The Big Ten-champion Maryland women’s basketball team signed 6-foot-1 guard Taisiya “Tai” Kozlova on Monday, the program announced in a news release.
Kozlova, a native of Moscow, comes to the Terrapins by way of the Elevation Prep Academy in Sarasota, Florida. She is eligible immediately with four years of eligibility.
Kozlova, whose name is pronounced (ty-EE-see-ah koz-LOW-vah), averaged 13.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game in her first season in the United States this past year. She led the team in minutes played and points per game, starting every game, and had a 4.0 GPA.