Aaliyah Edwards

Aaliyah Edwards (born July 9, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.[1]

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
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
  • Big East Sixth-Woman of the Year (2021)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2021)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
2019 Puerto RicoTeam
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
2017 ArgentinaTeam

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

In July 2021, Edwards was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[3][4]

References
  1. "Aaliyah Edwards". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. "Canada's Tokyo 2020 women's basketball team announced". www.basketball.ca/. 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.


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