Christopher Newport University

2016-17 - Junior - Repeat selection as second team All-Conference following her third year as a Captain...Earned spot on the NCAA All-Championship Team following her performance in the Final Four...Grabbed five steals against Amherst in the national semifinals, marking the most for a single player against eventual national champions all year...Played in all 32 games and made 16 starts at forward for CNU...Scored 7.2 points and grabbed 5.7 rebonds per game, ranking third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding...Also ranking second in blocked shots, with 15, and steals, with 55...Named CAC Player of the Week on February 20 after helping CNU clinch the regular season title with a double-double at York...Notched three double-doubles during the year, including a 14-point, 13-rebound effort against Hope in the NCAA Sweet 16 (3/10)...Poured in season-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting at Mary Washington (2/1)...Grabbed season-high 14 rebounds against the Apprentice School (1/1)...Shot .465 from the field on 87-187 shooting...Averaged 17.7 minutes per game as one of only five players to play in all 32 games

2015-16 - Sophomore - Second team All-Conference selection in her second season at CNU...Started all 29 games as part of a dominant front court for the Captains...Ranked second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game, and in rebounding, with 6.2 rebounds per game...Ranked second on the team and third in the CAC in total steals, with 77...Also second in blocked shots, with 20...Among team leaders in assists (43) and shooting percentage (.427)...Posted two double-doubles, both against York (Pa.)...Registered career-high 16 rebounds against the Spartans on the road, while adding 14 points...Had two 20-point performances, setting career high with 21 points at Virginia Wesleyan and matching that total at Juniata...Finished season with 13 double-figure scoring games...Averaged 9.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the NCAA Tournament, including a near double-double (11 pts, 9 reb) against 3rd-ranked Scranton in the Sweet 16.

2014-15 - Freshman - Played in 24 games as a top front court reserve in her first year with the Captains...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, with 7.0 points per game, while also ranking third in total rebounding, with 4.3 boards per game...Led the team in field goal percentage, knocking down 54.7% of her shots...Ranked second on the team in blocked shots...Posted a season-high 15 points and eight rebounds in a win over Frostburg State (1/24/15), after an impressive 6-for-7 performance from the field...Notched double figure scoring marks in six games...Also added depth beyond the arc, knocking down 11-of-25 attempts from three for 44%

At Fort Defiance - Played all four years of varsity basketball under Coach Patrick Hartley in the Valley District...Earned All-District honors every year...Picked up All-Region honors as a junior and senior...Named All-City County all four years, and Daily News Record All-Area Team as a junior and senior...named All-Conference following her senior year after being named the Augusta County Player of the Year...Third all-time leading scorer in Fort Defiance history, with 1,155 career points...Also a member of the district championship volleyball team for three years...Set school record for blocks in a season...Also a three-year member of the track & field team.

Personal - Devon Kathryn Byrd was born in Harrisonburg, Va...Daughter of W.C. and Tammy Byrd...Has one brother, Ryan, who played football at Emory & Henry...Favorite sports personality is Kevin Durant...Dream vacation is a trip to Barcelona...Person in history she'd most like to meet is Martin Luther King, Jr...Superstitions include putting on her jersey and socks in the same order every time...Favorite movie is "Love & Basketball"...Favorite book is "Hunger Games"...Majoring in Psychology.