2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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24 Ra Shaya Kyle

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Marion HS
  • Hometown Marion, Ind.
  • Instagram rashayak24
  • Twitter ra_kyle23

Biography

Overview
  • Entering her third season as a Gator in 2024 after playing at Purdue for two years
  • In the 2023-24 season she had a double-double in 50% of contests played
  • Led Florida with the highest field goal percentage in her junior and senior year
  • Was recognized as a McDonald's All-America nominee
  • Five-star athlete, No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player, and a rating of 97 by ESPN
2024-25, Senior Season 
  • Logged double digit points in six consecutive games to open the season
  • Recorded a career high 25 points against Tulane (Nov.28)
  • Has posted 16 double-doubles on the season and 28 in her UF career
  • Tallied five consecutive double-doubles
  • Earned 20+ points in five outings
  • Second leading scorer for Florida averaging 14.2 points per game
  • Leading rebounder for the Gators with 8.7 per game
  • Recorded 1000 career points (Jan.30)
  • Logged a season high 13 rebounds vs. Alabama (Jan. 2)
  • Secured 638 total rebounds in her three seasons at Florida 
  • Sealed 32 double digit outings on the season
  • Led in scoring 12 times this season and 19 in her total career

2023-24, Senior Season 
  • Closed out the season averaging 12.4 points, and 9.2 rebounds in 14 games played
  • Recorded seven double-doubles in 14 games played
  • Garnered one or more blocks in 10 of 14 games played
  • Led Florida's roster with a 58.1 FG percentage 
  • Recorded a season-high 18 points vs. Columbia
  • Scored in double-digits for 79% of contests played
  • Documented a career-high five assists at Georgia Tech (Nov. 29)
  • Tied a career-high with two steals at Gardner-Webb on Dec. 17
  • Season ended early due to injury at Vanderbilt
2022-23 Junior Season
  • Played in 31 games for the Gators starting in 27 of them 
  • Averaged 20.5 minutes a game over the course of the season
  • Recorded an average of 9.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game
  • Snagged 5 double-doubles for the Gators
  • Accumulated a total of 291 points over the course of the season 
  • Led the team with the highest field goal percentage standing at 48.9%
  • Threw up a total of 225 shots from the field, going 110-of-225 
  • Shot 70.3% from the free throw line going 71-of-101 
  • Season high in single game scoring was 17 points against Arkansas (Jan. 5)
  • Sunk 8 free throws against LSU for a season high at the charity line
  • Accumulated and led the team with 188 rebounds for the Gators
  • Grabbed the most defensive rebounds for the team with a total of 136 
  • Season high in rebounding was 17 against Texas A&M (Feb. 2)
2021-22, Sophomore Season (Purdue)
  • Played in and started first nine games of the season, before a nagging injury kept her off the court the rest of the year
  • Averaged 11 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game over 19.3 minutes per night
  • Shot 54.9% from the field
  • Posted first two career double-doubles, first coming with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Marshall on Nov. 22
  • Added a 13-point, 10-rebound outing against Florida State on Nov. 27
  • Hit double figures in scoring in five games with a pair of 10-plus-rebound outings
  • Turned away a trio of shots in back-to-back games against Illinois State on Nov. 17 and Dayton on Nov. 20
  • Played a career-high 28 minutes against Florida State on Nov. 27
2020-21, Freshman Season (Purdue)
  • Came off the bench in all 23 appearances
  • Averaged 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game
  • Shot 57.3% from the field
  • Went 27-54 at the line, the fourth-most free throws on the team and attempted the third most
  • Grabbed a rebound every three minutes of floor time
  • One-of-three freshmen from the Big Ten to record 30 offensive rebounds
  • Ranked fifth among freshmen in the nation with a defensive rebounding percentage of 25.3% and 10th with a 18.9% total rebounding percentage
  • Made debut against North Alabama on Nov. 29 to go for 16 points and nine rebounds, nearly recording a double-double
  • Nine boards in opener were second most by a rookie debut since 1998-99
  • Finished in double figures twice
  • Led the team in rebounding twice and blocks 12 times
Prep
  • Four-year letterwinner at Marion High School under Lawrence Jordan  
  • Named McDonald's All-America nominee
  • Tabbed to the Indiana Miss Basketball Midseason Top-10
  • IBCA Senior Supreme 15 and All-State selection in 2020
  • IBCA Large School All-State in 2019 and 2020
  • IBCA Honorable Mention Underclass All-State in 2018
  • Tabbed AP First Team All-State in 2020 and Honorable Mention All-State in 2019
  • Named First Team All-North Central Conference in 2019 and 2018
  • No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and rating of 22 by Dan Olson Girls Basketball Report
  • No. 7 center in the nation, No. 43 overall player and a four-star athlete by Prospect Nation
  • Five-star athlete, No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and a rating of 97 by ESPN HoopGurlz
  • Picked as an Indiana Senior All-Star
  • Named to Indiana Junior All-Star team
  • Won the 2018 regional title at Marion, finishing the season in semi-state against Northwestern and Madison Layden
  • Closed career with 1,816 points on a 52% clip from the field
  • One of the top-100 scorers in IHSAA history
  • Recorded 1,021 rebounds and 259 blocks in career
  • Tallied 627 points as a senior to rank 31st in the nation, while hauling down 314 rebounds
  • Set a Marion High School record with 50 points against Southwood on Jan. 8, 2020
  • One of 47 players in state history to score 50 or more points in a game, a list that includes Purdue greats Stephanie White, MaChelle Joseph, Cindy Lamping and Jodi Howell

Statistics

Season:
2024-25

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2022-23Junior

    Center
    6'6"
    24
  • 24

    2023-24Senior

    Center
    6'6"
    24
  • 24

    2024-25Senior

    Center
    6'6"
    24

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