UCF Women’s Basketball All-Quarter-Century Team

To celebrate the quarter-century mark, we picked the UCF Knights All-Century Basketball Roster, covering the best players since 2000.

We have put together a 15-player roster as voted on by a group of people that have covered UCF Women’s Basketball this century.

First Team

Kay Kay Wright — 2016-2020

Only Knight to finish in the top five in career points (ranking third with 1,614), assists (second with 494), and steals (third with 268)
Only Knight with at least 1,600 points, 400 assists and 250 steals in a career.
Sixth in program history in career free throws made (288), fourth in free-throw percentage (.787) and fourth in most field goals made (625).
Unanimous First Team All-AAC selection in 2020 after also making First Team in 2019.
Led UCF into the postseason three times — two WNIT appearances in 2017 and 2018, and the NCAA Tournament in 2019.

Diamond Battles — 2018-2022

Helped the Knights to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2019, 2021, 2022)
Led UCF to its first regular season conference title since 2005, its first conference tournament title since 2011, and its first NCAA Tournament win in program history in 2022
Named to the AAC All-Tournament Team and named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player in 2022
Unanimously selected to the All-AAC First Team, named both AAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and selected as a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention in 2022
Finished 10th in career assists (300) and 10th in steals (168).

Aisha Patrick — 2008-2012

Ranked in UCF’s career top top ten in points (10th – 1,189), assists (fifth – 357), rebounds (fifth – 819), steals (T-1st – 284), double-doubles (sixth – 15) and free throws made (seventh – 267).
Only player in Knights history to record 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 300 assists over a career.
Named All-Conference USA First Team in 2012 and was part of two C-USA Championships and trips to the NCAA Tournament (2009, 2011).

Masseny Kaba — 2017-2022

Helped UCF to the NCAA Tournament three times (2019, 2021 and 2022).
Third in blocks in program history (123),
4th-most rebounds in program history (846)
10th-most points in program history (1,214).
Only Knight in program history with at least 800 rebounds and 100 blocks.

Emma Cannon — 2007-2010

Named the C-USA Tournament MVP leading the Knights to the NCAA Tournament in 2009
Named to the C-USA 1st Team in 2009.
Named to the C-USA 3rd Team in 2010
2nd All-time at UCF in Rebounds with 903 and rebounds per game (10.1)
2nd all-time at UCF in Double-Doubles (40)

Second Team

Zykira Lewis — 2013-2017

1,883 career points — 2nd in UCF history
257 career steals — 4th in UCF history
UCF’s all-time leader with 271 three-pointers
7th-best career scoring average in program history at 15.4 points per game
Third Team All-AAC in 2017
Second team All-AAC in 2015.
Scored second-most points in a single game by a Knight with 41 points vs FAU in 2014

Chelsie Wiley — 2006-2011

Two-time All-CUSA selection (3rd team in ‘09, 2nd team in ‘11) and was selected to the CUSA All-Tournament team twice (2009 and 2011).
Ranks 5th all-time at UCF in points scored (1,531)
4th all-time in three-pointers made (134) and 3rd all-time in 3-point percentage (.363).
Two-time CUSA Champion (2009, 2011) and made two NCAA Tournament appearances.

Celeste Hudson — 2002-2005, 2006-2007

Two-time First Team A-Sun All-Conference selection
Two-time A-Sun All-Tournament Team member
A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year in 2004-05
10th Knight to reach 1,000 career points
3rd all-time at UCF in three-pointers made field goals made
Named to A-Sun All-Decade Team

Brittney Smith — 2018-2022

American Athletic Conference Sixth Player of the Year in 2022
Earned American Athletic Conference Third Team honors in 2020 and 2021
Part of UCF’s 2022 AAC Championship
Part of UCF NCAA Tournament Appreances in 2019, 2021, and 2022.

Ali Roberts — 2001-2005

All-time leader in career block shots at UCF with 219
10th all-time at UCF in Rebounds (613)
Second Team A-Sun All Conference in 2005
Two Time All A-Sun Tournament Team member in 2004,2005

Third Team

Aliyah Gregory — 2014-2018

Finished 6th all-time in scoring at UCF (1,437 points), 4th in FGs (578)
All-AAC First Teamer in 2016-17
Led UCF in FT% three times and assists once.
Made 15 shots from the field (4th-highest single-game total in UCF history in Knights’ first-ever win at South Florida in 2017
Recorded 9th-highest single-season points mark and 5th-highest total number of field goals made in school history in 2016-17

Tay Sanders — 2019-2022

American Athletic Conference Second Team in 2021
American Athletic Conference Third Team in 2022
Part of UCF’s 2022 AAC Championship and two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022

D’Nay Daniels — 2007-2011

All-C-USA Tournament selection in 2011
Led UCF in scoring and FG% in 2010-11
Ranks 8th all-time at UCF in scoring (1,217 points), 6th in rebounds, 8th in FGs,
Led UCF in FG% twice despite playing as a guard
Part of UCF’s 2009 and 2011 C-USA Tournament Championship & NCAA Tournament Teams

Nyala Shuler – 2014-2019

5th all-time in Rebounds at UCF with 837
9th all-time in Blocks at UCF with 84
Helped UCF to NCAA Tournament in 2019
Part of UCF ‘s WNIT Teams in 2017, 2018

Kaitlin Peterson — 2023-2025

20th Knight to score 1,000 career points, but was the first to do it in only two seasons
All-Big 12 Second Team member in 2024, Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2025
Averaged 21.4 points as a senior, the best season average by a Knight in the D1 era
All-time leader at UCF in points per game (21.0)
6th all-time at UCF in 3-pointers made with 112
Led UCF in steals in both of her seasons

Honorable Mentions

Destiny Thomas – 2019-2023
Takira Allen – 2001-2005
Zykira Saunders – 2016-2018
Francine Houston – 2003-2007
Shayla Smith – 2002-2006
Adrienne Billings – 2000-2004

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