University of Tennessee Athletics
2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 14
Rylie Theuerkauf
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Tenafly, N.J.
- Prev School:
- Wake Forest/Georgia
CAREER HIGHS
* Indicates most recent high- Points: 26 // Mississippi St. (A), 2/12/26
- Rebounds: 5 // Kentucky (A), 1/24/26*
- Assists: 5 // Louisville (H), 1/5/25
- Steals: 3 // Winthrop (H), 11/17/24*
- Blocks: 1 // VCU (N), 12/19/25*
- Field Goals: 10 // NC State (H), 1/30/25
- 3-Pointers: 5 // Virginia (N), 3/21/26*
- Free Throws: 9 // Pitt (H), 3/2/25
- Minutes: 44 // Virginia (N), 3/21/26
CAREER HONORS (WAKE FOREST 2023-25/GEORGIA 2025-26/TENN. 2026-)
- SEC Community Service Team -- 2025-26
- SEC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Rep -- 2025-26
CAREER SUMMARY (WAKE FOREST 2023-25/GEORGIA 2025-26)
- Appeared in 91 games, starting 57 over her first three collegiate seasons.
- Averaged 9.3 points and 1.5 rebounds while hitting 124 threes during that time.
- Scored in double figures 41 times, including seven games with 20 points or more.
- Had 16 contests where she drained three or more from long range.
- Shot 42.4 percent from the field, 34.0 from the arc and 86.2 from the free-throw line.
2025-26 -- JUNIOR (AT GEORGIA)
- Averaged 11.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists, starting 31 of 32 games for the Lady Bulldogs.
- Shot 42.4 percent from the field, 40.6 from beyond the arc and 86.2 from the free-throw line.
- Ranked No. 3 in the SEC in three-point field goal percentage and No. 8 in three-pointers per game (2.2).
- Finished No. 2 in the SEC in free-throw percentage.
- Was Georgia’s most accurate free-throw and three-point shooter, hit the second-most threes (71) and was the third-leading scorer.
- Dished out the team’s fourth-most assists (34), helping UGA earn an NCAA Tournament berth.
- Scored in double figures 18 times as a junior, including nine times vs. SEC opponents.
- Finished in double figures in nine of her final 12 games, including three games of 22+, averaging 14.7 ppg. during that span.
- Hit three or more treys in 13 games, including seven with four-plus.
- Fired in a career-high 26 points against Mississippi State, draining five of seven three-point attempts.
- Had a 5-of-9 day beyond the arc and 7-of-8 effort from the charity stripe vs. Virginia in the NCAA First Round en route to 22 points.
- Also hit for 22 points vs. Missouri, making seven of 14 field goal attempts and six of eight from the free-throw line.
- Finished four of eight from deep and tallied 19 points vs. USC Upstate in her third game in Athens.
- Made six of 11 shots, including three of four from long range, while enjoying an 18-point output vs. Georgia Tech.
- Produced 16 points vs. South Carolina, Auburn and Texas, making four, four and three treys, respectively, in those contests.
- Made three of six attempts beyond the arc and four of five charity tosses on her way to 15 points vs. Tennessee.
2024-25 -- SOPHOMORE (AT WAKE FOREST)
- Suited up in all 29 games at Wake Forest, making 23 starts and leading the team at 12.0 points per contest.
- Shot 80.2 percent from the free-throw line to rank fourth on the team.
- Ranked third on the squad at 27.3 minutes per game, second with 34 threes made and fifth with 42 assists and 24 steals.
- Scored in double figures on 20 occasions, including 11 of the last 12 games of the season.
- Tallied 193 points during that 12-game span, averaging 16.1 points per contest.
- Posted a season-high 25 points against NC State on Jan. 30, finishing the game 10 of 15 from the field.
- In the previous two games vs. North Carolina (19) and Boston College (21) on Jan. 23 and Jan. 26, respectively, she had her previous season highs.
- Had 20 vs. Georgia Tech and 23 to close the year at Pitt to finish with four efforts of 20+ points for the year.
- Went five of eight beyond the arc to card 18 points and add a career-most five assists vs. Louisville.
2023-24 -- FRESHMAN (AT WAKE FOREST)
- Saw action in 33 games, starting three during her freshman campaign.
- Averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per contest.
- Scored in double figures three times during the season.
- Shot 73.7 percent from the charity stripe.
- Notched a career-high 12 points against Texas A&M, finishing two of three beyond the arc.
- Logged 11 points against Boston College, hitting a season-most three shots from deep.
- Posted a season-high 21 minutes played and recorded 10 points and three steals against Virginia.
HIGH SCHOOL
- No. 85 overall player, earning a four-star rating in the 2023 SportsCenter NEXT 100.
- Finished her career with 2,482 points in her prep career at Tenafly High School.
- Posted 28.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game during her senior season.
- Averaged 29.2 points per game as a junior, leading the state in that category.
- Posted 36.4 points per game as a sophomore, ranking second in nation according to MaxPreps, while her 38.2 points per 32 minutes also ranked second in country MaxPreps.
- Made the New Jersey All-State Team as a senior.
- Earned All-Big North First Team and All-Bergen County honors all four seasons at THS.
- Named All-North Jersey during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
- Earned WYP Nations Queen Me 1vs1 - Queen of Manhattan Rose Classic NYC MVP of Season 2023, First Team All-Rose Classic at the 2023 Nike Tournament of Champions and First Team All-Nike EYBL 17U All Circuit Team during the AAU circuit in the summer.
- Also played volleyball and participated in track & field (triple jump, high jump and discus) in high school.
WBB | Isoken Uzamere Media Availability (5.19.26)
Tuesday, May 19
WBB | Bill Ferrara Media Availability (5.13.26)
Wednesday, May 13
WBB | Talaysia Cooper, Nya Robertson & Kim Caldwell Postgame vs. NC State, NCAA Tournament First Round (3.20.26)
Friday, March 20
WBB | Highlights: NC State 76, Lady Vols 61 (3/20/26)| 3.29.25
Friday, March 20













