AaliyahEdwards

Selected No. 6 Overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics.

Position
Forward
Height
6-3
Birthdate
Jul 9, 2002
College/Country
Connecticut/Canada
Draft
2024 Rnd 1 Pick 6
EXP
1 years
24
Aaliyah Edwards headshot
PPG
5.4
RPG
3.7
APG
0.6

About Aaliyah

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

  • 2024: Selected 6th overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics
  • 2025: Traded to the Connecticut Sun in a midseason trade on August 7

2025 SEASON WITH WASHINGTON AND CONNECTICUT:

  • Appeared in 21 regular season games for Washington before being traded to the Connecticut Sun on August 7.
  • Averaged 5.6 points and 3.3 rebounds over 21 games for the Mystics.
  • Appeared in 15 regular season games for Connecticut, making her debut on August 10 against the Las Vegas Aces.
  • Averaged 4.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks per game for the Sun.
  • Eclipsed 400 career points on August 17 against Indiana.
  • Grabbed her 300th career-rebound on September 3 against Chicago.
  • Scored a Sun career-high 11 points on August 30 against Minnesota.
  • Grabbed a Sun career-high eight rebounds on two occasions- September 3 against Chicago and September 10 against Atlanta.

2024 SEASON WITH WASHINGTON:

  • Appeared in 34 regular season games for Washington, starting in 11.
  • Made her WNBA debut on May 14 against the New York Liberty, scoring six points, two rebounds, and one block.
  • Scored a career-high 23 points, grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds and recorded a career-high four blocks against Chicago on June 4.
  • Dished out a career-high four assists on two occasions- July 10 against Indiana and September 3 against Dallas.
  • Grabbed a career-high three steals on May 21 against Los Angeles.

COLLEGE CAREER:

  • Played at the University of Connecticut from 2020-2024.
  • Second-team All-American- USBWA (2024)
  • Third-team All-American- AP, USBWA (2023)
  • WBCA Coaches’ All-American (2024)
  • 2x First Team All-Big East (2023, 2024)
  • Big East Most Improved Player (2023)
  • Big East Sixth Woman of the Year (2021)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2021)
  • 4x Big East Regular Season and Tournament Champion
  • Helped lead the Huskies to three NCAA Final Four appearances (2021, 2022, 2024) and a National Championship game appearance in 2022.