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

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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

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. 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

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and

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Career statistics

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Awards and honors

* Big East All-Tournament team (2023)

References

External links

UConn Huskies bio
* * * * 2002 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Black Canadian basketball players Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian women's basketball players Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario UConn Huskies women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Canada All-American college women's basketball players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub