 20 minutes of the win vs. #2/2 Stanford (Dec. 21) and was a vital on both ends of the court – hit a big 3-pointer in the third quarter as part of a 10-0 run to trim the deficit to single digits, then sank three free throws in the final 12 seconds of the game to seal the win
• On defense vs. the Cardinal, she helped lock down the perimeter shooters; the visitors attempted just four 3-pointers in the second half and made just one, following a first half where they made 6-of-11 from deep
• Carried the offense in the second quarter at #15/25 Duke (Dec. 15), knocking down a trio of 3s to account for nine of the team’s 15 points in the quarter
• Hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers in a win over #2/2 UConn (Nov. 22) with one coming late in the third to break what was the last tie of the game and one in the fourth that immediately answered the only Husky field goal of the period
• Great effort steadied the team in a slow second quarter at #5/4 NC State (Nov. 9), scoring seven of the team’s nine points and snagging four rebounds in the period

Junior Year (2020-21)

• Played in 28 games … made her SEC debut at #10/8 Kentucky (Jan. 10) … played in all eight postseason games
• Played a SEC career-best 23 minutes against Alabama (Jan. 31), including 11 crucial first-half minutes during which she added four of her SEC-high tying eight points
• Solid play against #15/16 Arkansas (Jan. 21), hitting a 3 late in the second quarter to help Gamecocks keep the lead going into halftime and grabbing four of her five rebounds in the fourth quarter to help keep the Razorbacks at bay
• Made her Carolina debut against Charleston (Nov. 25), scoring seven points and pulling down eight rebounds

Redshirt-Sophomore Year (2019-20)

• Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
• Took advantage of the year to have a procedure to alleviate chronic issues in both ankles 

Prior to South Carolina

• Spent two seasons at Texas, helping Longhorns to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a spot in the 2018 Sweet 16
• Played in all 33 games of her redshirt freshman season (2018-19), starting 12 and playing the third-most minutes on the team
• Averaged 7.2 points over her two seasons, including 8.4 ppg as a redshirt freshman when she shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range

High School

• Ranked No. 33 overall in the Class of 2017 and the No. 9 guard
• Captured honorable mention All-America status from the WBCA
• Played in the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic (2017)
• Named California Ms. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports and California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section Player of the Year (2017)
• Finished her career as the all-time leading scorer in California high school history with 4,300 points
• Averaged 42.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.4 steals as a senior (2016-17)

Personal

• Daughter of Marlon Wells
• Graduated in May 2021 with a degree in exercise science