Tayra Meléndez

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tayra Meléndez

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|10|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Massachusetts, United States

| nationality = Puerto Rican

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb =

| position = Forward

| league = A-1 Liga

| team = ŽKK Šibenik

| number =

| college = Rhode Island (2014–2016)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2016

| career_start =

| career_end =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|PUR}}}}

}}

Tayra Meléndez (born 29 October 1993) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Gigantes de Carolina and the Puerto Rican national team.[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/202211 Eurobasket.com profile]{{dead link|date=February 2025}}

She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup,{{Cite web |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/player/Tayra-Melendez |title=2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup profile |access-date=2018-12-27 |archive-date=2018-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230727/http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/player/Tayra-Melendez |url-status=dead }} and 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.{{Cite news |title=Puerto Rico abre su participación en el Mundial de Australia |url=http://www.puertorico.basketball/not2.asp?r=184BCB7778A7427FA4E6F94001077944 |access-date=18 May 2023}}

Statistics

Source{{Cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer |title=NCAA Statistics |website=web1.ncaa.org |access-date=20 June 2021 |archive-date=8 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608091009/http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer |url-status=dead }}

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!YEAR

!Team

!{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

!{{abbr|FG%|Field goal percentage}}

!{{abbr|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}

!{{abbr|FT%|Free-throw percentage}}

!{{abbr|RBG|Rebounds per game}}

!{{abbr|APG|Assists per game}}

!{{abbr|BPG|Blocks per game}}

!{{abbr|SPG|Steals per game}}

!{{abbr|PPG|Points per game}}

2012-13

|Rhode Island

|27

|33.3%

|21.4%

|67.9%

|4.444

|1.222

|1.333

|1.000

|10.370

2013-14

|Rhode Island

|25

|32.8%

|37.3%

|73.0%

|4.720

|1.960

|1.520

|1.000

|12.960

2014-15

|Rhode Island

|30

|36.8%

|26.5%

|64.6%

|6.000

|1.900

|1.167

|1.767

|7.700

2015-16

|Rhode Island

|30

|38.2%

|33.3%

|52.4%

|6.133

|2.067

|1.500

|1.300

|6.267

Career

|112

|34.8%

|29.7%

|67.1%

|5.375

|1.795

|1.375

|1.286

|9.134

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!YEAR

!Team

!{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

!{{abbr|FG|Field goals made}}

!{{abbr|FGA|Field goal attempts}}

!{{abbr|3P|3-point field-goals made}}

!{{abbr|3PA|3-point field-goal attempts}}

!{{abbr|FT|Free-throws made}}

!{{abbr|FTA|Free-throws attempted}}

!{{abbr|REB|Total rebounds}}

!{{abbr|A|Assists}}

!{{abbr|BK|Blocks}}

!{{abbr|ST|Steals}}

!{{abbr|PTS|Points}}

2012-13

|Rhode Island

|27

|104

|312

|15

|70

|57

|84

|120

|33

|36

|27

|280

2013-14

|Rhode Island

|25

|102

|311

|28

|75

|92

|126

|118

|49

|38

|25

|324

2014-15

|Rhode Island

|30

|81

|220

|18

|68

|51

|79

|180

|57

|35

|53

|231

2015-16

|Rhode Island

|30

|73

|191

|20

|60

|22

|42

|184

|62

|45

|39

|188

Career

|112

|360

|1034

|81

|273

|222

|331

|602

|201

|154

|144

|1023

References

External links

{{FIBA profile|84606}}
{{Eurobasket.com player}}
{{Basketball-Reference.com international}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com|tayra-melendez}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20241007085023/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tayra-melendez_1550042 Tayra Meléndez] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/tayra-melendez_1550042 alternate link])
{{2019 Pan American Games profile|basketball/athlete-profile-n1116673-melendez-tayra}}

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:Forwards (basketball)

Category:Puerto Rican women's basketball players

Category:Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico

Category:Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico

Category:Pan American Games medalists in basketball

Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico

Category:Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Basketball players at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Basketball players from Massachusetts

Category:Rhode Island Rams women's basketball players

Category:Gigantes de Carolina (women's basketball) players

Category:21st-century Puerto Rican sportswomen