#12 Myka Dancy
Guard
MAJOR: Medicine, Health and Society
HONORS:
2016-17 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016-17 (Junior): Saw action in seven games, including two SEC games against Arkansas and Florida. … Finished the season with seven points. … Set new career highs in points (five) and minutes played (13) early in the season in a win over SIUE. … Played five minutes in loss to Florida on Jan. 29. … Logged first SEC action of the season with three minutes in the loss to Arkansas on Jan. 19. … Saw four minutes of action in the loss to Memphis on Dec. 28. … Had one assist in nine minutes of playing time in the win over Tennessee Tech on Dec. 18. … Set new career highs in points (five) and minutes played (13) in the win over SIUE on Dec. 3. … Logged nine minutes of playing time and went 1-of-1 from the floor in the win over Air Force on Dec. 2. … Played five minutes in the season-opening win over Kennesaw State on Nov. 11.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Saw action in five games off the bench while providing depth for the Commodores. … Scored a basket in the final minute of VU’s opening-round SEC Tournament victory over Ole Miss to provide the exclamation point on the win. … Registered one rebound against ETSU on Dec. 5 and one against Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament on March 2. … Made her Vanderbilt debut in a win over Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 15.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball at Antioch High. … Was a member of the All-District Basketball Team in 2014 and won the A.D. Hancock/ Walter Nipper Sportsmanship Award. … Was also a two-time state track gold medalist.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Michael Dancy (Deceased) and Tonna Dancy. … Has two siblings, Corey Brown (33) and Chelsea Dancy (21). Her late father played at Tennessee State University 1981-83.
DANCY’S CAREER HIGHS
Points: 5 (vs. SIUE 12/03/16)
Rebounds: 1 (vs. Ole Miss 3/2/16)
Assists: 1 (vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/18/16)
3FG Made: N/A
Blocks: 1 (vs. Kennesaw State, 11/11/16)
Steals: N/A
Minutes: 13 (vs. SIUE 12/03/16)