Taliyah Wyche

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
American Heritage
Hometown:
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Prev School:
Florida

Career: Appeared in 97 career games with 21 starts... Registered 285 total points and 268 total rebounds… Played in 46 games and made all of her 21 starts as a Pirate… Scored 182 points and grabbed 148 rebounds in Purple and Gold.

2024-25 as a Senior: Appeared in 17 games, making eight starts… Recorded 76 points, 62 rebounds and 15 blocks… Posted a double-double and scored in double figures with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Charleston Southern (11/6)… Secured five-or-more rebounds in six games… Scored seven-plus points seven times.

2023-24 as a Junior: Played in 29 games and made 13 starts… Recorded 106 points, 86 rebounds, 16 blocks, 16 steals and 11 assists on the season… Posted 11 points and eight rebounds vs. UTSA (1/2)… Grabbed four-plus rebounds on 10 occasions… Scored five-or-more points 10 times… Made two three-point shots on five attempts (vs. UTSA on 1/2 and at South Florida on 1/28).

2022-23 (at Florida): Competed in 22 games for the gators with 14.0 minutes per game… Averaged 1.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game… Put up eight points against UNC Greensboro on Dec. 18… Grabbed nine rebounds against Presbyterian on Dec. 6.

2021-22 (at Florida): Competed in 29 games for the Gators, averaging 10.1 minutes per game
Averaged 2.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game… Scored a season-best seven points to go with six rebounds against Dayton on Dec. 8… Put together a six-point, six-rebound performance at Vanderbilt on Feb. 24… Swatted two shots against the Flyers (12/8)… Played a season-high 20 minutes against South Carolina while pulling down six rebounds (1/30)… Shot 45.6% from the field during the season.

Prep: Helped lead American Heritage (Broward County) to four-straight state championships; just the fifth program in state history to do so… Tabbed the Florida Dairy Farmers’ Class 5A Player of the Year and the Sun Sentinel’s Broward County Class 5A-1A player of the year as a senior… Averaged 15 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 2.3 assists per game in her final season of prep hoops… Posted 14 points and seven boards in the Patriots’ win over Melbourne Palm Bay in the 2021 5A championship game… Her American Heritage team rose to as high as No. 25 in the espnW High School Top 25 and No. 12 nationally by MaxPreps… Named the Sun Sentinel's Broward 5A-1A girls basketball co-player of the year (other player was her sister Tatyana) in 2020… Registered averages of 19 points and 14 rebounds as a junior… In the 2020 Class 5A state title game against Pensacola Pine Forest, exploded for 31 points and 11 rebounds… Broward County Class 6A-1A Second Team selection as a sophomore… Earned a 90 overall scout's grade from ESPN; three-star recruit.