Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Has appeared in 34 career games as an Ichabod averaging 2.9 ppg and 2.6 rpg.

In 2023-24: Played in 25 games scoring 89 points averaging 3.6 per game adding 3.0 rebounds per game … hit 47 percent percent of his shots scoring a season-high 10 points against Northeastern State.

In 2022-23: Appeared in nine games as a freshman recording career-highs in points and rebounds against Northwest Missouri with six and eight respectively … tallied 10 points on th season averaging nearly five minutes a game.

Background: As a senior he averaged 11 points and eight rebounds a game and was named to the all-tournament teams at the Webster Grove and William Jewell Holiday Classic … team made the 2020 state championship game and have bee three-time William Jewell Tournament Championships, two-time Liberty Tournament Champions as well as two-time district and two-time conference champions.

Personal: Son of Efrem Byrd and Michelle Blakley … his mom played tennis at William Jewell … undecided on major.