Karon Boyd

Height:
6-6
Position:
Forward
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
High School:
Cannon HS
Prev School:
Wichita State

AS A SENIOR AT WICHITA STATE (2025-26)
American All-Academic Team... NABC Honors Court... Named Third Team All-Conference... In his final collegiate game he tallied 13 points and 6 rebounds at Tulsa in the NIT quarterfinals... Scored 12 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 4 assists on Senior Day vs. Florida Atlantic (March 7)... Set career highs in free throws made (8) and free throw attempts (11) and finished with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists at Memphis (Feb. 26)... Scored 13 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in a double OT win at East Carolina (Feb. 18)... Named to the American Conference honorable mention on Feb. 9... Registered his fourth double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds at Tulane (Feb. 8)... Scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half vs. Charlotte on Feb. 4... Knocked down a pair of three-pointers and finished with 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists at Tulsa (Feb. 1)... Tied a game high with 14 points in the win over Memphis on Jan. 24... Went for 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks at South Florida (Jan. 18)... Logged 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 15)... Did a little of everything vs. North Texas (Jan. 11), totaling 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks... Pulled down 10 rebounds vs. Rice (Jan. 7)... Collected his third double-double with 21 points and a season-high 12 rebounds at Charlotte (Jan. 3)... Scored 18 of his career-high 22 points in the first half vs. Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 21)... Totaled 10 points and 7 rebounds at Northern Iowa (Dec. 6)... Finished the Battle 4 Atlantis with 15 points vs. Western Kentucky (Nov. 28)... Recorded his second double-double behind 14 points and 11 rebounds vs. Colorado State (Nov. 27)... Added 10 points and 8 rebounds vs. Saint Mary’s in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis (Nov. 26)... Tied a season high with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting to go with five rebounds vs. Milwaukee (Nov. 22)... Third straight game in double figures with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Loyola (Nov. 13)... Added 12 points in a 105-62 win over Prairie View on Nov. 8... Recorded a double-double in his Wichita State debut vs. UNC Asheville (Nov. 4), totaling 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win.

AS A JUNIOR AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE (2024-25)
Named the 2024-25 SoCon Defensive Player of the Year... averaged 8.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game to go with 28 blocks and 28 steals this past season for East Tennessee State. He played in 31 games, making 27 starts for the Bucs, scoring 10 or more points 12 times. He scored a season-high 20 points on Nov. 24 vs. Queens and had a career-high 20 rebounds on Feb. 5 at VMI. Boyd posted 16 points and 5 rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting in a visit to the Roundhouse on Dec. 7.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE (2023-24)
Played in 30 games with 29 starts … Averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in 30.4 minutes per game … Missed five straight games with a foot injury from Jan. 10-24 ... Career-high 12 rebounds vs. UNCG in SoCon semis (3/9) ... Posted eight points on 4-of-6 shooting vs. UNCG (3/2) ... Totaled nine points, nine rebounds and three steals vs. VMI (2/21) ... Finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals vs. Wofford (2/7) ... Posted eight points, seven rebounds and career-high four rebounds in his return vs. Samford (1/27) ... Finished with eight points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. Mercer (1/3) ... First double-double vs. East Carolina (12/29) ... Posted 14 points and tied then a career-high 11 rebounds vs. the Pirates ... Then a career-high 11 rebounds at Utah State (12/22) ... Posted nine points and 10 rebounds vs. Kansas City (12/20) ... Finished with eight points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals vs. Tusculum (12/15) ... Posted eight points and seven rebounds vs. TTU (12/10) ... Led the Bucs with nine rebounds at Jax State (12/3) ... Totaled eight points and eight rebounds in the win over Alabama A&M (11/24) ... Scored a season-high 17 points, along with adding six rebounds in the win over Davidson (11/17) ... Posted seven points, five rebounds and three assists at Butler (11/13) ... Nearly had a double-double at Elon (9 points, 8 rebounds) ... Posted eight points, five rebounds and two steals in ETSU debut vs. King (11/6)

AS A FRESHMAN AT USC AIKEN (2022-23)
Boyd began his college career at USC Aiken. In his one season at USC Aiken, he averaged 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in 27.5 minutes per game. Boyd started in all 33 games where he shot 48 percent from the field and was a 72 percent free throw shooter. He helped guide the Pacers to a 24-win season and trip to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16, marking the program's best finish in nearly 10 years.

High School
He played at Cannon High School where he averaged 14.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists his senior season, leading Cannon to the Class 4-A state title... Boyd was named all-state following his senior campaign and was a North Carolina Private School all-star selection.

Personal
Born in Queens, N.Y., and moved to Concord, N.C., at nine years old... Boyd is the son of Thomas and Tiesha Boyd, and has four siblings, Jaren, Kyair, Ramal and Mekhi.