# Tyasha Harris

Tyasha Pearl Desiree Harris (born May 1, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Harris was selected to third team All-American by the Associated Press (AP) and by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) in 2020. She is also the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award, which is named after her coach at South Carolina. On January 31, 2025, it was reported that Harris was traded to the Dallas Wings.

## College career

Harris is the first Gamecock to record 700 assists. Her career total of 705 assists ranked 10th all-time in SEC. In June 2020, Harris was named the Southeastern Conference 2019-20 Female Athlete of the Year.

## Professional career
### WNBA
#### Dallas Wings (2020–2022)

Harris entered the 2020 WNBA draft, where she was selected by the Dallas Wings in the first round as the seventh overall pick in the draft. In her debut game on July 26, 2020, Harris recorded 13 points and 4 assist in a 95 - 105 loss to the Atlanta Dream.

#### Connecticut Sun (2023–2024)

In January 2023, the Wings traded Harris to the Connecticut Sun, as part of a three-team deal.

#### Dallas Wings (2025–present)

On January 29, 2025, Harris was reported to have been traded along with Alyssa Thomas to the Phoenix Mercury. On January 31, 2025, it was reported that the Mercury had traded Harris to the Dallas Wings in a three-team deal. Officially, Harris was sent directly from the Sun to the Wings as part of a larger four-team trade finalized on February 2, 2025.

### Overseas

Harris signed with the Liaoning Flying Eagles of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association for the 2024–2025 season.

## Career statistics

| * | Denotes season(s) in which Harris won an NCAA Championship |

### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season
WNBA regular season statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2020 | Dallas | 21 | 3 | 19.6 | .433 | .339 | .636 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | Dallas | 32 | 3 | 16.3 | .336 | .339 | .833 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | Dallas | 35 | 5 | 15.8 | .416 | .309 | .792 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | Connecticut | 40 | 0 | 16.7 | .416 | .464° | .680 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | Connecticut | 39 | 38 | 28.8 | .425 | .395 | .766 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 10.5 |
| Career | 5 years, 2 teams | 167 | 49 | 19.6 | .410 | .383 | .753 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.6 |

#### Playoffs

Stats current through end of 2024 playoffs
WNBA playoff statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2021 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Dallas | 3 | 0 | 17.3 | .368 | .286 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | Connecticut | 7 | 0 | 21.9 | .462 | .542 | .800 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| 2024 | Connecticut | 5 | 3 | 16.4 | .500 | .600 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Career | 4 years, 2 teams | 16 | 3 | 18.4 | .438 | .500 | .909 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 7.2 |

### College

NCAA statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2016–17* | South Carolina | 37 | 27 | 26.3 | .429 | .333 | .673 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 5.6 |
| 2017–18 | South Carolina | 36 | 35 | 33.6 | .418 | .299 | .745 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 10.4 |
| 2018–19 | South Carolina | 33 | 32 | 31.5 | .398 | .307 | .854 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.9 |
| 2019–20 | South Carolina | 33 | 33 | 28.7 | .426 | .384 | .857 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| Career | Career | 139 | 127 | 30.0 | .417 | .328 | .792 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 9.6 |

## Personal life

Tyasha Harris is the daughter of Shannon-Greer Harris and Bruce Harris. She has an older brother, Bruce, and two younger sisters, Talia and Tamara.
She majored in sports and entertainment management at the University of South Carolina.