ORLANDO – UCF’s Mya Burns will participate in the Above the Rim Summit held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four in Cleveland, Ohio, this weekend. In its second year of existence, the summit is designed to prepare high-level women's basketball players who've exhausted their college eligibility for potential professional opportunities in the WNBA and abroad, life beyond playing the game and various careers in athletics.
Burns started all 29 games for the Knights this past season, averaging 9.9 points per game as UCF’s second-leading scorer. She was also the third-leading rebounder on the squad with 139 in addition to 18 blocks and 29 steals.
The North Augusta, South Carolina, native eclipsed 1,000 career points against Campbell (Dec. 3) and recorded 15 games with 10 or more points. Burns ended her collegiate career with 1,207 points, 625 rebounds and 140 games played.
The NCAA's Above the Rim Summit welcomes 16 Division I women's basketball players from as many different programs to Cleveland for the weekend for personal and professional programming.