2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster

Sydney Umeri
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Acworth, Georgia
- High School:
- Lovett School
2016-17 (Senior)
Appeared in all 30 games with 25 starts … Averaged 18.7 minutes per game … Recorded 72 points and 89 rebounds on the season … Shot 41.3 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from the free throw line … Totaled 10 assists, nine blocks and 16 steals … Scored a season-high eight points behind a 4-for-5 effort at Arizona (12/17) … Also netted eight points with a 3-for-5 performance at West Virginia (2/27) … Grabbed a season-best nine boards at Iowa State (1/9) … Tied her career-high with three steals and played a season-best 32 minutes at Memphis (11/20) … Shot 60 percent or higher on nine occasions.
2015-16 (Junior at Virginia)
Appeared in all 34 games with 29 starts … Averaged 21.9 minutes per game … Recorded 78 points and 115 rebounds on the season … Shot 37.2 percent from the field and 93.3 percent from the free throw line … Made her first four field goal attempts at Georgia Tech (1/17), finishing with eight points and seven rebounds … Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds at NC State (1/27).
2014-15 (Sophomore at Virginia)
Appeared in all 31 games … Averaged 18.5 minutes per game … Recorded 84 points and 98 rebounds on the season … Swatted away 14 blocks … Shot 46.7 percent from the field and 87.5 percent from the charity stripe … Grabbed eight rebounds at Xavier (11/20) … Registered second double-digit scoring game of career at Illinois (12/3), also matching career high with eight rebounds … Averaged 6.5 rebounds in the final two games of the year.
2013-14 (Freshman at Virginia)
Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in all 31 games with 11 starts … Played 18 minutes per game … Averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game … Recorded four blocks … Shot 34.4 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from the free throw line … Made her collegiate debut at James Madison (11/8), playing 30 minutes and registering four points in her debut … Recorded first double-digit scoring effort at Liberty (11/19) with 12 points … Scored six of her eight points at Wake Forest (1/30) in a span of 1:42 during the second half.
High School
Prepped at The Lovett School … Ranked No. 29 overall and as the No. 9 forward by ESPN HoopGurlz … Won a gold medal with the 2011 USA Basketball’s U16 team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mérida, Mexico … A 2013 McDonald’s All-America nominee … Helped lead The Lovett School to a 2012 Georgia Region 6AA championship … A four-time All-Region 6AA team member … A two-time Atlanta Tipoff Club Jackie Bradford All-Metro Girls honorable mention selection … Also lettered in track and volleyball.
Personal
The daughter of Bernard and Cathy Umeri … Has a younger brother, Justin … Worked as a summer intern at ESPN’s “Around the Horn” in 2015.