Senior Year – 2017-18
Appeared in 20 games, making one start … Averaged 0.8 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.1 assists in 4.6 minutes per game … Scored three points with one rebound and one block in the season opener at VCU on Nov. 12 … Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds and added two points, one steal and one block at North Carolina Central on Jan. 8 … Played a season-high 15 minutes at Savannah State on Jan. 22, setting season-bests in points (four), field goals made (two), blocks (three) and steals (one) and matching a career-high with one assist … Blocked two shots and secured two rebounds at Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 5 … Started the regular-season finale against Hampton on March 1.
Junior Year – 2016-17
Played in 30 games and started once (Towson) … Averaged 2.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game … Finished fifth on the team in blocks, with 12 … Recorded a season-high 23 minutes, scoring five points and grabbing four boards in the season opener at UNC-Wilmington (Nov. 11) … Registered a season-high eight rebounds while adding four points and one block against St. Augustine’s (Nov. 15) … Tallied a season-high three blocks with seven rebounds, two points and one steal at George Mason (Nov. 21) … Tallied 10 points, seven rebounds and two steals at Longwood (Dec. 3) … Matched those same totals against Lincoln (Pa.) on Dec. 18 … Registered four points and three rebounds in the regular-season game with Florida A&M (Feb. 18) … Registered a career-high 11 points to go with four rebounds, two steals and one assist in the MEAC tournament against Florida A&M (March 9).
Sophomore Year – 2015-16
Played in 25 games and started twice (vs. N.C. A&T and UMES) … Averaged 1.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in 10.8 minutes played per game … Finished fourth on the team in field-goal percentage at 36.0 percent … Third on the team in blocks, with 23 … Fourth on the team in rebounds with 72 in limited minutes … Registered a season-high six points at Hampton (Jan. 30) … Played her one of the best all-around games in her career and recorded a career-high 13 rebounds with four points and three blocks vs Coppin State (Feb. 22) … Started for the first time on the season and notched a career-high six blocks and 29 minutes with nine rebounds and two assists at North Carolina A&T (Jan. 18) ... Made the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
Freshman Year – 2014-15
Played in 21 games during her rookie season, logging a total of 109 minutes … Finished tied for third on the team in blocked shots, with six … Shot 47.4 percent from the floor for the year (9-of-19) … Notched 22 points and 23 rebounds on the season … Ten of her 23 rebounds came on the offensive end of the floor … Played a season-high 21 minutes in the December victory over Morgan State, scoring two points, grabbing a season-high six rebounds and blocking one shot … Played one of her best all-around games in the win at Florida A&M, finishing with a season-high five points, four rebounds and a season-high two blocks in 13 minutes … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
High School
A four-year letter winner in basketball … Averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks per game as a senior for coach Toni Vick … Was a four-time Neuse River academic all-conference member … Averaged eight points and nine boards as a junior … Played for the Garner Flames AAU team … Helped the Flames win the U.S. Junior Nationals Diamond Division championship after her junior season in 2013 … Also lettered two years in track and field, participating in the throwing events.
Personal
Full name is Shayla Mattie Tanner … Born on Sept. 14, 1996 … Daughter of Les and Sharon Tanner … Has one older brother … Majoring in business.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
11, vs. Florida A&M (3-9-17) |
| FG Made |
5 (2x), last: vs. Florida A&M (3-9-17) |
| FG ATT. |
8 (2x), last: vs. Lincoln (Pa.) (12-18-16) |
| 3Pt. FG Made |
N/A |
| 3Pt. FG ATT. |
N/A |
| FT Made |
2 (8x), last vs. South Carolina State (2-15-17) |
| FT ATT. |
6, at William & Mary (12-17-15) |
| Rebounds |
13, vs. Coppin State (2-22-16) |
| Assists |
1 (9x), last: at Savannah State (1-22-18) |
| Steals |
2 (4x), last: vs. Florida A&M (3-9-17) |
| Blocks |
6, at North Carolina A&T (1-18-16) |
| Minutes |
29, at North Carolina A&T (1-18-16) |
