Indya Nivar (born January 16, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
[1] A five-star recruit ranked the 20th-best player in the 2022 class by ESPN, she committed to Stanford over offers from North Carolina and NC State.
[3][4] Nivar debuted for the Stanford Cardinal on November 7, 2022, scoring a season-high 13 points in the season-opening 86–48 win against San Diego State.
[1][5] After the season, she chose to enter the NCAA transfer portal and returned to her home state with the North Carolina Tar Heels; according to head coach Courtney Banghart, Nivar "said she didn't know we'd get good so fast".
[6] Nivar made her North Carolina debut on November 8, 2023, coming off the bench to score a game-high 17 points and get 11 rebounds in the season-opening 102–49 win against Gardner–Webb.