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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
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
2024-25 All-Sun Belt First Team
2025 WNIT All-Tournament Team
Junior (2024-25)
Awarded All-Sun Belt First Team on 13.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, starting in 36 of 37 games played β¦ Awarded WNIT All-Tournament team with 16.6 points, 11 rebounds, 1.2 blocks β¦ 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 β she became the first Trojan to go back-to-back with SBC POTW since Kayla Robinson in 2017-18 β¦ Scored 10-plus points in 30 of her 37 starts, including the last 13 gamesΒ ... 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) β 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 SkyβLynn 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 β¦ Had a 44.1 shooting percentage from the field, 40.0 from deep and 66.7 from the line β¦ One rebound shy of a double-double in her Trojan debut against Ball State with 11 points and nine rebounds β¦ Made first career start for Troy against Belmont with six points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal while shooting 50 percent β¦ Drilled four triples in 10 attempts for best 3-point percentage at Troy (min. 10 attempts) β¦ Claimed first double-double at Memphis on 15 points and 10 rebounds β finished with four β¦ Peaked with a 20-point, 17-rebound performance (nine offensive) against App State β 17 rebounds was a career-high and tied for team-high in 2023-24 β¦ Scored double-figures in eight games with one 20-point performance and had seven double-figure rebound games β¦ 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 startsβ¦ Scored in double figures 11 times to average 6.5 pointsβ¦ Finished second in field goal percentage at 50.5 percent and with rebounds at 5.5β¦ Made collegiate debut on Nov. 7 against Agnes Scott β led GSU with 17 points and eight reboundsβ¦ Seized first double-double against Winthrop (Nov. 21) with 10 points and 11 rebounds β finished with fiveβ¦ Notched a career-high 28 points against North Alabama (Dec. 19)β¦ Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against LaGrange (Dec. 21)
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High SchoolΒ
Attended Maynard Jackson High Schoolβ¦ Named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 5A North All-State Team and GHSA All-State First Team her sophomore and senior seasonsβ¦ Classified as βBest Rebounderβ in Class 5Aβ¦ Placed on Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro for Atlanta/South Fultonβ¦ Brought her team to the Elite Eight of Georgia State Playoffsβ¦ Put on 2021-22 Preseason All-State and Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Watch Listβ¦ Averaged 17 points
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Personal
Full name is Xaviera Alexandria Dyer⦠Born on July 12, 2004, in Atlanta, Ga⦠Daughter to Marlena Dyer and Frances Mullins⦠Has three siblings named Candance, Aaliyah and Maurisha⦠Majoring in biology
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
2024-25 All-Sun Belt First Team
2025 WNIT All-Tournament Team
Junior (2024-25)
Awarded All-Sun Belt First Team on 13.8 points and 10.4 rebounds, starting in 36 of 37 games played β¦ Awarded WNIT All-Tournament team with 16.6 points, 11 rebounds, 1.2 blocks β¦ 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 β she became the first Trojan to go back-to-back with SBC POTW since Kayla Robinson in 2017-18 β¦ Scored 10-plus points in 30 of her 37 starts, including the last 13 gamesΒ ... 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) β 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 SkyβLynn 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 β¦ Had a 44.1 shooting percentage from the field, 40.0 from deep and 66.7 from the line β¦ One rebound shy of a double-double in her Trojan debut against Ball State with 11 points and nine rebounds β¦ Made first career start for Troy against Belmont with six points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal while shooting 50 percent β¦ Drilled four triples in 10 attempts for best 3-point percentage at Troy (min. 10 attempts) β¦ Claimed first double-double at Memphis on 15 points and 10 rebounds β finished with four β¦ Peaked with a 20-point, 17-rebound performance (nine offensive) against App State β 17 rebounds was a career-high and tied for team-high in 2023-24 β¦ Scored double-figures in eight games with one 20-point performance and had seven double-figure rebound games β¦ 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 startsβ¦ Scored in double figures 11 times to average 6.5 pointsβ¦ Finished second in field goal percentage at 50.5 percent and with rebounds at 5.5β¦ Made collegiate debut on Nov. 7 against Agnes Scott β led GSU with 17 points and eight reboundsβ¦ Seized first double-double against Winthrop (Nov. 21) with 10 points and 11 rebounds β finished with fiveβ¦ Notched a career-high 28 points against North Alabama (Dec. 19)β¦ Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against LaGrange (Dec. 21)
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High SchoolΒ
Attended Maynard Jackson High Schoolβ¦ Named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 5A North All-State Team and GHSA All-State First Team her sophomore and senior seasonsβ¦ Classified as βBest Rebounderβ in Class 5Aβ¦ Placed on Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro for Atlanta/South Fultonβ¦ Brought her team to the Elite Eight of Georgia State Playoffsβ¦ Put on 2021-22 Preseason All-State and Atlanta Tipoff Club Preseason Watch Listβ¦ Averaged 17 points
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Personal
Full name is Xaviera Alexandria Dyer⦠Born on July 12, 2004, in Atlanta, Ga⦠Daughter to Marlena Dyer and Frances Mullins⦠Has three siblings named Candance, Aaliyah and Maurisha⦠Majoring in biology
Ashley Beverly Kelley - Troy University Sports Hall of Fame
Monday, April 28
Underdogs Untold: Title Ticket Punched
Friday, April 04
Chanda Rigby WNIT Championship Press Conference
Friday, April 04
Chanda Rigby Postgame Press Conference - Illinois State
Thursday, April 03
