Biography
Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)... MVC Player of the Week (Jan. 30, 2023)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2020, 2022, 2023)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)...MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention (2022, 2023)...CSC Academic All-District Team (2023).
Career Summary: Left MSU ranked second all-time in career victories with 119…Became the 16th Lady Bear in program history to own 1,000 career points and 600 career rebounds…Ranked inside the top 25 in program history in games played (2nd), minutes played (5th), rebounds (16th), steals (20th), scoring (23rd) and assists (24th) at the end of her career…Over her career, Wilson played in 154 games, scored 1,158 points for an average of 7.5 points per game, pulled down 632 rebounds, dished out 255 assists and had 166 steals…Shot .404 from the field, .332 from three and .773 from the free throw line.
2022-23: MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention selection…CSC Academic All-District Team…MVC Player of the Week…Played in and started all but one game for MSU in her final season…Averaged 10.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game…Second on the team with 85 assists, 40 steals and 28 three-point field goals…Ranked 3rd in the MVC in minutes per game (33.5), 8th in offensive boards per game (2.4), 10th in steals per game (1.3), 12th in free throw percentage (.768) and 13th in assists per game (2.7)…Recorded her 100th career victory versus Saint Louis (Nov. 15)…Logged a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double at TCU (Dec. 9)…Logged six straight double-figure scoring performances from Dec. 9-Jan. 5…Scored 16 points as she went 12-for-14 from the charity stripe and grabbed seven rebounds and three steals to open conference play at Indiana State (Dec. 29)…Dropped a career-high 22 points on 9-for-10 shooting from the field in addition to collecting three rebounds and assists at Valparaiso (Jan. 14)…Surpassed 1,000 career points with an eight-point, 11-rebound showing at Belmont (Jan. 20)…Earned the first MVC Player of the Week honor of her career on Jan. 30 for her performances against UNI and Drake, in which she averaged 12.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.0 steals on the week, while shooting .588 (10-17) from the field and anchoring two incredible defensive performances…Grabbed a vital offensive board and scored the game-winning goal on the putback versus UNI (Jan. 26)…Scored 14 points, secured eight rebounds, collected six assists and a career-high six steals in the home victory over Drake (Jan. 28)…Played a career-high 48 minutes in the double overtime victory against Murray State in a 16-point, 8-rebound, 6-assist outing (Feb. 17)…Recorded 12 points and eight rebounds in her final game as Lady Bear in MSU’s WNIT first round game at Nebraska (March 15)…Collected 18 double-figure point games and led Missouri State in assists and steals eight times on the year… Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.
2021-22: MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention…Appeared in all 33 games, starting 31 of them…Averaged 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while also logging the most minutes for an average of 32.9 minutes per game…Recorded 19 double-digit scoring and seven double-digit rebound performances…Led the team in scoring seven times…Scored a team-high 17 points against in-state rival Missouri (Dec. 10)…Set and matched her career high by grabbing 13 rebounds against Valparaiso (Jan. 2) and Drake (March 11)…Had an impressive showing at the San Juan Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico as she scored 16 points against then-No. 24 Virginia Tech (Nov. 26) and dropped a season-high 19 points and grabbed six rebounds against LSU (Nov. 27)…Set a career high in NCAA Tournament games with 11 points against Florida State in the First Four round (March 17)… Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
2020-21: Ranked second on the team in minutes played and started all but one contest...Averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds...Collected 29 steals and had 57 assists against 31 turnovers for a 1.84 ratio...Scored in double figures 10 times with a high of 21 on 8-of-10 shooting against Lincoln (Dec. 7)...Went 3-of-5 from beyond the arc and scored 11 in the win at Missouri (Dec. 14)...Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds in both games at UNI (Jan. 15 & 16)...Had six assists at Valpo (Jan. 30) and Evansville (March 6)...Nabbed five steals at Illinois State (Feb. 12)...Tallied 10 points in MSU’s win against No. 12 Maryland (Nov. 28)...Hit four treys and scored 16 points at Evansville (March 5)...Had three or more assists on nine occasions.
2019-20: Started 14 of MSU’s final 16 games and appeared in all 30, averaging 5.5 points and 2.4 rebounds...Shot 46 percent overall and 15-for-33 (.455) from 3-point range...Connected on 15 consecutive free throws from Jan. 26-Feb. 7 and shot 76 percent for the season at the foul line...Averaged 7.6 points over the final 13 games of the season...Had 31 steals, 26 assists and 10 blocked shots...Scored season highs of 13 points in both games against Illinois State (Feb. 2 and 27)...Had 10 points in each Bradley game (Jan. 31 and March 1), and played a career-high 37 minutes in Peoria...Pulled down seven rebounds at Indiana State (Jan. 24)...Swiped four steals at Evansville (Jan. 26) and had three thefts in three additional games...Shot 50 percent or better from the floor 13 times, and hit 50 percent from beyond the arc in nine contests.
2018-19: Played in 34 of MSU’s 35 games, averaging 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in 15 minutes per contest...Shot 41 percent overall and 40 percent from beyond the arc, going 14-for-35 and logging the highest percentage for any Lady Bear with at least one attempt per game...Had 27 assists against 23 turnovers for a 1.17 ratio, good for third on the team...Recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Valparaiso (Jan. 27)...Scored a season-high 14 points at Evansville (March 7), shooting 5-for-8 overall and hitting both 3-point attempts...Nabbed 16 steals on the year...Tallied 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting at UNI (Feb. 3), and added nine points against the Panthers in the MVC Tournament semifinal (March 16)...Grabbed at least five rebounds on six occasions, including six in the NCAA Tournament against No. 24 DePaul (March 23).
Background: Four-year starter for Olathe East, helping the Hawks improve their record each season to a 24-1 mark and Kansas Class 6A runner-up finish as a senior...Tallied 19.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 3.3 steals her senior season, shooting 61 percent overall and 78 percent at the free throw line...Finished prep career ranked second in Olathe East history in scoring, first in steals, third in assists and fifth in rebounds...Repeated as Sunflower League Player of the Year as a senior and was a finalist for the DiRenna Award for the second consecutive season, given to the top male and female high school basketball players in the Kansas City area...Named the Kansas City Star all-metro player of the year, and gathered first-team all-state honors from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle...Conference player of the year as a junior, averaging 14 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals...Added Class 6A first-team all-state honors from the KBCA, Topeka Capital-Journal and Sports in Kansas that season, and all class second-team nods from the latter two outlets...Second-team all-state selection by the KBCA after a sophomore season in which she averaged 11.7 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals...Won Sunflower League Freshman of the Year honors in 2015 with averages of seven points, four boards, two assists and two steals.
Personal: Sydney Wilson is the daughter of Troy and Stephanie Wilson...Born January 4, 2000, in New Orleans, La....Has one brother, Troy...Father played parts of seven seasons in the NFL with four different teams, winning Super Bowl XXIX with the San Francisco 49ers...Pursuing a master's in Business Administration (MBA).
