Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin announced that four-star recruit NyAir McCoy is joining the team’s roster. McPhee-McCuin described McCoy as a point guard whose pace and playing style fit the program’s approach.
McCoy, from Forestville, Maryland, earned a 91.00 rating from ESPNW. ESPN ranks her No. 69 nationally in the 2027 recruiting class and lists her among the top point guards in that class.
ADVERTISEMENT
At Bishop McNamara, McCoy helped lead the team to consecutive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships and earned All-WCAC First Team honors. In her junior season, the team went 29-3 and ranked No. 2 nationally in Sports Illustrated’s final 2025-26 girls high school basketball rankings.
McCoy also plays for Team Takeover, which won the 2025 Nike Nationals 17U Championship.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
Stay connected
Mississippi, wherever you are.
Follow our coverage on Facebook and watch Mississippi News Group on YouTube.
