Mashayla Cecil - Graduate Assistant - Staff Directory - University of Tennessee Athletics

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Mashayla Cecil

Title:
Graduate Assistant
Year At Tennessee:
2nd
Alma Mater (Year):
Glenville State (2022)

Updated: August 2025

Mashayla Cecil joined Tennessee Athletics in May of 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her a graduate assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols. She now is in year two with the program.

Cecil, who is in her third season in coaching, made the move to Knoxville after serving as an assistant coach in 2023-24 at Marshall under Caldwell and alongside current Lady Vol assistants Jenna Burdette and Angel Rizor.

In addition to her year with Caldwell at MU, Cecil played three seasons at Glenville State from 2019-22, helping Caldwell and the Pioneers win an NCAA Division II National Championship trophy during the 2021-22 campaign. The duo also collected two Mountain East Conference titles and an MEC Tournament crown while compiling a 73-10 record during that period, including a 51-5 mark in league games.

After winning the national title, Cecil transferred to Wayne State University in Detroit, where she finished her career on the hardwood in 2022-23 while pursuing a master's in counseling. She earned the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award while at WSU.

Cecil, who attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Ky., was the 11th Region Player of the Year and a Miss Kentucky Basketball candidate as a senior, and she became the all-time leading scorer in Fayette County Public Schools history with 2,232 points. Cecil earned all-city and all-district acclaim three times prior to beginning her college career at EKU in 2018-19 before making the moving to Glenville State.

In 2022, Cecil earned a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in health promotions from GSU. She is pursuing a master’s in sport management at Tennessee and is a recipient of the Steve & Kaye Maynard Women’s Basketball Graduate Assistant Scholarship Fund.