Aaliyah Edwards facts for kids
Edwards with UConn in 2022
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| No. 3 – UConn Huskies | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 9, 2002 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Crestwood Prep (Toronto, Ontario) |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | UConn (2020–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Big East Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aaliyah Edwards (born July 9, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.
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College career
Edwards is currently a junior playing with the UConn Huskies women's basketball team. She is averaging a double-double of 18.3 points and 11.0 boards per game. That is more than twice as good as her sophomore season, when she averaged 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. The junior forward became the first UConn player with 20 points and 20 rebounds since Maya Moore in 2010.
National team career
Edwards has won silver at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship as part of the junior team, and then silver with the senior team at the 2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.
In July 2021, Edwards was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.
Personal life
Aaliyah Edwards was born in Kingston, Ontario, to parents Jacqueline and Stanford Edwards. She wears purple and yellow braids to pay homage to the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant.
Career statistics
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career high | ° | League leader | ||||
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2020–21 | UConn | 29 | 6 | 21.8 | 68.9 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 2021–22 | UConn | 36 | 26 | 24.9 | 52.1 | 40.0 | 74.0 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 7.9 |
| 2022–23 | UConn | 15 | 15 | 32.1 | 63.4 | 100.0 | 75.4 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 16.5 |
Awards and honors
- Big East All-Tournament team (2023)
