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Trinity Rowe (11) and Melyia Grayson (45) celebrate after a basket against Louisiana

Melyia Grayson (45) at the line against Marshall

Melyia Grayson (45) hoists the Mayor's Cup

Lady Eagles Celebrate a Melyia Grayson (45) And-One

Melyia Grayson

Position:
Center
Height:
6-3
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Hattiesburg, Miss.
High School:
Hattiesburg HS
Major:
Sport Coaching Education

Career Honors
Sun Belt Conference Third Team (1) – 2023-24
Conference USA Freshman of the Year (1) – 2020-21
Conference USA Honorable Mention (1) – 2021-22
Conference USA Freshman team (1) – 2020-21
Conference USA Player of the Week (1) – Feb. 7, 2022
Conference USA Freshman of the Week (2) – Dec. 21, 2020; Jan. 18, 2021
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (1) – 2021-22

2023-24 (COVID-Junior): Started in all 34 games for the Lady Eagles, extending her current and career-best start streak to 59-straight games ... Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors ... Scored in double figures in 26 contests, reaching the 20-point mark three times ... Pulled down double-digit boards in 12 contests to record 11 double-doubles on the year ... Also blocked three-or-more shots in five games ... Scored 430 points on the year, joining the program's 1,000-point club at Troy (Jan. 25) ... Finished the year with 1,195 career points to rank 19th on the Southern Miss scoring charts ... Scored at a .540 percent clip, connecting on 177 of her 328 field goals ... Also hit .738 at the charity stripe ... Set new career bests in rebounds (284), assists (29), blocks (40) and steals (23) ... Led the Lady Eagles in field goal percentage and rebounding ... Hauled in 19 rebounds against Georgia State, the most by a Lady Eagle since 2009 ... Season-high 24 points against South Alabama (Jan. 13) while season-high of 11 made field goals came against UAB (March 20) ... Against the Blazers in WNIT first round action, Grayson scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to finish with 22 points and 16 rebounds.

2022-23 (COVID-Sophomore): Started in 26 of 27 appearances over season … Averaged 11.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game on a team-best 54.7 percent shooting … Led team in rebounds (182), rebounds per game (6.7), field goal percentage (54.7) and blocks (16) … Enjoyed 15 games of double-figure scoring and three with 20 or more … Recorded three double-doubles on the year: Jan. 19 at Appalachian State, Feb. 24 at Louisiana and March 3 vs. Arkansas State … Back-to-back double-doubles on Feb. 24 and March 3 for a two-game total of 27 points and 14 rebounds … Ranks 234th nationally in rebounds per game and 32nd for field goal percentage … Career field goal percentage is now 54.0 percent (327-of-606).

2021-22 (Sophomore): Appeared in 28 games with 26 starts on the year ... One of just two Lady Eagles to average in double figures in points, finishing with 10.8 points and a team-best with 5.8 rebounds per game ... Named Feb. 7’s Conference USA Player of the Week on after she averaged 21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game on the week ... Just the second Lady Eagle to earn honorable mention honors from the conference ... Recorded six double-doubles on the year ... Had a career-high 32 points to propel Southern Miss over Florida Atlantic ... Scored 20 or more points four times, including back-to-back 21-point performances against Georgia State (Dec. 1) and South Alabama (Dec. 5).

2020-21 (Freshman): Just the second Lady Eagle in program history to be named Conference USA Freshman of the Year and the 12th player selected to the C-USA All-Freshman Team ... Averaged 8.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 17 games with three starts ... Lead the Black and Gold in rebounds, pulling down 99... Accounted for nearly half of the team’s total blocks, swatting away 20 shots on the year ... Opened the season with back-to-back double-figure scoring efforts with 10 against Nicholls (Dec. 18) and a season-high 21 against William Carey (Dec. 19) en route to being named Freshman of the Week ... Opened Conference USA play on a tear, scoring in double figures in four of the first five conference contests ... Went a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor against Middle Tennessee (Jan. 15) to score 16, while going for eight and blocking a season-high four shots the next day to earn her second Freshman of the Week nod ... Recorded her first career double-double against North Texas (Feb. 13) going for 10 points and 10 rebounds ... Matched a season-high with 10 rebounds against Florida International (Feb. 19).

High School: Averaged 13.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks for Hattiesburg HS … Nominated to McDonald’s All-American Game … Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen … Led the Tigers to the 2018 Class 5A State Championship taking home MVP honors … Three-time All-State selection … Sports 601 Hattiesburg Player of the Year … Two-time District MVP … Selected to North/South and Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game ... Also lettered in volleyball, tallying the most kills on the team

Personal: Daughter of Lucile Jefferson and Savalas Grayson … First player out of Hattiesburg HS to sign under Joye Lee-McNelis … Cousin of former NFL WR Donte Moncrief … Majoring in sport coaching education and economics.