Laila Phelia (born December 28, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Texas Longhorns.

Phelia played basketball for Mount Notre Dame High School in Reading, Ohio, where she was a four-time Girls Greater Catholic League first-team selection.

As a sophomore, she averaged 8.9 points and five rebounds per game, and helped lead the Cougars to the Division I state championship in 2019.

As a junior, she averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.1 assists per game and helped lead the Cougars to a perfect 28–0 record and a regional championship before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On November 16, 2022, she recorded a career-high 25 points, on 11-of-15 shooting, along with three rebounds, two steals and one block in a game against Western Michigan.

[16] She missed the month of February due to injury and returned on March 2, 2023, during the 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament.

[21] On February 24, 2024, she recorded her first career double-double, with 16 points, ten rebounds and a career-high seven assists in a game against Northwestern.

[22] On March 8, 2024, during the quarterfinals of the 2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament, she recorded a career-high 30 points in a 69–56 upset victory against No.

[33][34] During the tournament she averaged 3.4 points, three rebounds and 1.1 steals in 20.9 minutes per game and won a silver medal.

[35][36][37] Phelia's father, Greg, played basketball at Northern Kentucky from 1989 to 1993 and ranks 17th in program history with 1,310 points.