2023-24 (SR): Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team Honors...Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 27...Started all 29 games she appeared in...Was ODU's leading scorer with 360 points (12.4 ppg)...Other totals included 136 rebounds (4.7 rpg), 70 assists, 69 steals, and eight blocks...Shot 37.5 percent from the field, 30.8 percent from distance, and 77.3 percent at the line...Made a team-high 40 threes...Scored in double figures 18 times...Finished with 22 points in the win at Kent State (Feb. 10)...Had a season-high 25 points with nine rebounds in a win at Georgia State (Feb. 24)...Tallied 20 points with eight boards in a win over Georgia Southern (Feb. 27).
AT JONES COLLEGE (2022-23): Earned First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region 23, NJCAA All-American Third Team, and World Exposure Report All-American Honorable Mention honors … She helped the team capture its seventh-straight Region 23 title and reached the NJCAA Division I Quarterfinals … The second-leading scorer for the Bobcats, scoring 473 points (17.5 ppg) in 27 games with 26 starts … Shot 47.7 percent from the field, including 34.7 percent from long range, and 78.0 percent at the line … Added 140 rebounds (5.2 rpg), 99 assists, 60 steals and five blocks to her season totals … Finished her sophomore season with 23 double-digit scoring performances, including a stretch of 13 games … Her best outing was a 33-point effort in a 93-88 win over Pearl River on Feb. 9.
AT MEMPHIS (2021-22): Appeared in 11 games ... Scored a season-high four points against Florida A&M on Nov. 20 ... Had nine assists and six steals.
AT MEMPHIS (2020-21): Played in seven games ... Dished out three assists at East Carolina on Feb. 27 ... Scored a season-high nine points against Temple on March 2.
PREP: Attended Olive Branch High School, where she scored over 2,000 career points and capped off her high school career with a 40-point performance in Olive Branch’s third state championship … 2020 Mississippi State Player of the Year and the 2019 Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year … Two-time MVP State Tournament player … Won 3 State Championships … Miss Basketball State of Mississippi, The Clarion-Ledger Player of the Year, a member of the Dandy Dozen, and Commercial Appeal Player of the Year … Rated a four-star recruit by All-Star Girls Report.
PERSONAL: Full name is En’Dya Kaniya Buford … Born on Dec. 1, 2001 … Daughter of Sarah Buford-Whiting and Phillip Whiting … Has two brothers, Jamari and Antonio … Majoring in sports management … Chose ODU because it felt like a home away from home with coaches that really care about you on and off the court.