Ta'Niya Latson

Ta'Niya Latson is an American college basketball player for the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

High school career
Latson played for Miami Country Day School in Miami, Florida and Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida during her freshman season, before moving to Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia. She was teammates with Raven Johnson at Westlake and led the team to its first GEICO Nationals title as a junior, as well as two state titles. For her senior season, Latson transferred to American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. After leading the team to a Class 5A state title, she earned Miss Basketball, Gatorade Player of the Year and Class 5A Player of the Year honors for Florida. Latson was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game. Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for Florida State over offers from Baylor, Georgia, Kentucky, Miami (Florida), NC State, Texas and Virginia Tech.

College career
On November 7, 2022, Latson made her debut for Florida State, recording 28 points and nine rebounds in a 113–50 win over Bethune–Cookman. Three days later, in her second game, she scored 34 points in an 80–71 win over Kent State, the most points by a Florida State freshman since Sue Galkantas in 1981. On December 11, Latson scored 34 points again in a 108–51 win over Texas Southern. She missed the 2023 NCAA tournament with an undisclosed injury. As a freshman, Latson averaged 21.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game and was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection. She scored 659 points, the most by a freshman in ACC history, and broke the program record with seven 30-point games. Latson was named ACC Rookie of the Year and set the conference record with 10 Rookie of the Week honors. She won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year and WBCA Freshman of the Year awards.

College

 * style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
 * style="text-align:left;"| Florida State
 * 31||31||29.5||45.5||36.2||85.9||4.5||2.9||1.6||0.7||2.6||21.3
 * style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24
 * style="text-align:left;"| Florida State
 * 33||33||31.0||43.8||27.0||85.3||4.2||4.2||1.5||0.5||3.0||21.4
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
 * 64||64||30.3||44.6||317||85.6||4.3||3.5||1.6||0.6||2.8||21.3
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.

In popular culture
In April 2024, Latson attended Kelsey Plum's second annual Dawg Class, a 3-day camp to help top women college athletes transition from collegiate to professional basketball. The 2024 camp was held at the IMG Academy and sponsored by Under Armour.