2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 15
Tyja Beans
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Spruce Creek HS
- Hometown:
- Daytona Beach, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Western Carolina
CAREER HONORS
JUNIOR (2025-26)
PRIOR TO CHARLESTON
WESTERN CAROLINA (2024-25)
WESTERN CAROLINA (2023-24)
HIGH SCHOOL
- 2x CSC Academic All-District (2026, 2025)
- SoCon All-Freshman Team (2023-24)
JUNIOR (2025-26)
- Played in all 33 games and made 28 starts
- Scored 331 points, grabbed 134 rebounds, collected 51 steals and dished out 46 assists
- Reached double-digit scoring in 19 games
- Set a career-high with 24 points at Hampton (1/11/26)
- CSC Academic All-District
PRIOR TO CHARLESTON
WESTERN CAROLINA (2024-25)
- One of two Catamounts to start all 30 games of the season
- Led the team in rebounding with 243 boards (8.1 per game)
- Was second in scoring with 12.4 ppg (373 total) and led the team in field goal percentage at 55.6%(155/279)
- Recorded 8 double-doubles
- Recorded single-game career highs in points (20 vs Samford 3/1/25), rebounds (16 vs Gardner-Webb 12/6/24)
- Added in 42 assists, 32 steals, and 10 blocks in 923 minutes of game action (one of three Catamounts with 900+ minutes)
- Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team
WESTERN CAROLINA (2023-24)
- Appeared in 25 games with starts in 18 contests including 10 SoCon matchups
- Earned league’s all-freshman team honors from media and coaches
- Posted nine double-figure scoring outputs including a season-high 14 points against Mercer (2/15)
- Eclipsed double-figure points in seven league games
- Finished second on the team in rebounding with 123 rebounds including a season-high 12 at ETSU (2/24)
- Added nine rebounds in regular season finale at UNCG (3/2)
- Finished second on the team with 49 offensive rebounds including a season-high five vs Presbyterian (12/2)
- Added 23 steals including a season-high five in home opener against Agnes Scott (11/6)
- Tallied 29 assists with season-high five against UNC Asheville (12/9)
- Went 2-for-2 at the line in five contests
- Added six blocks
- Played a season-high 37 minutes in SoCon tournament against Chattanooga (3/7)
- Named a 2023-24 Commissioner's Medal recipient and named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
- Averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game in her junior season.
- Won five MaxPreps Basketball Player of the Game honors.
- Scored a game-high 31 points in the Region 7A semi-final game.
- In her three years at Spruce Creek, she averaged 10.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
- She has played in a total of 74 games for Spruce Creek.
- In 2021 ranked 77th in the All-Star National Rankings.
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