Deseree' Byrd

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Taft
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Freshman Year (2007-08) Saw action in 30 games, starting in four...Scored a career-high 10 points against Delaware and Syracuse...Started seeing more playing time during the postseason for the Cardinals...Played in every game during that stretch...Saw a career-high playing time in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament against St. John's...Dished out a career-high three assists against Villanova...Pulled down a career-high four rebounds against Vermont, Syracuse, Seton Hall and North Carolina...Had three steals against Delaware and Kansas State...Was perfect from the field three times during the year...Finished the year averaging 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.

High School Played four years at Taft Information Technology High School...Played under coach Rhonda Craig...Finished her junior year averaging a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds per game...Named Conference Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons...Named Cincinnati Div. 11 Player of the Year her junior season...Averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds per game as a senior...Earned first team Southwest District honors as a junior and senior...Was a McDonald's All-American nominee...Named second team All-Ohio her junior year and earned first team honors her senior year...Helped guided Taft to a runner-up district finish her junior seasons...Scored 37 points her junior season in the sectional finals against Talawanda, including the two game-winning free throws...Ranked as the 91st best player in the nation by All-Star Girls Report ...Played AAU ball for the Lady Tigers.

Personal Birthdate is December 16, 1988...Guardian is Rhonda Byrd...Major is social work.