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Jersey Number 11
Lanie Grant
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- James River HS
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- Prev School:
- North Carolina
PRIOR TO TCU | NORTH CAROLINA (2024-26)
Played her first two seasons in Chapel Hill, helping the Tar Heels advance to the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons ... Appeared in 71 games, earning 31 starts ... Accumulated 637 points, 131 rebounds and 116 assists ... Drilled 116 threes ... Averaged 10.8 points per game while shooting 42 percent from distance during the 2025-26 campaign ... Ranked second among all ACC players and 20th nationally in 3-point percentage ... Tabbed to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2024-25 ... Was also cited as the Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Dec. 23, 2024 ... Earned a larger role in the Tar Heels' offense during her sophomore season ... Started 29-of-34 games while logging more than 29 minutes per night ... Increased her scoring average to 13.6 points per game across her final 17 games of the season, leading North Carolina to a 14-3 record ... Shot 47.2 percent from deep and scored in double figures 13 times in that span ... Produced 17 double digit scoring efforts, 10 of which came in ACC play ... Scored a career high 21 points in the Tar Heels' victory over Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament ... Nearly matched the tally in North Carolina's NCAA Tournament second round takedown of 5-seed Maryland ... Tallied 20 points to will the Tar Heels to a 74-66 win ... Led TCU in scoring in seven ballgames ... The Tar Heels were undefeated when she finished as the team's top scorer ... Connected from distance at least three times in 12 games ... Finished as North Carolina's assists leader in 10 games ... Dished out a career-high five dimes on three occasions ... Concluded the season as one of 14 players at the Power Conference level to average at least 10 points per game while shooting better than 40 percent from behind the arc ... Connected at an 81 percent clip at the charity stripe ... Entered her junior year at TCU having scored at least 15 points on 14 occasions ... Ten of her games with at least 15 points came in 2025-26 ... Has 28 double digit scoring efforts and 18 games with at least three 3-pointers to her name as a collegian ahead of the 2026-27 season ... Carved out a rotational role on the Tar Heels' 2024-25 squad her freshman year ... Appeared in all 37 games, starting two and averaging 7.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game ... Finished as the Tar Heels' leading scorer in four games, including two in ACC action, and scored in double figures 11 times ... Improved her field goal percentage by eight points between her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Shot 44 percent from the floor in 2025-26 ... Also increased her 3-point percentage from .346 to .419.
USA BASKETBALL
Is a two-time FIBA gold medalist ... Captured her first gold medal at the 2023 FIBA U16 Americas Championship as a member of the USA Women's U16 National Team ... Averaged 11.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists across five outings ... Helped Team USA finish unbeaten at 6-0 ... Led the team in 3-pointers (10) and 3-point percentage (.420) ... Won her second gold medal the following year at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup in Leon, Mexico while competing for the USA Women's U17 National Team ... Averaged 11.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in seven games ... Also attended the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team minicamp in Portland, Oregon that same year ... Invited to participate in the 2025 USA Women’s U19 National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letter winner for James River High School ... Reclassified a year early to enroll at UNC in 2024-25 ... Named the 2024 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year ... Graded the No. 59 overall recruit in the class of 2024 by ESPN HoopGurlz ... Earned first team all-state honors all three years ... Tabbed Metro and Region Player of the Year in consecutive seasons in 2023 and 2024 ... Holds the Virginia High School League career record for free throw percentage (.874) ... Averaged 28 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game her junior year ... Selected to join the Jr. NBA/WNBA Court of Leaders in 2024.
PERSONAL
Originally from Richmond, Virginia ... Is a 2024 graduate of James River High School in Midlothian, Virginia ... Daughter of Jeff and Adriane Grant ... Favorite hobbies outside of basketball include reading, writing and thrifting ... Lists Michael Jordan and Steph Curry as the athletes she admires the most ... Has the entire soundtrack of Hamilton memorized ... Born April 23.
Played her first two seasons in Chapel Hill, helping the Tar Heels advance to the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons ... Appeared in 71 games, earning 31 starts ... Accumulated 637 points, 131 rebounds and 116 assists ... Drilled 116 threes ... Averaged 10.8 points per game while shooting 42 percent from distance during the 2025-26 campaign ... Ranked second among all ACC players and 20th nationally in 3-point percentage ... Tabbed to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2024-25 ... Was also cited as the Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Dec. 23, 2024 ... Earned a larger role in the Tar Heels' offense during her sophomore season ... Started 29-of-34 games while logging more than 29 minutes per night ... Increased her scoring average to 13.6 points per game across her final 17 games of the season, leading North Carolina to a 14-3 record ... Shot 47.2 percent from deep and scored in double figures 13 times in that span ... Produced 17 double digit scoring efforts, 10 of which came in ACC play ... Scored a career high 21 points in the Tar Heels' victory over Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament ... Nearly matched the tally in North Carolina's NCAA Tournament second round takedown of 5-seed Maryland ... Tallied 20 points to will the Tar Heels to a 74-66 win ... Led TCU in scoring in seven ballgames ... The Tar Heels were undefeated when she finished as the team's top scorer ... Connected from distance at least three times in 12 games ... Finished as North Carolina's assists leader in 10 games ... Dished out a career-high five dimes on three occasions ... Concluded the season as one of 14 players at the Power Conference level to average at least 10 points per game while shooting better than 40 percent from behind the arc ... Connected at an 81 percent clip at the charity stripe ... Entered her junior year at TCU having scored at least 15 points on 14 occasions ... Ten of her games with at least 15 points came in 2025-26 ... Has 28 double digit scoring efforts and 18 games with at least three 3-pointers to her name as a collegian ahead of the 2026-27 season ... Carved out a rotational role on the Tar Heels' 2024-25 squad her freshman year ... Appeared in all 37 games, starting two and averaging 7.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game ... Finished as the Tar Heels' leading scorer in four games, including two in ACC action, and scored in double figures 11 times ... Improved her field goal percentage by eight points between her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Shot 44 percent from the floor in 2025-26 ... Also increased her 3-point percentage from .346 to .419.
USA BASKETBALL
Is a two-time FIBA gold medalist ... Captured her first gold medal at the 2023 FIBA U16 Americas Championship as a member of the USA Women's U16 National Team ... Averaged 11.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists across five outings ... Helped Team USA finish unbeaten at 6-0 ... Led the team in 3-pointers (10) and 3-point percentage (.420) ... Won her second gold medal the following year at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup in Leon, Mexico while competing for the USA Women's U17 National Team ... Averaged 11.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in seven games ... Also attended the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team minicamp in Portland, Oregon that same year ... Invited to participate in the 2025 USA Women’s U19 National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letter winner for James River High School ... Reclassified a year early to enroll at UNC in 2024-25 ... Named the 2024 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year ... Graded the No. 59 overall recruit in the class of 2024 by ESPN HoopGurlz ... Earned first team all-state honors all three years ... Tabbed Metro and Region Player of the Year in consecutive seasons in 2023 and 2024 ... Holds the Virginia High School League career record for free throw percentage (.874) ... Averaged 28 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game her junior year ... Selected to join the Jr. NBA/WNBA Court of Leaders in 2024.
PERSONAL
Originally from Richmond, Virginia ... Is a 2024 graduate of James River High School in Midlothian, Virginia ... Daughter of Jeff and Adriane Grant ... Favorite hobbies outside of basketball include reading, writing and thrifting ... Lists Michael Jordan and Steph Curry as the athletes she admires the most ... Has the entire soundtrack of Hamilton memorized ... Born April 23.
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