Alyssa Latham Season 2026-27

CAREER HONORS
• Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024-25, 2025-26)
• VOLeaders Academy (2024-25)
• All-ACC Freshman Team (2023-24)
• ACC Freshman of the Week (12/04/2023)

AT TENNESSEE
2025-26 (JUNIOR)
• Appeared in 27 games, starting 16 and averaging 4.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per contest
• Shot 53.9 percent from the field and 74.3 percent from the free throw line
• Scored in double figures five times, including three occasions versus SEC opponents
• Turned in 10 points, five rebounds, three steals, two assists, and two blocks in 17 minutes against Winthrop on Dec. 14
• Scored 10 points and had six rebounds, two steals, and an assist in 22 minutes of action against Southern Indiana on Dec. 22
• Efficient against Florida in the SEC opener, carding nine points, eight boards, two steals, an assist, and zero turnovers in 30 minutes on Jan. 1
• Tallied 12 points on 6-7 shooting and logged four rebounds, two assists, and a steal at Alabama on Jan. 18
• Pulled down eight caroms while chipping in two points and two steals at No. 1 UConn on Feb. 1
• Logged a season-best 15 points on 7-10 shooting from the field with five rebounds against Missouri on Feb. 12
• Finished with 10 points, a season-high three steals, two boards, and a dime at Ole Miss on Feb. 17
• Hit all three shot attempts en route to scoring six points while adding eight rebounds, two steals, and a block at No. 6 LSU on Feb. 26
• Traveled to Brazil for a service and leadership trip with the VOLeaders Academy during the summer of 2025

2024-25 (SOPHOMORE)
• Appeared in 34 games and started five during her first season on Rocky Top
• Averaged 3.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, shooting 47.8 percent as UT's first player off the bench in a team-most 24 games
• Fired in a season-best two treys to net six points along with four rebounds versus Middle Tennessee on Nov. 12
• Best performance came versus Florida State, when she carded a season-high nine points along with seven rebounds on Dec. 4
• Earned her first start of the season on Dec. 7 against No. 17 Iowa, carding five points, four rebounds, and three steals
• Started her second contest of the season, posting six points and five boards versus N.C. Central on Dec. 14
• Scored seven points and snared seven rebounds versus Tulsa in the West Palm Beach Classic on Dec. 21
• Grabbed seven rebounds while adding five points and two steals against Winthrop on Dec. 29
• Contributed six points (3-4 field goals), three rebounds, an assist, and a steal at Texas A&M on Jan. 2
• Corralled a season-high eight rebounds against LSU in Baton Rouge on Jan. 9
• Knocked down two treys for a total of six points during the Jan. 23 meeting with Texas
• Matched her season-high once again with two treys and carded six points at Florida on Feb. 23
• Contributed six points and seven boards at Kentucky on Feb. 27
• Tossed in seven points and grabbed seven rebounds against Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament on Mar. 5
• Logged eight points, four rebounds, three steals, an assist, and a block against South Florida in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Mar. 21

AT SYRACUSE
2023-24 (FRESHMAN)
• One of just three players to appear in all 32 games, earning starts in 26 of them
• Averaged 8.6 points per game and 7.0 rebounds to rank fourth and first on the team, respectively
• Shot 46 percent from the field and ranked second in percentage for Syracuse among players who averaged 20 or minutes per contest
• Led the team in rebounds (224) and blocks (42) and was fourth in steals (38)
• Paced the team with the most blocks 14 times and most rebounds on 10 occasions
• Scored in double figures 13 times, pulling down 10 or more rebounds on nine occasions, and finishing with a team-high six double-doubles
• Two of those double-doubles came in the first two contests of her collegiate career, as she tallied 15/10 and 11/11 points-rebounds efforts, respectively, versus Lafayette and Central Connecticut State
• Season-highs in scoring, rebounding and minutes came against Alabama, when she fired in 23 points on 9-10 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds in 40 minutes of court time on Nov. 30
• She later tied her best on the boards with 12 versus Notre Dame in the ACC opener on Dec. 31, also adding 21 points over 32 minutes against the Irish
• Scored the game-winning basket, a layup, with seven seconds remaining in a 19-point comeback win versus Clemson on Jan. 14
• Blocked a season-high six shots against Louisville on Feb. 11
• In Syracuse’s NCAA Tournament contests, Latham started in both and logged 35 minutes versus Arizona and 33 versus UConn
• Produced 10 points, five rebounds, two steals, and an assist versus the Wildcats and contributed six points, six rebounds, three steals, two blocks, and an assist against the Huskies

WHY VIRGINIA TECH
• Chose Virginia Tech because she knew this was the environment where she could be the best version of herself on the court

PREP
• Chosen for Who’s NXT All-American Game (2023)
• Chicago Tribune’s Daily Southtown Girls Player of the Year (2023)
• Max Preps Illinois Player of the Year (2022)
• USA Today’s Illinois Rising Star of the Year (2022)
• Two-time IBCA 4A All-State First Team (2021, 2023)
• Named to IBCA 4A All-State Second Team (2022)
• SWSC Blue Conference Player of the Year (2022)
• Averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds per game as a senior
• Averaged 19.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game as a junior
• Averaged 15.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game as a sophomore
• Averaged 9.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game as a freshman.
• Helped Homewood-Flossmoor to a 69-24 record during her career
• Led H-F to 2023 conference and regional champs 

CLUB
• Competed with Midwest Elite for four years

RECRUITING RANKINGS
• No. 72 overall player, four-star rating in the espnW 100 (2023)

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Johnny and Cordia Latham
• Has five sisters and a brother
• Her oldest sister, Arianna Dampier Latham, is the head women’s basketball coach at Southwestern Michigan College
• Graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2026 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, received Cum Laude distinction
• Majoring in Consumer Studies
• Aspires to play basketball professionally or to be an architect
• Enjoys making TikToks or scrolling on the app in her free time
• Her hobbies and interests include legos and hanging out with family and friends