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Jersey Number 5
Zay Dyer
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- F
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Maynard Jackson HS
- Prev School:
- Georgia State
Career Accolades
2026 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2025-26 All-Sun Belt First Team
2025-26 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
2025-26 All-Sun Belt Defensive Team (First-ever)
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Feb. 24, 2026)
2025-26 Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
2025 WNIT All-Tournament Team
2024-25 All-Sun Belt First Team
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 9 - 2025)
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 10 - 2025)
41st Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team (2024-25)
2024-25 Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
Senior (2025-26)
Earned a trio of SBC accolades in Defensive Player of the Year, All-SBC First Team and All-SBC Defensive Team (First-ever in Troy history), starting all 33 games for 14.2 points, 12.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.5 blocks ... Awarded Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 24, averaging 18.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, two assists and 2.5 blocks against South Alabama and Southern Miss … Ended her career as just the fourth player ever and first in Troy D-I history to have 1,000-plus points and rebounds, finishing with 1,199 points and 1,022 rebounds … Passed her own single-season rebound record with 422 – she also had the best D-I and second-best overall rebound per game average at 12.8 … Wrapped up her career eighth in D-I points (1,022), fifth in D-I field goals made (495), sixth all-time/third in D-I rebounds per game (9.7) and eighth all-time/sixth in D-I blocks (96) … Ranked second in the nation and first in the SBC with 23 double-doubles, including 15 straight from Jan. 14 to March 8 ... Earned SBC All-Tournament Team with 15 points, 10.5 rebounds, two blocks and 1.5 steals in runner-up finish … Set the Division-I Troy single-game rebound record with 25 against Louisiana (Feb. 12) – she also tied for the ninth-most in a D-I game with 20 against Southern Miss … Led the Sun Belt in total rebounds (422), defensive rebounds (8.1), offensive rebounds (4.7) and rebounds (12.8), ranking third, 12th, fourth and third nationally, respectively … Ranked fifth (54th nationally) in blocks at 50, fourth (62nd nationally) in blocks per game (1.52), seventh in field goal percentage at 43.8 percent and 10th in scoring at 14.2 – her 50 blocks ranked eighth in Troy single-season history … Among active players for 2025-26, she sat ninth (fourth in D-I) in rebounds at 1,202, 17th in D-I for rebounds per game at 8.71, 56th (49th in D-I) for games played at 138 and 21st (seventh in D-I) for double-doubles at 49 in a career … Erupted with 17 rebounds and 14 points for her second double-double against Chattanooga ... Secured her 1,000th career point in the win over Missouri on her sixth point – finished with 14 points in the win ... Had first 20-plus point game of 2025-26 against Florida Gulf Coast with a team-high 22 ... Dominated over Old Dominion with 25 points and 14 rebounds with a career-high seven free throws ... Set career-highs in free throws made (9) and blocks (5) against Texas State ... Tied Donette McNair for the most D-I rebounds in a career (767) at Southern Miss, passing her against Texas State with her 768th career rebound in the second quarter – she finished her career with 1,022 rebounds for third all-time ... Led Troy over ULM with 24 points and 13 rebounds ... Claimed her 1,000th career rebound against Georgia Southern ... Earned her 13th double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds in the 21-point comeback at Marshall ... Erupted for 20 points, 19 rebounds and four blocks over App State ... Had a 20-20 game with 21 points and 20 rebounds on her senior day against Southern Miss ... Claimed 21st double-double in pivotal road win over Arkansas State with 14 points and 16 rebounds ... Erupted for her 15th straight double-double on 24 points and 10 rebounds in the semifinal against Arkansas State … Had 11 rebounds and four blocks in the SBC title game against James Madison … Reached double-figures for rebounds in 28-of-33 games, with doubles-figures for points in 26-of-33 games
Junior (2024-25)
Awarded All-Sun Belt First Team on 13.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, starting in 36 of 37 games played … Awarded WNIT All-Tournament team with 16.6 points, 11 rebounds, 1.2 blocks … Earned Sun Belt Player of the Week (Jan. 7), averaging 18 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 2.5 BPG in wins against Coastal Carolina and Marshall - she followed it with back-to-back awards on 20 PPG, 16.5 RPG and 1.0 BPG over App State and Georgia State – she became the first Trojan to go back-to-back with SBC POTW since Kayla Robinson in 2017-18 … Scored 10-plus points in 30 of her 37 starts, including the last 13 games ... Secured a double-double in 18-of-37 starts ... Her 17 rebounds at Buffalo in the WNIT title game gave her the single-season record for total rebounds (395) – she also earned a double-double with 15 points ... Recorded her 20th career game in double-figures at Buffalo with 11 points on 5-of-8 from the field ... Erupted against UT-Chattanooga with 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting and a double-double with 12 rebounds (seven offensive) ... Earned Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team recognition on 13.5 points, 10 rebounds and a block ... Led Troy with a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double to win the Great Alaska Shootout championship game over North Dakota State ... Recorded four straight double-doubles against North Dakota State, Mississippi Valley State, Oakwood and Memphis ... One rebound shy (18) of the top-10 single-game record for rebounds in victory over Arkansas - also scored 23 points ... Tied Brianna Jackson and Sky’Lynn Holmes for the fifth-most rebounds in a D-I single game at Troy with 21 boards over Coastal Carolina in overtime - also tied a career-high in blocks (4)... Seized 19 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end at Louisiana ... Went for a 16-point, 18-rebound performance at ULM ... Led Troy over North Texas in the Super 16 with 23 points and 13 rebounds ... Led the SBC in rebounds (10.4) and double-doubles (18) ... Ranked tied for fifth in single season average rebounds at 10.4, fourth in D-I / eighth overall in field goals made at 221 and eighth in D-I for total points at 526 ... Ended her junior season ranked sixth in D-I and tied for 10th overall at 8.3
Sophomore (2023-24)
Played in all 34 games with two starts (Belmont, at Georgia) for 6.1 points, 6.0 rebounds (third at Troy) and 0.9 assists … Had a 44.1 shooting percentage from the field, 40.0 from deep and 66.7 from the line … One rebound shy of a double-double in her Trojan debut against Ball State with 11 points and nine rebounds … Made first career start for Troy against Belmont with six points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal while shooting 50 percent … Drilled four triples in 10 attempts for best 3-point percentage at Troy (min. 10 attempts) … Claimed first double-double at Memphis on 15 points and 10 rebounds – finished with four … Peaked with a 20-point, 17-rebound performance (nine offensive) against App State – 17 rebounds was a career-high and tied for team-high in 2023-24 … Scored double-figures in eight games with one 20-point performance and had seven double-figure rebound games … Led team in points twice against Louisiana and App State and four times in rebounds (Memphis, at Georgia Southern, Texas State, App State)
Georgia State
Freshman (2022-23)
Played in all 33 games with 18 starts… Scored in double figures 11 times to average 6.5 points… Finished second in field goal percentage at 50.5 percent and with rebounds at 5.5… Made collegiate debut on Nov. 7 against Agnes Scott – led GSU with 17 points and eight rebounds… Seized first double-double against Winthrop (Nov. 21) with 10 points and 11 rebounds – finished with five… Notched a career-high 28 points against North Alabama (Dec. 19)… Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against LaGrange (Dec. 21)
High School
Attended Maynard Jackson High School… Named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 5A North All-State Team and GHSA All-State First Team her sophomore and senior seasons… Classified as “Best Rebounder” in Class 5A… Placed on Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro for Atlanta/South Fulton… Brought her team to the Elite Eight of Georgia State Playoffs… Put on 2021-22 Preseason All-State and Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Watch List… Averaged 17 points
Personal
Full name is Xaviera Alexandria Dyer… Born on July 12, 2004, in Atlanta, Ga… Daughter to Marlena Dyer and Frances Mullins… Has two siblings named Candance and Maurisha… Majoring in biology
2026 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2025-26 All-Sun Belt First Team
2025-26 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
2025-26 All-Sun Belt Defensive Team (First-ever)
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Feb. 24, 2026)
2025-26 Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
2025 WNIT All-Tournament Team
2024-25 All-Sun Belt First Team
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 9 - 2025)
Sun Belt Player of the Week (Week 10 - 2025)
41st Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team (2024-25)
2024-25 Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
Senior (2025-26)
Earned a trio of SBC accolades in Defensive Player of the Year, All-SBC First Team and All-SBC Defensive Team (First-ever in Troy history), starting all 33 games for 14.2 points, 12.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.5 blocks ... Awarded Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 24, averaging 18.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, two assists and 2.5 blocks against South Alabama and Southern Miss … Ended her career as just the fourth player ever and first in Troy D-I history to have 1,000-plus points and rebounds, finishing with 1,199 points and 1,022 rebounds … Passed her own single-season rebound record with 422 – she also had the best D-I and second-best overall rebound per game average at 12.8 … Wrapped up her career eighth in D-I points (1,022), fifth in D-I field goals made (495), sixth all-time/third in D-I rebounds per game (9.7) and eighth all-time/sixth in D-I blocks (96) … Ranked second in the nation and first in the SBC with 23 double-doubles, including 15 straight from Jan. 14 to March 8 ... Earned SBC All-Tournament Team with 15 points, 10.5 rebounds, two blocks and 1.5 steals in runner-up finish … Set the Division-I Troy single-game rebound record with 25 against Louisiana (Feb. 12) – she also tied for the ninth-most in a D-I game with 20 against Southern Miss … Led the Sun Belt in total rebounds (422), defensive rebounds (8.1), offensive rebounds (4.7) and rebounds (12.8), ranking third, 12th, fourth and third nationally, respectively … Ranked fifth (54th nationally) in blocks at 50, fourth (62nd nationally) in blocks per game (1.52), seventh in field goal percentage at 43.8 percent and 10th in scoring at 14.2 – her 50 blocks ranked eighth in Troy single-season history … Among active players for 2025-26, she sat ninth (fourth in D-I) in rebounds at 1,202, 17th in D-I for rebounds per game at 8.71, 56th (49th in D-I) for games played at 138 and 21st (seventh in D-I) for double-doubles at 49 in a career … Erupted with 17 rebounds and 14 points for her second double-double against Chattanooga ... Secured her 1,000th career point in the win over Missouri on her sixth point – finished with 14 points in the win ... Had first 20-plus point game of 2025-26 against Florida Gulf Coast with a team-high 22 ... Dominated over Old Dominion with 25 points and 14 rebounds with a career-high seven free throws ... Set career-highs in free throws made (9) and blocks (5) against Texas State ... Tied Donette McNair for the most D-I rebounds in a career (767) at Southern Miss, passing her against Texas State with her 768th career rebound in the second quarter – she finished her career with 1,022 rebounds for third all-time ... Led Troy over ULM with 24 points and 13 rebounds ... Claimed her 1,000th career rebound against Georgia Southern ... Earned her 13th double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds in the 21-point comeback at Marshall ... Erupted for 20 points, 19 rebounds and four blocks over App State ... Had a 20-20 game with 21 points and 20 rebounds on her senior day against Southern Miss ... Claimed 21st double-double in pivotal road win over Arkansas State with 14 points and 16 rebounds ... Erupted for her 15th straight double-double on 24 points and 10 rebounds in the semifinal against Arkansas State … Had 11 rebounds and four blocks in the SBC title game against James Madison … Reached double-figures for rebounds in 28-of-33 games, with doubles-figures for points in 26-of-33 games
Junior (2024-25)
Awarded All-Sun Belt First Team on 13.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, starting in 36 of 37 games played … Awarded WNIT All-Tournament team with 16.6 points, 11 rebounds, 1.2 blocks … Earned Sun Belt Player of the Week (Jan. 7), averaging 18 PPG, 16.5 RPG, 2.5 BPG in wins against Coastal Carolina and Marshall - she followed it with back-to-back awards on 20 PPG, 16.5 RPG and 1.0 BPG over App State and Georgia State – she became the first Trojan to go back-to-back with SBC POTW since Kayla Robinson in 2017-18 … Scored 10-plus points in 30 of her 37 starts, including the last 13 games ... Secured a double-double in 18-of-37 starts ... Her 17 rebounds at Buffalo in the WNIT title game gave her the single-season record for total rebounds (395) – she also earned a double-double with 15 points ... Recorded her 20th career game in double-figures at Buffalo with 11 points on 5-of-8 from the field ... Erupted against UT-Chattanooga with 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting and a double-double with 12 rebounds (seven offensive) ... Earned Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team recognition on 13.5 points, 10 rebounds and a block ... Led Troy with a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double to win the Great Alaska Shootout championship game over North Dakota State ... Recorded four straight double-doubles against North Dakota State, Mississippi Valley State, Oakwood and Memphis ... One rebound shy (18) of the top-10 single-game record for rebounds in victory over Arkansas - also scored 23 points ... Tied Brianna Jackson and Sky’Lynn Holmes for the fifth-most rebounds in a D-I single game at Troy with 21 boards over Coastal Carolina in overtime - also tied a career-high in blocks (4)... Seized 19 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end at Louisiana ... Went for a 16-point, 18-rebound performance at ULM ... Led Troy over North Texas in the Super 16 with 23 points and 13 rebounds ... Led the SBC in rebounds (10.4) and double-doubles (18) ... Ranked tied for fifth in single season average rebounds at 10.4, fourth in D-I / eighth overall in field goals made at 221 and eighth in D-I for total points at 526 ... Ended her junior season ranked sixth in D-I and tied for 10th overall at 8.3
Sophomore (2023-24)
Played in all 34 games with two starts (Belmont, at Georgia) for 6.1 points, 6.0 rebounds (third at Troy) and 0.9 assists … Had a 44.1 shooting percentage from the field, 40.0 from deep and 66.7 from the line … One rebound shy of a double-double in her Trojan debut against Ball State with 11 points and nine rebounds … Made first career start for Troy against Belmont with six points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal while shooting 50 percent … Drilled four triples in 10 attempts for best 3-point percentage at Troy (min. 10 attempts) … Claimed first double-double at Memphis on 15 points and 10 rebounds – finished with four … Peaked with a 20-point, 17-rebound performance (nine offensive) against App State – 17 rebounds was a career-high and tied for team-high in 2023-24 … Scored double-figures in eight games with one 20-point performance and had seven double-figure rebound games … Led team in points twice against Louisiana and App State and four times in rebounds (Memphis, at Georgia Southern, Texas State, App State)
Georgia State
Freshman (2022-23)
Played in all 33 games with 18 starts… Scored in double figures 11 times to average 6.5 points… Finished second in field goal percentage at 50.5 percent and with rebounds at 5.5… Made collegiate debut on Nov. 7 against Agnes Scott – led GSU with 17 points and eight rebounds… Seized first double-double against Winthrop (Nov. 21) with 10 points and 11 rebounds – finished with five… Notched a career-high 28 points against North Alabama (Dec. 19)… Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against LaGrange (Dec. 21)
High School
Attended Maynard Jackson High School… Named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 5A North All-State Team and GHSA All-State First Team her sophomore and senior seasons… Classified as “Best Rebounder” in Class 5A… Placed on Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro for Atlanta/South Fulton… Brought her team to the Elite Eight of Georgia State Playoffs… Put on 2021-22 Preseason All-State and Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Watch List… Averaged 17 points
Personal
Full name is Xaviera Alexandria Dyer… Born on July 12, 2004, in Atlanta, Ga… Daughter to Marlena Dyer and Frances Mullins… Has two siblings named Candance and Maurisha… Majoring in biology
2025-26 Women's Basketball Season Recap
Monday, April 06
Underdogs Untold: WBIT
Saturday, March 21
Chanda Rigby Postgame Press Conference (WBIT) - No. 2 Kansas
Thursday, March 19
No. 2 Troy vs. No. 4 James Madison - SBC Championship (Full Highlights)
Monday, March 09
