2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Laila Phelia
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, OH
- High School:
- Mount Notre Dame
- Major:
- Communication and Rhetorical Studies
After Syracuse: Signed to Atlanta Dream Training Camp ... Signed with ZKK Brod na Savi of the Croatian Premier League
Redshirt Senior (2025-26): Named All-ACC Second Team … Named to Ann Meyers-Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Preseason Top 20 … Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Team … Selected for the 2026 Lilly Women’s College All-Star Game … Appeared and started in 32 games … Averaged 13.7 points per game and 2.8 rebounds … Shot 39.5% from the field and 85.4% from the free throw line … Scored a career-high 38 points in 38 minutes shooting 68.4% from the floor against Virginia (1/11) … Tallied a career-high 7 steals and scored 23 points against Georgia Tech (1/29) … Played a season-high 40 minutes scoring 21 points and adding 3 rebounds and 5 assists against Miami (FL) (2/1) … Had a season-high 2 blocks alongside 18 points and 3 steals in a first-round NCAA Tournament win against Iowa State (3/21) … Secured a season-high 6 rebounds and scored 14 points against Auburn (12/3) … Scored 17 points and tallied 5 steals against Wake Forest (1/4)
Prior to Syracuse:
Texas (2024-25): Appeared in 8 games ... Averaged 6.1 points per game and 2.1 rebounds ... Shot 40.5% from the field and a career-best 89.5% from the free throw line ... Was sidelined for the remainder of the season due to injury
Michigan (2021-24): Named USWBA National Freshman of the Week ... 2x Big Ten Freshman of the Week ... Named to the All-Big Ten Second Team her sophomore year ... Named to All-Big Ten First Team her junior year ... Preseason All-Big Ten, Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List, Wooden Award Watch List, and Naismith Award Watch List in the 2023-24 season ... Appeared in 88 games ... Totaled 1,243 points and 307 rebounds ... Averaged a career-best 16.8 points per game her junior season ... Shot 42.3% from the field and 80.1% from the free throw line
International Experience: Won a silver medal at the 2023 AmeriCup as part of USA Basketball
