Missouri State

Honors: Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)... MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2020)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021).

2019-20: Appeared in all 30 games with a pair of starts, averaging 3.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 14.4 minutes of action...Scored a season-high 16 points against Drake (Jan. 10), including a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer that earned the No. 7 spot on ESPN Sportscenter’s Top 10...Scored 10 points against Valpo (March 5) to help MSU clinch the MVC title, and had 10 points versus William Jewell (Dec. 31) with a 3-for-4 showing from long range...Tallied nine points in 14 minutes in the Preseason WNIT title game at No. 7 Oregon State (Nov. 17)...Grabbed 10 rebounds against Indiana State (Feb. 23)...Hit multiple 3-pointers in seven games with a high of four against Drake (Jan. 10)...Had 39 assists on the year, with 28 coming in MVC play, and boasted a 1.39 assist-to-turnover ratio for the season...Ended the year with 23 3-pointers, 17 steals and eight blocks.

2018-19: Missouri State’s top scorer off the bench as a freshman, averaging 4.2 points in 13.4 minutes per contest and appearing in all 35 games...Added 2.5 rebounds per game with totals of 30 assists and 20 steals...Connected on 30 3-pointers, one shy of the team lead, shooting 32 percent from beyond the arc...Scored 11 points in her second career game at No. 16 Missouri (Nov. 13)...Handed out a season-high three assists and hit three treys against Ball State (Nov. 17)...Hit three or more 3-pointers in six games...Led MSU in scoring three times, against Loyola (Jan. 25) and Valparaiso (Jan. 27 and Feb. 22), averaging 13 points and shooting a combined 11-for-17 from long range in those games...Matched a season high with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the MVC Tournament championship win against 21st-ranked Drake (March 17)...Shot 6-for-10 from beyond the arc and 8-for-14 overall in the season’s final four games, all versus ranked opponents.

Background: Played three seasons at Deer Creek High in Edmond, Okla., before transferring to Cashion (Okla.) High to continue playing for her mother Totsy as a senior...Led Cashion to a 26-2 record and Class 2A runner-up finish as a senior, averaging 17.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.5 steals while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range...Earned all-state honors from the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association...Named to the Daily Oklahoman’s Super 5 Team for the second straight year, as well as the publication’s Little All-City Player of the Year...Central Oklahoma Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a junior, averaging 16.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.2 steals for the Class 6A runner-up squad...Also shot 49 percent overall and 44 percent from beyond the arc, earning a spot on the Daily Oklahoman’s Super 5 and Big All-City teams...First-team all-conference and Big All-City selection as a sophomore with averages of 14.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game...State tournament MVP as a freshman after scoring 20 points in the 5A championship game win, finishing the year with averages of 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.2 assists...Medalist at the 2018 Oklahoma Class 2A golf tournament.

Personal: Sydney Manning is the daughter of Henry and Totsy Manning...Born November 30, 1999, in Oklahoma City, Okla....Has one brother, Mason...Mother played basketball at Southern Nazarene University...Business analysis major.