Messiah Hunter

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Hopewell, Va.
High School:
TPLS Christian Academy
Prev School:
West Virginia University

INSTAGRAM: Siah.12

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2024-25:  Played in all 33 games, making eight starts... Averaged 1.6 points and 2.4 rebounds in 15.5 minutes per game... Had four points and two rebounds at Creighton on Feb. 5... Tallied four points and two rebounds vs. Butler on Jan. 29... Collected a season-high seven points to go with three rebounds at Connecticut on Jan. 19... Had four points and three rebounds vs. Creighton on Jan. 11... Pulled down six rebounds at Butler on Dec. 29... Had two points and grabbed six rebounds vs. Le Moyne on Dec. 14... Tallied four points and three rebounds vs. Fordham on Nov. 12... Tallied four points and four rebounds vs. Wagner in the season opener... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2023-24 (at West Virginia): Played in 21 games, all off the bench... Averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 6.9 minutes per game... Had a .462 shooting percentage from the floor... Had five points at TCU on Feb. 13... Notched six points and five rebounds vs. Niagara on Dec. 21... Had four points and five rebounds in a season-high 17 minutes vs. Delaware State on Dec. 10... Had a season-high seven points vs. Youngstown State on Nov. 19.

2022-23 (at West Virginia): Played in 14 games, all off the bench... Averaged 0.9 points and 0.7 rebounds in 3.9 minutes per game... Had a .364 shooting percentage from the floor... Collected season-highs of four points and three rebounds vs. N.C. Central on Nov. 30... Opened the season with a season-high 12 minutes with two points and three rebounds vs. USC Upstate on Nov. 10...  Named to Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2021-22 (at West Virginia): Did not compete... Redshirted.

High School / Personal: Played at TPLS Christian Academy and Boo Williams EYBL... Rated as a four-star prospect by Prospects Nation... Held a national ranking of No. 58 by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report, No. 78 by All-Star Girls Report and No. 81 by ESPN Hoopgurlz... Tabbed the No. 33-ranked guard in the class of 2021 by ESPN Hoopgurlz... Spent her first two season of high school at Hopewell High, where she averaged 13 points per game... Led Hopewell to a pair of Virginia 3A State runner-up finishes... Named to the VHSCA 3A All-State first team as a sophomore... Averaged 17.7 points, 4.2 assists, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.4 blocks per game at TPLS... Earned NACA first-team honors as a senior in 2020... Named the MVP of the Rose Classic and the Insider Exposure National Tournament... Daughter of Tyrease and Ahnjayla Hunter... Has one brother and three sisters... Born on March 25.