Ayanna Townsend

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Winchester Thurston HS

CAREER STATS

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2021-22 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2021-22 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 20)
2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

REDSHIRT-JUNIOR (2021-22)
Played in 30 games, making 28 starts... averaged 26.0 minutes per game... averaged 9.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game... led the team in total blocks with 21... ranked third on the team in rebounding and fourth in scoring... led the team in field-goal percentage (.473)... ranked 12th in the BIG EAST in field-goal percentage (.473) and 15th in both rebounding (5.5) and blocked shots (0.7)... finished her career with 80 blocks to rank seventh all-time in program history... named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Dec. 20... scored in double figures 13 times... scored a season-high 18 points twice (Dec. 19 vs Southeast Missouri, March 4 vs St. John's)... had three games with 10 or more rebounds... pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds vs Southeast Missouri on Dec. 19... had two double-doubles (Dec. 19 vs Southeast Missouri, March 4 vs St. John's)... made a season-high eight field goals twice (Dec. 3 at Marquette, March 4 vs St. John's)... had a season-high three blocks twice (Dec. 3 at Marquette, Dec. 19 vs Southeast Missouri)... dished out a season-high three assists vs Seton Hall on March 1... had a season-high five steals at Creighton on Feb. 11... was named the 2021-22 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Musketeer to earn the academic honors since joining the conference in 2013.

REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Played in 14 games, making nine starts... averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.. led the team in total blocks (15)... averaged 1.1 blocks per game to rank 11th in the BIG EAST... added 10 steals and three assists... posted a .442 field-goal percentage (19-for-43)... had a season-high seven rebounds vs Indiana State on Dec. 14... scored a season-high 10 points vs Georgetown on Feb. 28.

REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Played in 30 games, making 21 starts... averaged 5.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game... led the team in blocks with 32, while ranking sixth in the BIG EAST... posted two double-doubles... added 10 assists and seven steals... scored a season-high 14 points twice (at Butler on Jan. 31 - at Creighton on Jan. 24)... scored in double figures seven times... had 10 or more rebounds in a game three times... posted a season-high five blocks vs Creighton on Feb. 23.

FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Played in seven games before suffering a season-ending injury... received a medial redshirt... averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game... added 12 blocks, two steals and two assists... hit 60 percent (15-for-25) of her shot attempts.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-sport athlete (crew, basketball and track)… led Winchester Thurston to its first ever WPIAL Championship as a senior… averaged 18.6 points and 14 rebounds per game as a junior… led her team to a 20-2 overall record last season… was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WPIAL Class 1A Player of the Year in 2017… also earned first-team all-conference honors in 2017… played for WPA Bruins AAU Team.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kacey Townsend... majoring in exercise science.