Lydia Rivers

Personal: One of four children in her family … father, John, played football at Virginia Tech … cousin, Michael Jenkins, played college basketball at Winthrop before enjoying professional career overseas … brother, Derek, played football at Youngstown State and spent three seasons in the National Football League. 

Other Professional Experience: Played in 13 games for Constanta in Liga Nationala in Romania … averaged 9.2 points per game while shooting 50.0 percent from the field … also grabbed 11.1 rebounds per outing … registered five double-double efforts … netted season-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field along with 15 rebounds against Brasov on Dec. 12, 2022 … collected season-high 19 rebounds, including 10 defensive caroms, on Dec. 29, 2022, against Rapid … recorded 10 or more rebounds in 10-of-13 appearances.

At Virginia Tech: Spent one season at Virginia Tech after four-year career at Radford … appeared in 129 total games and averaged 7.5 points per outing … finished with 961 points and 1093 rebounds … starter in 23-of-30 contests in lone season with the Hokies … led team with 8.1 rebounding average while recording three double-double performances … also registered 34 blocked shots … earned starting assignment in 68-of-99 games over four seasons at Radford … averaged 7.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per appearance with the Highlanders while shooting 44.8 percent from the field … ranks fifth on Highlanders’ career rebounding list (849) … grabbed 310 rebounds during 2018-19 campaign, the fifth-highest single-season total in Radford history … First-Team All-Big South Conference selection in 2018-19 after posting 12.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game … honored as 2019 Big South Tournament MVP after guiding Radford to its first conference crown since 1996 … named to 2015-16 Big South All-Freshman Team.