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Jersey Number 1
Mariyah Noel
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kan.
Prior to Kansas
at Xavier (2026)
All-Big East Second Team selection, becoming first Xavier player to earn second team honors since joining the conference in 2014…Leading scorer for the Musketeers, averaging 14.9 points per game in her lone season…Added 6.3 rebounds per game, while ranking second on the team with 73 assists and fourth with 29 steals…Shot 37.3 percent (158-424) from the field, 31.6 percent (31-98) from 3FG and 76.2 percent (99-130) from the free throw line…Ranked second in the Big East in free throw attempts…Scored in double figures 24 times, with nine games of 20+ points and a career-high 30 vs. St. John’s (Jan. 17)…Recorded four double-doubles, pulling down a career 11 rebounds vs. Ohio (Nov. 20) and at St. John’s (Feb. 4).
at Mississippi (2024-25)
Played in 36 games across two seasons with the Rebels…Helped the team to a pair of 20-win seasons and two NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round in 2024 and the Sweet 16 in 2025…Totaled 66 points, 40 rebounds and 18 assists…Added 12 blocked shots and five steals.
High School
Three-sport standout at Bonner Springs HS, where she competed in basketball, volleyball and track & field…Named the 2023 Sports in Kansas Class 5A Player of the Year and Top 5 All-Class selection…Averaged better than 23 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals per game as a junior…Coached by Payton Leslie at Bonner Springs…Also a stellar track & field athlete, winning two Class 5A State Championships in the discus throw.
Personal
Daughter of Noel Brown and Glenda Fay…Has three sisters: Brianna, Skyye and Tierra…Cousin Jaylin Noel plays in the NFL for the Houston Texans.
at Xavier (2026)
All-Big East Second Team selection, becoming first Xavier player to earn second team honors since joining the conference in 2014…Leading scorer for the Musketeers, averaging 14.9 points per game in her lone season…Added 6.3 rebounds per game, while ranking second on the team with 73 assists and fourth with 29 steals…Shot 37.3 percent (158-424) from the field, 31.6 percent (31-98) from 3FG and 76.2 percent (99-130) from the free throw line…Ranked second in the Big East in free throw attempts…Scored in double figures 24 times, with nine games of 20+ points and a career-high 30 vs. St. John’s (Jan. 17)…Recorded four double-doubles, pulling down a career 11 rebounds vs. Ohio (Nov. 20) and at St. John’s (Feb. 4).
at Mississippi (2024-25)
Played in 36 games across two seasons with the Rebels…Helped the team to a pair of 20-win seasons and two NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round in 2024 and the Sweet 16 in 2025…Totaled 66 points, 40 rebounds and 18 assists…Added 12 blocked shots and five steals.
High School
Three-sport standout at Bonner Springs HS, where she competed in basketball, volleyball and track & field…Named the 2023 Sports in Kansas Class 5A Player of the Year and Top 5 All-Class selection…Averaged better than 23 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals per game as a junior…Coached by Payton Leslie at Bonner Springs…Also a stellar track & field athlete, winning two Class 5A State Championships in the discus throw.
Personal
Daughter of Noel Brown and Glenda Fay…Has three sisters: Brianna, Skyye and Tierra…Cousin Jaylin Noel plays in the NFL for the Houston Texans.
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