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Ta'Niya Latson
	Latson with Florida State in 2023
No. 00 – Florida State Seminoles
Position	Guard
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
High school	Miami Country Day; (Miami, Florida); Charles W. Flanagan; (Pembroke Pines, Florida); Westlake; (Atlanta, Georgia); American Heritage; (Plantation, Florida);
College	Florida State (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
	USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2023); WBCA Freshman of the Year (2023); 2× First-team All-ACC (2023, 2024); ACC Rookie of the Year (2023); ACC All-Freshman Team (2023); McDonald's All-American (2022); Florida Miss Basketball (2022);

Ta'Niya Latson is an American college basketball player for the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

High school career

Latson played for Miami Country Day School in Miami, Florida and Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida during her freshman season, before moving to Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] She was teammates with Raven Johnson at Westlake and led the team to its first GEICO Nationals title as a junior,^[2] as well as two state titles.^[3] For her senior season, Latson transferred to American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. After leading the team to a Class 5A state title, she earned Miss Basketball, Gatorade Player of the Year and Class 5A Player of the Year honors for Florida. Latson was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game.^[4] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for Florida State over offers from Baylor, Georgia, Kentucky, Miami (Florida), NC State, Texas and Virginia Tech.^[5]

College career

On November 7, 2022, Latson made her debut for Florida State, recording 28 points and nine rebounds in a 113–50 win over Bethune–Cookman.^[6] Three days later, in her second game, she scored 34 points in an 80–71 win over Kent State,^[7] the most points by a Florida State freshman since Sue Galkantas in 1981.^[8] On December 11, Latson scored 34 points again in a 108–51 win over Texas Southern.^[9] She missed the 2023 NCAA tournament with an undisclosed injury. As a freshman, Latson averaged 21.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game and was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection. She scored 659 points, the most by a freshman in ACC history, and broke the program record with seven 30-point games.^[10] Latson was named ACC Rookie of the Year and set the conference record with 10 Rookie of the Week honors.^[11] She won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year and WBCA Freshman of the Year awards.^[12]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2022–23	Florida State	31	31	29.5	45.5	36.2	85.9	4.5	2.9	1.6	0.7	2.6	21.3
2023–24	Florida State	33	33	31.0	43.8	27.0	85.3	4.2	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	21.4°
Career		64	64	30.3	44.6	317	85.6	4.3	3.5	1.6	0.6	2.8	21.3
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.^[13]

Off the court

In popular culture

In April 2024, Latson attended Kelsey Plum's second annual Dawg Class, a 3-day camp to help top women college athletes transition from collegiate to professional basketball.^[14] The 2024 camp was held at the IMG Academy and sponsored by Under Armour.^[14]