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TCU Lands MAC Freshman of the Year Sydney Harris - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU women's basketball plucked one of the most coveted forwards from the transfer portal.
GoFrogs: TCU Lands MAC Freshman of the Year Sydney Harris
FORT WORTH – TCU women's basketball plucked one of the most coveted forwards from the transfer portal.
Sydney Harris, the reigning Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, has signed a financial aid agreement to join the Horned Frogs 2023-2024 roster as announced by head coach Mark Campbell.
Harris, a 6-1 stretch forward, comes to TCU from Central Michigan, where she averaged 17.4 points and four rebounds per contest in her first collegiate season.
She also honed a shooting stroke that pairs perfectly on the perimeter in TCU's spread pick-n-roll offense. Harris shot 35 percent from distance and connected at an 86.4 percent clip at the foul line. Harris drained 86 attempts from downtown.
An Edwardsville, Illinois native, Harris garnered All-MAC third team honors in addition to her Freshman of the Year accolade. She ranked third among her conference peers in scoring and fifth in minutes per game (35.6). Harris ratcheted up her offensive production as the schedule shifted to conference play, averaging 18.1 points per night at the expense of MAC opposition.
Harris proved to the Chippewas' offensive beacon. She led the team in scoring in 20-of-29 outings. Harris accounted for five of CMU's six top individual scoring performances, including a career-best 31-point showcase at Northern Illinois on Feb. 25. She suited up and earned the starting nod in 27 games and reached double figures in all-but-three of her appearances. Harris eclipsed 20 points on 12 occasions.
She prepped at Edwardsville High School, where she became one of the institution's most accomplished athletes. Harris accumulated a school-record 2,024 career points over her four-year varsity run. Following her senior year in 2022, Harris was chosen to the Edwardsville HS All-Decade Team. She twice was named an Associated Press and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Stater and received first team All-Southwestern conference credentials three times. Her prowess on the court extended to the greater St. Louis market, as she was a three-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection.
Harris competed on the AAU circuit for EYBL Midwest Elite under coach Randy Wiebel. She also received two varsity letters in volleyball, earning All-Conference and honorable mention all-state citations.
TCU's 2023-2024 roster now stands at 14 players with Harris' signing. She is the sixth transfer the Horned Frogs have tabbed, joining frontcourt counterpart Sedona Prince (Oregon) and guards Jaden Owens (Baylor), Agnes Emma-Nnopu (Stanford), Madison Conner (Arizona) and Una Jovanovic (Cal State Fullerton). TCU added Texas high school standouts Jade Clack (Austin HS) and Victoria Flores (Duncanville HS) during the early signing period. Also returning for the Horned Frogs from last season are Paige Bradley, Knisha Godfrey, Tara Manumaleuga, Aaliyah Roberson, DaiJa Turner and Bre'Yon White.
