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TeonniKey
- position Forward
- height 6-5
- class Senior
- Hometown Cary, N.C.
- High school Cary High School
- Previous School North Carolina
- Major Sport Leadership
Career Awards / Honors
Round 2, Pick 22 to the Toronto Tempo in the 2026 WNBA Draft
2025-26 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 Preseason All-SEC Second Team by the Coaches
2025-26 CSC All-District Academic Team
2025-26 (Senior)
Played and started in 28 games in 2025-26 … Averaged 26.7 mpg, 11.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 1.2 apg and 0.7 spg … Shot 51.2 percent from the field … Had double-digit scoring 18 times and double-digit rebounding nine times … Had seven double-doubles … Led UK in scoring three times, in rebounding eight times, in steals three times and in blocks seven times … Put together a dominant performance against No. 6/7 Vanderbilt on Feb. 5, scoring a career-high 27 points on 11-of-15 from the field and 12 rebounds … Played a crucial part of wins at No. 21/19 Louisville and No. 5/5 LSU … Against the Cardinals, she recorded 17 points on 8-of-13 from the field, eight rebounds and four blocks … Against the Tigers, she also had 17 points on 8-of-14 from the field and a career-high 16 rebounds … She became the first SEC player to have at least 17 points and 16 rebounds in a true road game against an SEC team in the AP Top Five since LSU’s Sylvia Fowles at No. 2 Tennessee on March 3, 2007 … She also became the first UK player since at least 2002-03 to have at least 17 points and 16 rebounds in a true road game against an AP Top Five opponent.
2024-25 (Junior)
Teonni Key – who averaged just 2.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in just 9.9 mpg in her previous two seasons at UNC – has reset her career high multiple times in every category on the season, including in points three times (last 20), rebounds six times (last 15), assists (5), field-goal makes five times (last 8), field-goal attempts four times (last 16), three-point field-goal makes three times (2), three-point field-goal attempts three times (4) and blocks three times (last 6) … She also recorded the first double-double of her college career on 11 points and 13 rebounds against Wofford on Nov. 12, going on to record 12 total through 31 games … She even put together three straight double-doubles twice on the season … Overall on the season, she averaged 11.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.7 bpg (fifth in the league) and 1.7 apg in 28.2 mpg … Her 1.7 bpg are third in program history … Scored at least 10+ points 22 times on the season, at least 15+ points seven times on the season and at least 20+ point one time on the season … She led the team in points twice, led in rebounds 13 times, led in steals nine times, and led in blocks seven times.
2022-24 (at North Carolina)
Teonni Key, a Cary, North Carolina, native, averaged 2.5 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game in just 9.9 minutes per game in two seasons at North Carolina … In 2023-24, the redshirt sophomore appeared in 23 games, earning 2.7 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per games … She missed the first 10 games of the season because of a lower body injury … She made her debut that season against Western Carolina on Dec. 15, leading her team on a career-high 10 rebounds, seven points, three blocks and two assists in just under 18 minutes … In other notable games that season, she scored a season-high 11 points on 5-of-6 from the field in just 16 minutes against Pittsburgh on Feb. 15 … She also scored five points, grabbed seven rebounds, including four offensive rebounds, swatted two blocks and dished out one assist in a career-high 21 minutes in a triumph over Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament on March 22 … Key played in 28 games and started in one as a redshirt freshman in 2022-23, averaging 2.4 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game … In her college debut against S.C. State on Nov. 16, she recorded a career-high 13 points and seven rebounds … She missed her entire freshman season after sustaining an ACL tear in a preseason scrimmage in 2021-22.
High School
Graduate of Cary High School … Named to the Jordan Brand Classic 2021 Girls National Team and the 2021 McDonald’s All-American Girls Team … Ranked ninth in the ESPNW Class of 2021 rankings … Four-year starter and all-conference selection … Second-team all-state and team MVP as a junior, and all-district as a sophomore … Academic Athletic Honor Roll recognition each year … In track, she reached the finals in high jump at 2018 New Balance Nationals, placing 10th with a height of 5-7.