Georgia State University Athletics

ATHLETIC HONORS:
Center Parc Credit Union Student Athlete of the Week: 2/2/26

ACADEMIC HONORS:
President's List - Spring 2026
Dean's List- Fall 2025

2026: Ran in 11 meets thought her first season with the Panthers, including the NCAA East Regional Qualifier in the 200 and 400-meter events... Claimed a second-place finish in the 400-meter with a personal-best 52.81 time at the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 14-16)... Also ran a personal-best 23.36 time in the 200-meter at the conference championship meet... Claimed titles in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events at the Emory Dooley Elite (April 4), including a personal-best 11.85 time in the 100-meter... Finished 3rd in the 200-meter at the Son McGarey Invitational (March 27-28)... Claimed a second-place finish in the 400-meter at the Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field championships (Feb. 23-24)... Claimed third-place finishes in both the 200 and 4000-meter events at the Samford Bulldog Invite (Feb. 13)... Claimed the title in the 200-meter, finished 3rd in the 60-meter and participated on the 4x400 team that claimed the title at the University of South Alabama Jaguar Invite (Feb. 1)... Finished 5th at the 60-mete, and participated on the 4x400 relay team that claimed a second-place finish at the Samford Open (Jan. 17)... Started the season with a personal-best 39.72 time in the 300-meter to claim a fourth-place finish in the event at the UAB Blazer Invitational (Jan. 9). 


2021-24 (AT DILLARD): NAIA ALL-AMERICAN... 9x Dillard university record holder... 200-meter national runner up... 400-meter national runner up... 4x GCAC/HBCUAC MVP... 16x GCAC/HBCUAC individual champion... 8x GCAC/HBCUAC Team champion... 20x GCAC/HBCUAC All-Conference... 8x NAIA Academic All American... 2025 indoor NAIA champion of character award... 2x national runner up (400m and 200m)... Multi-Winner of HBCUAC and GCAC athlete of the Week... HBCUAC 2025 Track Athlete Pre Season of the Year... 4x undefeated cross country all conference... HBCU Made Excellence Track Athlete of the Year 2024... HBCU Sports Award Sprinter of the Year Finalist... 2× South Region Athlete of the Year Finalist... National Runner-Up in NAIA Championships... NAIA Champion of Character Award 2025... Freshman of the Year 2022... XC and Track Team Captain (2023–2024)

HIGH SCHOOL: Top 5 state runner at Hahnville High School... Record holder in the 200-meter and the 4x100 relays... Participated on a team that won district four consecutive years... Honors student who participated in Beta Club and student council... Honors Theater Student (thespian club)... Student of the Year finalist... Honors Choir student. 


PERSONAL: Born Feb. 13, 2003 to parents Kevin and Shantrell Byrd... Relative of LaRon Byrd, who played for the Carolina Panthers...Comes to GSU as a graduate student from Dillard University, where she earned her bachelors in film and minored in business administration.