Brittany Boyd

Brittany Boyd-Jones (née Boyd; born June 11, 1993) is an American basketball free agent in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Chicago Sky. She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. She was selected by New York in the first round of the 2015 WNBA draft with the ninth overall pick.[1]

Brittany Boyd-Jones
Boyd in 2015
Personal information
Born (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight156 lb (71 kg)
Career information
High schoolBerkeley (Berkeley, California)
CollegeCalifornia (2011–2015)
WNBA draft2015: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2015–present
PositionPoint guard
Number15
Career history
2015–2019New York Liberty
2021Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Boyd grew up in Richmond, California,[2][3] and attended high school in Berkeley at Berkeley High.[4] As a senior in college, she helped Cal advance to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.[5] Boyd averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game for the season, and was a semifinalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year.[1][4] She was the first player in the history of the Pac-12 Conference to reach career totals of 1,400 points, 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 300 steals.[4]

Boyd played five seasons with New York. In 2019, she tied a career high with 33 games played while starting in a career-high 17 contests. The Liberty waived her after the season.[6]

She was picked up by the Sky in 2021, but waved by the team in May of 2021.[7]

Career statistics

Source[8]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
College statistics
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 California 35 358 37.5% 16.4% 58.6% 3.9 4.8 2.5 0.2 10.2
2012-13 California 35 438 37.3% 28.7% 60.6% 5.4 4.4 2.6 0.3 12.5
2013-14 California 31 457 37.8% 24.3% 64.6% 6.6 6.0 2.9 0.2 14.7
2014-15 California 33 442 41.1% 34.3% 62.7% 7.7 6.8 2.9 0.1 13.4
Career 134 1695 38.4% 26.7% 61.9% 5.9 5.5 2.7 0.2 12.6

References
  1. Hammon, Stephanie (April 16, 2015). "Cal's Brittany Boyd and Stanford's Amber Orrange are headed to New York as WNBA teammates, having both been drafted by the Liberty". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
  2. Smith, Michelle (April 6, 2013). "There's no place like home". espnW.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015.
  3. "Creative Genius". Slam. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015.
  4. "Cal's Brittany Boyd is a Naismith semifinalist". San Jose Mercury News. March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
  5. Vernon, Mike (March 22, 2015). "Cal's Boyd, Gray see careers end with loss to Texas". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
  6. Rose, Mike (April 21, 2020). "Liberty waive veteran guard Brittany Boyd". Newsday. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. "Brittany Boyd-Jones WNBA Stats & News". www.rotowire.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  8. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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