Appalachian State University has announced its 2026 athletics hall of fame, and it includes Radford native Maryah Sydnor.
One of the most decorated players in program history, Sydnor made an immediate impact by earning SoCon Freshman of the Year honors in 2012.
After averaging 10.1 points per game during her debut season, she steadily built on that momentum to earn second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and a first-team selection as a junior. In her senior season, which marked the inaugural year for App State in the Sun Belt Conference, Sydnor earned First-Team All-Sun Belt honors.
She led the team with 17.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, highlighted by a spectacular performance on the road at No. 10 Kentucky, where she scored 33 points.
Over her brilliant career, Sydnor started in 102 of her 120 game appearances and finished with career program rankings of third place with 1,821 points, fifth place with 849 rebounds and second place with 432 made free throws.
Sydnor earned a Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy from Emory & Henry College School of Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science from Appalachian State University in 2015. She now works at Professional Rehab in Radford.
This is the 51st class in the history of the App State Athletics Hall of Fame. The group will be inducted in a ceremony in the Grandview Ballroom of Kidd Brewer Stadium’s north end zone facility on Friday, Sept. 18, the night before the Mountaineers’ home football game against Charlotte.
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