Edessa Noyan Signs With Indiana Women’s Basketball
4/16/2025 3:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's basketball has announced the addition of Edessa Noyan to the 2025-26 roster
Noyan (pronounced Eh-dess-uh Noy-yawn) is a 6-3 forward from Botkyra, Sweeden who played two seasons at Viriginia prior to her arrival in Bloomington, where she played in 54 games and made 26 starts. She averaged 5.7 points while shooting 40.7 percent from the floor along with 4.3 rebounds per game and started 26 games for the Cavaliers as a sophomore.
As a freshman in Charlottesville, Noyan led the team in field goal percentage and was an ACC Honor Roll honoree while appearing in all 32 games. Her international playing experience also includes an appearance with the U20 Swedish National Team roster for the last three years (2022, 2023, 2024) at the Nordic Championship and FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket Championship.
Noyan also played with the Swedish U18 Junior National Team where it won the 2022 Nordic Championship while averaging 18.8 points per game. She also spent time with the Sodertalje Club Team, one of the best teams in Sweden's top division
She joins Zania Socka-Nguemen (UCLA), Chloe Spreen (Alabama) and Phoenix Stotijn (Arkansas) as offseason additions for the program.
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Noyan (pronounced Eh-dess-uh Noy-yawn) is a 6-3 forward from Botkyra, Sweeden who played two seasons at Viriginia prior to her arrival in Bloomington, where she played in 54 games and made 26 starts. She averaged 5.7 points while shooting 40.7 percent from the floor along with 4.3 rebounds per game and started 26 games for the Cavaliers as a sophomore.
As a freshman in Charlottesville, Noyan led the team in field goal percentage and was an ACC Honor Roll honoree while appearing in all 32 games. Her international playing experience also includes an appearance with the U20 Swedish National Team roster for the last three years (2022, 2023, 2024) at the Nordic Championship and FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket Championship.
Noyan also played with the Swedish U18 Junior National Team where it won the 2022 Nordic Championship while averaging 18.8 points per game. She also spent time with the Sodertalje Club Team, one of the best teams in Sweden's top division
She joins Zania Socka-Nguemen (UCLA), Chloe Spreen (Alabama) and Phoenix Stotijn (Arkansas) as offseason additions for the program.
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