#1 Amiya Joyner Season 2026-27
2026 College All-Star Game Participant (Team Cheryl Miller)
2025 All-AAC First-Team Selection
2023-24 AAC Player of the Week (Dec. 26)
2023 AAC Freshman of the Year
2023 All-AAC Third-Team Selection
2022-23 Eight-Time AAC Freshman of the Week
2023 AAC All-Tournament Team
Played three seasons at East Carolina before closing out her college career at LSU … The 6-2 forward averaged 11.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 blocks per game across her four seasons in the NCAA women’s basketball ranks … She came to LSU as a First-Team All-AAC player and finished her career with 50 double doubles (41 at ECU, 9 at LSU) … Had a versatile interior game that stretched defenses with her ability to play with her back to the basket as well as facing up … Owns three of the top five rebounding seasons in ECU history and her 905 career rebounds are the fourth most in program history … She is one of two players in ECU history with multiple 20-rebound games and ranks No. 4 in program history with 132 blocks
SENIOR SEASON (2025-26 at LSU)
Appeared in 34 games with 19 starts … Led the Tigers in rebounds (254), rebound average (7.5) and offensive rebounds (100) … Blocked 23 shots, recorded 24 steals, brought down 254 rebounds, tallied 41 assists and scored 314 points … Scored in double figures 14 times and 15-plus on three occasions … Recorded nine double doubles pushing her career total to 50, finishing her career as one of six active players in the 2025-26 season with 50-plus double doubles … Grabbed double-digit rebounds on 12 separate occasions … Surpassed 1,500 career points in a contest against Texas Tech when she scored 11 points in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Eclipsed the 1,000 career rebound mark with 11 against Texas-Arlington on December 21 … Earned a position in the 2026 College All-Star Game on Team Cheryl Miller, who coached against fellow Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Liebermann
JUNIOR SEASON (2024-25 at East Carolina)
Appeared in 32 games with 23 starts … Led the team in scoring and rebounding with 479 points and 295 rebounds for 15.0 and 9.2 per game … Blocked 34 shots and registered 52 assists and 36 steals … Scored in double figures 23 times and over 20 on eight occasions … Registered 15 double-doubles, giving her 41 for her career … Led the team in scoring on 16 occasions … Scored a career high 32 points against Howard (11/20) … Grabbed 20 rebounds to go with 19 points against North Texas (2/22) … Grabbed double-digit rebounds 17 times … Broke the East Carolina program record for career 15-rebound games with 13 … Became the second ECU player in program history with multiple 20-rebound games … Recorded the fifth most rebounds in program history, giving her three of the top five seasons ever at ECU … Moved into fourth in program history with 904 career rebounds and fourth in program history with 132 career blocked shots … Became the 13th ECU player ever to record multiple 30-point games… Finished the season 26th nationally in double-doubles with 15 as well as 51st in rebounds per game and 53rd in total rebounds … Earned First Team All-Conference recognition.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023-24 at East Carolina)
Appeared in 31 games with 26 starts … Posted 399 points, 309 rebounds, 71 assists, 47 blocks and 41 steals … Improved greatly at the foul line with a .712 clip on 125 attempts … The first ECU player to record 300-plus rebounds in a season twice … Most rebounds in a two-season stretch at ECU (609) since Rosie Thompson grabbed 653 in 1978-79 and 1979-80 … Became the 23rd player in ECU history with 500 career points and rebounds … Recorded 13 double-doubles on the year … Scored a career best 27 points with 16 rebounds and six blocks vs. George Mason (12/18) … Grabbed 20 rebounds vs. Memphis, the first ECU player to do so since Feb. 13, 2004 … Also the first player in ECU history with a 20-rebound double-double and five assists in a game (15 pts, 20 reb, 5 ast) … Scored in double figures in 23 games … Recorded three 20-point double doubles, giving her five in her career through two seasons … Recorded 15-or-more rebounds five times on the season, giving her nine in her career through two seasons, tied for third in ECU history … Recorded 10-plus rebounds in 14 games … From Feb. 10 to March 12, she recorded nine-consecutive double-doubles, a program record (according to available records) … Led the AAC in rebounding at 9.97 per game, the first league rebounding champion for ECU since 1999 … Moved up to sixth in program history in career blocks with 98 through two seasons … 47 blocks were tied for 10th in a season in ECU history … The most blocks in a two-season stretch at ECU since Ondrea Shaw’s 154 in 2013-14 and 2014-15 … Blocked multiple shots in 15 games … Named AAC Player of the Week on Dec. 26 … Finished in the top 50 in the NCAA in total rebounds and rebounds per game and top 100 in blocks per game.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2022-23 at East Carolina)
Appeared in 31 games with 23 starts … Exploded onto the scene in conference play with eight AAC Freshman of the Week honors, the most ever in the conference … Named the AAC Freshman of the Year … Earned recognition on the AAC Third-Team All Conference and AAC All-Tournament team … Averaged a double-double in conference play with a dozen points and 10 rebounds per contest … Recorded 13 double-doubles on the season … Her 16 rebounds against Tulsa (12/30) were the most by an ECU player since 2016 … Scored 19 points including the game-winning shot with just over a second to play at Hampton (12/21) … Scored 23 points against Temple (2/3) … Recorded 19 rebounds against Tulane (3/7), an AAC Tournament single-game record … Broke the ECU freshman rebounding record while finishing top 10 in freshman points, blocks assists and minutes and top 10 in rebounds and blocks overall … 38th in the NCAA with 300 rebounds on the season … 26th in the NCAA with 3.6 offensive rebounds per game … 37th in the NCAA with 13 double-doubles … 36th in the NCAA with 51 blocks.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered at Farmville Central under head coach Hollis Harper as well as playing for Team Curry under head coach Ashley Rivens … Was the highest ranked recruit in program history, garnering four-stars on ESPN recruiting rankings and checking in at No. 69 nationally and No. 15 among forwards … Played in multiple state title games, helping Farmville win the 2A State Championship during her sophomore season.
Amiya Joyner’s Career Highs (at East Carolina)
Points: 32, vs. Howard 11/20/24
Rebounds: 20, 2x; most recent vs. North Texas 02/22/25
Assists: 8, vs. Rice 01/17/24
Steals: 6, at VCU 11/14/23
Blocks: 6, vs. George Mason 12/18/23
FG Made: 13, 2x; most recent vs. UNCW 12/21/24
FG Attempts: 24, at Old Dominion 12/15/24
3FG Made: 2, vs. N.C. A&T 12/19/22
3FG Attempts: 6, vs. South Carolina St. 11/07/22
FT Made: 9, vs. George Mason 12/18/23
FT Attempts: 12, vs. Wichita St. 01/29/25