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Aaliyah Edwards
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Edwards with the Washington Mystics in 2024
No. 24 – Washington Mystics
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Personal information
Born (2002-07-09) July 9, 2002 (age 22)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
High school Crestwood Prep
(Toronto, Ontario)
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College UConn (2020–2024)
NBA Draft 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Pro career 2024–present
League WNBA
Career history
2024–present Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-American – USBWA (2024)
  • Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2023)
  • WBCA Coaches' All-American (2024)
  • 2× First-team All-Big East (2023, 2024)
  • Big East Most Improved Player of the Year (2023)
  • Big East Sixth Woman of the Year (2021)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2021)
  • Big East tournament MOP (2023)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Silver 2019 Puerto Rico
Bronze 2023 León
FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
Silver 2017 Argentina

Aaliyah Edwards (born July 9, 2002) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at UConn. Edwards played high school basketball at Crestwood Preparatory College, in Toronto, Ontario, where she led her school to three championships and played for Canadian national U16, U17 and senior FIBA Cup teams. Recruited by UConn's Geno Auriemma and the Huskies, Edwards excelled in her junior and senior seasons, both years appearing on NCAA women's All-America teams.

College career

Edwards graduated after playing with the UConn Huskies women's basketball team for four seasons. As a junior, she averaged double-double of 18.3 points and 11 rebounds per game, an improvement from her sophomore season, when she averaged 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. The sturdy junior forward became the first UConn player with 20 points and 20 rebounds since Maya Moore in 2010. Edwards was selected first-team All-Big East and second-team All-America as a senior, a season in which UConn narrowly lost against Iowa in the Final Four after playing to a record-breaking 14.4 million ESPN basketball viewers.

Professional career

WNBA

On April 15, 2024, Edawrds was selected in the first round of the 2024 WNBA draft as the sixth pick by the Washington Mystics. On April 18, she signed her rookie scale contract with the team.

Unrivaled

On October 29, 2024, it was announced that Edwards would appear and play in the inaugural 2025 season of Unrivaled, the women's 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.

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.

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 high ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2024 Washington 34 17 21.8 .490 .000 .507 5.6 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.5 7.6
Career 1 year, 1 team 34 17 21.8 .490 .000 .507 5.6 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.5 7.6

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020–21 UConn 29 6 21.8 .689 — .636 5.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 2.0 10.7
2021–22 UConn 36 26 24.9 .521 .400 .740 5.1 1.4 1.1 0.5 2.1 7.9
2022–23 UConn 37 37 32.5 .589 1.000 .773 9.0 2.4 1.2 1.1 3.0 16.6
2023–24 UConn 37 37 30.3 .593 .000 .747 9.2 2.1 1.7 1.0 2.5 17.6
Career 139 106 27.7 .593 .333 .736 7.3 1.8 1.3 0.9 2.4 13.4

Personal life

Edwards was born in Kingston, Ontario, to Jacqueline and Stanford Edwards. She wears purple and yellow braids to pay homage to the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant. She is of Jamaican descent.

Awards and honors

  • Big East All-Tournament team (2023)
  • AP Third Team All-American (2023)
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