Aaliyah Edwards
Edwards with UConn in 2022
No. 3 – UConn Huskies
PositionForward
LeagueBig East Conference
Personal information
Born (2002-07-09) July 9, 2002
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrestwood Prep
(Toronto, Ontario)
CollegeUConn (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Silver medal – second place2019 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place2023 León
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 Argentina

Aaliyah Edwards (born July 9, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.

College career

Edwards is currently a junior playing with the UConn Huskies women's basketball team.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

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

Legend
  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 best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020–21 UConn 29621.868.90.063.65.70.91.01.02.010.7
2021–22 UConn 362624.952.140.074.05.11.41.10.52.17.9
2022–23 UConn 151532.163.4100.075.49.52.81.01.12.816.5

Awards and honors

  • Big East All-Tournament team (2023)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ewing, Lori (17 February 2021). "Canada's Aaliyah Edwards shining in freshman season unlike any other at UConn". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Gonzalez, Isabel. "Aaliyah Edwards becomes first UConn player with 20 points, 20 rebounds in a game since Maya Moore". CBS Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Canada's Tokyo 2020 women's basketball team announced". Basketball Canada. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Awad, Brandi (29 June 2021). "Team Canada's women's basketball squad ready to shoot for Olympic podium". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Adamec, Carl. "UConn notebook: Sweet repeat for Lopez Sénéchal". Journal Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-03-07.


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