SaniyaRivers

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

• Selected 8th overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun.

2025 SEASON WITH CONNECTICUT:

• Appeared in 25 regular season games for the Sun, starting 11.
• Averaged 8.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game.
• Finished the regular season 6^th in PPG, 9^th in RPG, 4^th in APG, 3^rd in SPG and 1^st in BPG amongst all WNBA rookies.
• Concluded the season with 43 three-point field goals made and 100 stocks, which both marked new franchise single season rookie records.
• Only rookie in the WNBA during the 2025 regular season to hit the 100-stock mark and was just one of seven players across the league to achieve the feat in 2025.
• Scored 10+ points on 17 occasions, including a career-high 20 points on July 13 against Los Angeles.
• Led or co-led the Sun in assists 11 times, steals 18 times and blocks 19 times in 2025.
• Recorded a career-high five blocks during the Sun’s match-up with the Fever on August 17, joining Tina Charles and Elizabeth Williams as the only Sun rookies to record at least five blocks in a regular season game in franchise history.
• Became the only rookie in Sun history to finish their first season in the WNBA with at least 370 points, 115 rebounds, 110 assists and 60 steals. The only other rookie in WNBA history to achieve those stats was Tamika Catchings in 2002 with the Fever.

COLLEGE CAREER:

• Played one season at the University of South Carolina (2021-2022) before transferring to North Carolina State for her final three collegiate seasons (2022-2025).
• 2x All-America Honorable Mention (2024, 2025)
• 2x All-ACC First Team member (2024, 2025)
• 2x ACC All-Defensive Team member (2024, 2025)
• ACC Sixth Player of the Year (2023)
• 2022 NCAA National Champion (with South Carolina)
• Helped lead NC State to an ACC regular season title (2025), as well as the program’s first Final Four appearance (2024) since the 1998 season.
• Only player in NC State program history with at least 1,100 points, 600 rebounds, 350 assists, 180 steals and 100 blocks, accomplishing the feat in just three seasons.
• One of 10 players on the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Midseason Watch List (2024-2025).
• Recorded a career-high and team best nine double-doubles during her senior season.
• During her junior season: top 10 candidate for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, top 40 candidate for the USBWA National Player of the Year, WBCA All-America Regional finalist, Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and Top 50 lists, as well as Naismith Trophy Midseason and Preseason Watch List recipient.