Brittany Boyd

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Brittany Boyd-Jones

| image = Brittany Boyd at 2 August 2015 game cropped.jpg

| caption =Boyd in 2015

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 156

| league = WNBA

| team =

| number = 15

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|11}}

| birth_place =

| highschool = Berkeley (Berkeley, California)

| college = California (2011–2015)

| draft_year = 2015

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 9

| draft_team = New York Liberty

| career_start = 2015

| career_end = 2021

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}–{{WNBA Year|2019}}

| team1 = New York Liberty

| years2 = 2019–2020

| team2 = Elitzur Ramla

| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2021}}

| team3 = Chicago Sky

| coach_start = 2022

|| cyears1 = 2022-2024

| cteam1 = Cal State East Bay (asst.)

| cyears2 = 2024-present

| cteam2 = Saint Mary's (asst.)

| highlights =

• WNBA All-Rookie Team (2015)
• Second-team All-American – AP (2015)
• WBCA Coaches' All-American (2015)
• 2x Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015)
• 3× All-Pac-12 (2013–2015)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman team (2012)

| wnba_profile = brittany-boyd

| bbr_wnba = boydbr01w

}}

Brittany Boyd-Jones ({{nee}} Boyd; born June 11, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Chicago Sky. She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. She was selected by New York in the first round of the 2015 WNBA draft with the ninth overall pick.{{cite news |last=Hammon |first=Stephanie |title=Cal's Brittany Boyd and Stanford's Amber Orrange are headed to New York as WNBA teammates, having both been drafted by the Liberty |date=April 16, 2015 |work=San Jose Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_27930440/cals-brittany-boyd-goes-no-9-overall-new |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417093406/http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_27930440/cals-brittany-boyd-goes-no-9-overall-new |archivedate=April 17, 2015 |url-status=live }}

Boyd grew up in Richmond, California,{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Michelle |title=There's no place like home |date=April 6, 2013 |work=espnW.com |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/tournament/2013/story/_/id/9141678/2013-women-ncaa-tournament-cal-bears-guard-brittany-boyd-there-no-place-home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616022840/http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/tournament/2013/story/_/id/9141678/2013-women-ncaa-tournament-cal-bears-guard-brittany-boyd-there-no-place-home |archive-date=June 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Creative Genius |date=November 5, 2013 |work=Slam |url=http://www.slamonline.com/college-hs/college/brittany-boyd-california-bears/#suQ9KxvfjeaImppy.97 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616014727/http://www.slamonline.com/college-hs/college/brittany-boyd-california-bears/ |archivedate=June 16, 2015 |url-status=live }} and attended high school in Berkeley at Berkeley High.{{cite news |title=Cal's Brittany Boyd is a Naismith semifinalist |date=March 3, 2015 |work=San Jose Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_27634233/cals-brittany-boyd-is-naismith-semifinalist |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614110532/http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_27634233/cals-brittany-boyd-is-naismith-semifinalist |archivedate=June 14, 2015 |url-status=live }} As a senior in college, she helped Cal advance to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.{{cite news |last=Vernon |first=Mike |title=Cal's Boyd, Gray see careers end with loss to Texas |date=March 22, 2015 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Cal-s-Boyd-Gray-see-careers-end-with-loss-to-6151977.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614212030/http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Cal-s-Boyd-Gray-see-careers-end-with-loss-to-6151977.php |archivedate=June 14, 2015 |url-status=live }} Boyd averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game for the season, and was a semifinalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year. She was the first player in the history of the Pac-12 Conference to reach career totals of 1,400 points, 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 300 steals.

Boyd played five seasons with New York. In 2019, she tied a career high with 33 games played while starting in a career-high 17 contests. The Liberty waived her after the season.{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Liberty waive veteran guard Brittany Boyd|date=April 21, 2020|newspaper=Newsday|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/liberty/brittany-boyd-liberty-1.44014974|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}

She was picked up by the Sky in 2021, but waved by the team in May 2021.{{Cite web |title=Brittany Boyd-Jones WNBA Stats & News |url=https://www.rotowire.com/wnba/player/brittany-boyd-jones-375 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.rotowire.com}}