[1] Her 1,899 points was the EMU basketball scoring record (men and women) until surpassed in December, 2011, by Tavelyn James.
[2] In January, 2011, she became the fourth basketball player and the first women's basketball player to have her jersey retired by Eastern Michigan, joining George Gervin, Grant Long, and Kennedy McIntosh.
[3] From 1984 through 1999, Byrd played professional basketball in Spain,[4] Italy, Switzerland, and Sweden.
[9] In 1999 and 2000 she was on the training camp roster for the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.
[8] From 2003 to 2005 she was an assistant coach for the Detroit Shock, who won a WNBA Championship in 2003.