Wyvette Mayberry Signs with Arkansas Women’s Basketball
FAYETTEVILLE – A familiar name will return to the University of Arkansas as Razorback women’s basketball head coach Kelsi Musick announced the signing of Wyvette Mayberry, a transfer guard from Kansas.
Mayberry is the daughter of Razorback legend and former NBA player Lee Mayberry and his wife, Marla. Like her father, Wyvette will wear jersey No. 11.
“Adding Wyvette Mayberry to our roster as our very first signee is one of the best things we could have done to show the direction we are going in,” head coach Kelsi Musick said. “The pillars of our program are Faith, Family, and Fearless; Wyvette exemplifies all three of those things. She has shown fearless strength and competitiveness her entire career on and off the court. The faith she has in herself, our program, and our University is evident in her decision to spend her last season as a Razorback. Lastly, her being the daughter of Razorback Hall of Famer, Lee Mayberry ties her family to our women’s basketball family. I want Razorback Nation to know how important it is that we build the program with the right pieces, at the right time, the right way, and Wyvette is the perfect addition to set the tone. We hit a home run with her and we are excited to have her home.”
Wyvette (WHY-vet) Mayberry
5-7 | Guard
Tulsa, Okla. || Booker T. Washington HS / Kansas
At Kansas
2024-25 (Fifth Year)
Averaged 5.2 points and 2.2 rebounds before sustaining a knee injury six games into the season…Placed on the All-Big 12 Academic Team.
2023-24 (Senior)
Named to the 2023-2024 Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Team…Started in all 32 games she played in as the Jayhawks’ point guard…Ranked fifth on the team in scoring averaging 9.7 points per game…Finished the year with 310 points, 78 rebounds (2.4 per game) and landed second on the team with 76 assists…Surpassed 1,000 career points spanning her time at Kansas and Tulsa…Reached double-digit scoring on 15 different occasions… Shot 37.7% (109-289) from the field and 32.8% (40-122) from the three-point line…Scored a season-high 21 points at Oklahoma…Had a season high six rebounds at Baylor and helped Kansas to a 69-52 victory over Houston (Feb. 8) with six assists…Picked up four points, three assists and three steals to help Kansas beat No. 4 Baylor (Jan. 10) 87-66 for the program’s first win against a top-five ranked opponent since 2009.
2022-23 (Junior)
Started 31-of-34 games in her first season with the Jayhawks…Reached double figures in scoring 22 times on the year, with four games of 20+ points…Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game…Scored a career-high 26 points against Kansas State (Jan. 29), hitting 7-15 field goal attempts, while tying a career-high with four three-pointers and eight free throws…Pulled down a season-best seven rebounds on two occasions: vs. Wichita State (Dec. 11), vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 19)…Shot 37.7 percent (130-345) from the field, 28.0 percent (35-125) from three-point range, and 79.3 percent (92-116) from the free throw line…Ranked second on the team with 102 assists and fourth with 41 steals…Also totaled 98 rebounds (2.9 per game), and 10 blocked shots.
At Tulsa
Two-year letterwinner at Tulsa, starting 44-of-45 games during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons…Earned all-conference recognition from the American Athletic Conference in both seasons at Tulsa…As a freshman, was named to the AAC All-Freshman Team before earning All-Conference Second Team honors in 2021-22…As a sophomore, started 27 games and led Tulsa in scoring at 14.1 points per game, while shooting 44.3% from the field and 43.0% from three-point range…Also averaged 4.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game in 2021-22…In 2020-21, was a two-time AAC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 14, 2020; Jan. 11, 2021), averaging 12.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
High School
Played her junior and senior seasons at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, her sophomore season at Watson Chapel High School in Pine Bluff, Ark., and her freshman year at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Ark.…during her high school career, posted 1,386 points, 443 rebounds, 270 steals, 240 assists and 32 blocks…as a senior, led Booker T. Washington to a 24-3 record, while averaging 15 points, six rebounds and five assists per game…earned Frontier Conference first-team and Oklahoma Class 6A all-state honors…was tabbed as the BTW Most Valuable Player, Frontier Conference MVP and Tournament of Champions MVP, and was named to The Oklahoman’s Super 5 her senior season…at Fayetteville High School, helped her team claim the Arkansas Class 7A state championship…at Watson Chapel High School, helped her team finish as the Arkansas Class 5A runner-up.
Personal
Mayberry is the daughter of Lee and Marla Mayberry. Her father, Lee, was an All-American point guard for the Razorbacks from 1988-1992 and led Arkansas to a final four appearance in 1990. Mayberry played seven seasons in the NBA, for the Vancouver Grizzlies (1996-99) and the Milwaukee Bucks (1992-96). Her mother, Marla, is the Executive Director of Family, Community, and Youth Empowerment for Tulsa Public Schools. Wyvette has three older sisters who have played collegiate basketball: Taleya (Tulsa, 2009-13), Kaylan (Oral Roberts, 2013-17) and Maya (Oral Roberts, 2017-19; Tulsa, 2020-23), and a younger sister, Rhyian, who will be a freshman at Arkansas this fall.
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