2018-19: C
apped one of the best careers in women’s basketball program history by leading the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in assists per game (5.1) and assist/turnover ratio (1.8) ... Finished 11th in the conference in free throw percentage and No. 6 in scoring with 15.8 points per game ... First-Team All-MEAC and was selected as a BOXTOROW Second-Team All-American ... As a senior, started every game she played (30) for the Hawks after fully recovering from a knee injury that significantly affected both her sophomore and junior seasons ... Helped lead the team to a 17-win campaign matching the program record for victories in a single season ... Is No. 5 in all-time scoring with 1,209 points, No. 2 in all-time assists with 353, No. 2 in assists per game with 3.9, No. 7 in points per game with 13.3, No. 5 in free throws made with 316, No. 7 in made field goals with 389 and No. 7 in 3-pointers made with 115 ... Was Hawks Student Athlete Advisory Committee President and MEAC SAAC Secretary ... Named Female Student Athlete of the Year at the Harry's Awards ... Also honored as Female Citizen Athlete of the Year ... Was the team's Most Valuable Player as well ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ...
2017-18: Led the Hawks in scoring (11.1 points per game), assists per game (3.1), free throws made (59), minutes per game (30) ... Was second on team in 3-point percentage (.329), free throw percentage (.711) ... Grabbed 2.6 rebounds per game as a point guard ... Started 19 of 20 games, after returning from a serious knee injury ... Named team’s Most Improved Player ...
2016-17: Led the squad in scoring (14.6 PPG) and assists (4.5 APG) before suffering a season-ending injury ... Started all 12 games she played and scored double-figures in 10-out-of-12 contests ... Selected MEAC Player of the Week (Dec. 19) ... Named to the 2016 FAU Holiday All-Tournament Team ... tallied 14 points at No. 6/5 Maryland (11/16/16) ... produced 19 points and nine assists (career-high) in the road win at UMBC (11/19/16) ... registered 19 points at North Carolina State (11/21/16) ... recorded 12 points and eight assists in the home victory versus UNCG (11/29/16) ... tallied 13 points and three steals (career-high) in the road win at Mount St. Mary's (12/07/16) ... registered 11 points versus Saint Francis (Pa.) (12/16/16) ... had a season-high 25 points in the road victory at Florida Atlantic (12/17/16) ... produced 16 points at Virginia (12/21/16) ... scored 12 points at USC-Upstate (12/30/16) ... named to the 2017 MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team.
2015-16: Played all 29 games and started the final 17 contests of the season ... Named the team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) ... in her first season, she received numerous weekly honors from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) and College Sports Madness (CSM) ... All-MEAC Rookie Team ... led the squad in multiple categories, including total points (346), assists (83), and field goals made (112) ... in the conference, she finished seventh in assists-per-game (2.9) ... in her collegiate debut versus Georgetown (11/13/15), she registered five points ... recorded a game-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting in the home win against USC-Upstate (11/15/15) ... chipped in 11 points at Northeastern (11/19/15) ... netted 10 points at Xavier (11/22/15) ... tallied a game-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the road win at North Carolina A&T State (12/7/15) ... in her first collegiate start, she produced 12 points versus Old Dominion (12/22/15) ... registered a team-high 17 points in a career-high 41 minutes against Morgan State (01/11/16) ... scored 14 points on 8-of-8 shooting the charity stripe in the double overtime win over Bethune-Cookman (01/23/16) ... registered 14 points at Coppin State (01/30/16) ... tallied 10 points in home victory against Howard (02/01/16) ... recorded a team-high 18 points versus Hampton (02/06/16) ... produced a team-high 22 points against Norfolk State (02/08/16) ... netted 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting in the road win at Delaware State (02/13/16) ... notched a career-high 27 points on 8-of-15 shooting in the road victory at Howard (02/16/16) ... had a team-high 17 points in the homecoming win versus South Carolina State (02/20/16) ... registered a team-high 19 points and a career-high seven assists in the home win against Delaware State (02/27/16) ... tallied a team-high 18 points in the road victory at Morgan State (03/03/16) ... recorded 10 points against Howard in the MEAC Tournament First Round.
High School/Club: A two-sport letterman in basketball and track & field … Guided her squad to the 2015 National Championship while being named Most Valuable Player (MVP) … Netted a career-high 28 points in a game … Played for Phoenix in the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) in Greensboro, North Carolina … A four-time all-star selection (2011-14) … Won a state title in four consecutive seasons (2010-2014) … Academically, she graduated cum laude at New Hope Christian Academy.
Personal: Nickname is Cece … Born June 19, 1997 in North Carolina … Daughter of Cynthia and Eugene Byrom … Has a brother, Donte, and a sister, Tanika Zachary … Major is Criminal Justice … Plans to either play basketball professionally or begin her career in Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) … Pre-game routine / superstitions is praying and wearing a headband … Most influential people are her best friend, Celeste Burgess, and NBA player Rajon Rondo … Favorite saying is, “The amount of work done will be the amount of work shown” … Hobbies outside of sports is singing … Favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee … Favorite movie is Taken … Personal best sports moment is winning a 2013 championship … Personal best non-athletic moment is maintaining a job while being a student-athlete … Personal athletic goals before graduating is becoming a starter and leader.
Career Highs
Minutes: 38 (2x, last 12/20/18 Mount St. Mary’s)
Points: 31 (1/7/19 Howard)
Rebounds: 9 (11/9/18 Georgetown)
Assists: 12 (2/2/19 South Carolina State)
Steals: 3 (5x, last 1/29/18 Coppin)
Blocks: 2 (12/8/18 Wake Forest)
FGM: 10 (12/17/16 FAU)
3PTM: 4 (6x, last 12/5/18 Syracuse)
FTM: 14 (1/7/19 Howard)
Career Double-Doubles
2 — Last — 1/5/19 South Carolina State
