Academic Notes: Earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies... Pursuing a masters' degree in human relations... Five-timeĀ Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...Five-time Big Sky All-Academic selection.
Career Notes: Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team, All-Big Sky Honorable Mention and to the Big Sky All-Tournament Team in 2021-22... Preseason Big Sky MVP ahead of the 2020-21 season... All-Big Sky Third Team in 2021... All-Tournament Team at the 2021 WBI... All-Big Sky First Team in 2020... Joined the 1,000 point club on Feb. 15, 2020, the 18th player in NAU history to do so... Finished her career ranking 1st in program history in games played (143), rebounds (929), free throws made (434), free throws attempted (617)... Ranks 2nd in points scored (1,746) and ranks 3rd in field goals made (640) and field goals attempted (1,373)... Also finished inside the Top 10 in minutes played (3,709, 4th), field goal percentage (46.6, 10th) and rebounding average (6.5, T-10th).
Single-game Career Highs:
Statistics |
Total |
Date (Most recent if multiple occasions) |
Points |
31 |
Jan. 4, 2020 at Weber State |
Rebounds |
14 |
March 2, 2022 vs. Eastern Washington (Third time) |
Assists |
6 |
Dec. 4, 2021 vs. Idaho State |
Steals |
4 |
Dec. 2, 2021 vs. Weber State |
Blocks |
3 |
March 8, 2022 vs. Montana (Third time) |
FG Made |
12 |
March 19, 2021 vs. FIU |
FG Attempts |
26 |
Jan. 27, 2020 at Sacramento State |
3FG Made |
3 |
Jan. 18, 2020 vs. Northern Colorado |
3FG Attempts |
5 |
Jan. 18, 2020 vs. Northern Colorado |
FT Made |
9 |
Jan. 29, 2022 at Portland State (Third time) |
FT Attempts |
12 |
Feb. 18, 2021 vs. Weber State |
2021-22 (Grad Student): Finished her illustrious Northern Arizona career by starting 26 of 29 games during the season... averaged 11.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in 25.8 minutes while shooting 47.2 percent from the field... Ended her career ranking 1st in program history in games played (143), rebounds (929), free throws made (434), free throws attempted (617)... Ranks 2nd in points scored (1,746) and ranks 3rd in field goals made (640) and field goals attempted (1,373)... Also finished inside the Top 10 in minutes played (3,709, 4th), field goal percentage (46.6, 10th) and rebounding average (6.5, T-10th)... Also ranks 3rd all-time in the Big Sky in games played, 6th in free throw attempts, 7th in free throws made, 15th in points scored, 15th in field goals made and tied for 17th in field goal attempts... Set the program record for career games played on Dec. 17 at home against Arizona and broke the all-time rebounding mark on Jan. 29 at Portland State in her home state... Ranked 20th in the Big Sky in points per game and 11th in rebounds per game...Ā Finished with 17 double-digit scoring games, including three with at least 20 points, and five games with double-digit rebounds... Matched a career high of 14 rebounds on March 2 against Eastern Washington, finishing the game with one of her 22nd career double-double... Set a new career-high with 6 assists in Northern Arizona's 81-74 victory at home against Idaho State... Starred in the NCAAās top play of the week on Feb. 16 as she hit a buzzer-beating layup to tie Northern Arizona at 59-59 with Montana before hitting the game-winning free throw to complete the victory... Scored a season-high 25 points in her final game at Portland State, finishing with a double-double as she broke the rebounding record... Also scored 24 points in Northern Arizonaās 84-62 victory over eventual Mountain West Champion UNLV and scored 22 in a 77-71 victory at Northern Colorado... Named to the Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team, All-Big Sky Honorable Mention and to the Big Sky All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 55.1 percent from the field in Northern Arizonaās run to the Big Sky championship game.
2020-21 (Senior): Started 18 of 22 games during the 2020-21 season, including the final 14 of the season... Ranked third in the Big Sky hitting 47.2 percent from the field during conference games... Finished 10th in scoring (13.3) and rebounding (6.7) during conference games... Was named the Preseason Big Sky MVP and earned All-Big Sky Third Team honors... Named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 8 and earned a place on the All-Tournament Team at the 2021 WBI... Led the Lumberjacks in field-goal percentage (48.1) and finished third in points (293)... Matched her career-high with 14 rebounds in the first round of the WBI against FIU... Also set a new career-high with 12 field goals made against FIU... Scoring 29 points, Rasheed nearly matched her career high of 31 points against FIU... Recorded a double-double in all three games at the WBI, and finished with six double-doubles during the season... Finished the season ranked fourth all-time in scoring, fourth in field goals made, sixth in field goals attempted, second in free-throws made, second in free-throws attempted, fourth in rebounds and eighth in games played.
2019-20 (Junior): Started all 31 games for the Lumberjacks as she developed into one of the best players in the Big Sky Conference... Finished second in the Big Sky in points per game (16.5), sixth in rebounds (7.2) and second in field goal percentage (48.9%)... Named to the All-Big Sky First Team following the season... Also averaged 1.1 assists while playing 27.2 minutes per game... Season totals in points (513), field goals made (180), free-throws made (136) and free-throws attempted (177) all ranked inside NAU's top 10 single-season lists... Free-throws made finished 30th in the NCAA and free-throws attempted landed in tie for 39th... Named Big Sky Player of the Week on Jan. 14 and Feb. 25... Reached double-digits in all 20 Big Sky Conference regular season games and both Big Sky tournament games... Scored 20 or more points in 9 games, topping out with a career-high 31 points against Weber State while playing 27 minutes... Finished with double-digit rebounds in 7 games, including a career-high 14 in the double overtime victory against Sacramento State... Twice recorded back-to-back double-doubles, first on Jan. 25 and Jan. 27 at Portland State and Sacramento State before doing so again on Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 against Idaho and Eastern Washington... Expanded her game to include shooting from outside, where she hit 17-of-36 three-point attempts, including three against Northern Colorado and two on three other occasions...
2018-19Ā (Sophomore):Ā Appeared in all 31Ā games with 30Ā starts...One of four players to to appear in all 31 games...Named Big Sky Player of the Week on Nov. 13...Averaged 12.8Ā points, 6.3Ā rebounds andĀ 1.6Ā assists per game...Ranked second on the team in scoring and rebounding...Also led the team in blocks...Recorded 21Ā double-digit scoring games with fourĀ 20-point games...Scored career-high 24Ā points and shot 11-for-12 from the field at Seattle...Averaged 13.2 points per game and shot .463 from the field and .354 on three-pointers in conference play...Recorded threeĀ double-digit rebounding games and 22Ā games with at least five rebounds...Ranked third on the team with twoĀ double-doubles...Ranked eighth in the Big Sky with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game...Tied career-high with 13 rebounds at Sacramento State...Recorded career-high fourĀ assists in four games...Tied career-high with three steals at Washington...Tied career-high with two blocks in four games...Shot .441Ā from the field, .200Ā on three-pointers and .725Ā from the free throw line...Ranked ninth in the Big Sky in field goal percentage...Led the team in free throws made (103) and attempted (142)...Played career-high 38Ā minutes at Eastern Washingtonā¦Averaged 28.4Ā minutes per game...TotaledĀ 396Ā points, 196Ā rebounds, 49Ā assists, 22Ā steals and 17Ā blocks.
2017-18Ā (Freshman):Ā Appeared in all 30Ā games with 23Ā starts...One of two players to appear in all 30 games...Averaged 7.4Ā points and 5.3Ā rebounds per game...Started 23 of final 24 games...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring and rebounding...Recorded nineĀ double-digit scoring games...Scored season-high 19Ā points at Sacramento State...Recorded five double-digit rebounding games and 17 games with at least five rebounds...Posted season-high 13Ā rebounds twice vs. Antelope Valley and Portland State...Ranked ninth in the Big Sky with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game...Tallied three double-doubles...Recorded season-high threeĀ assists twiceĀ vs. Arizona and Montana State...Shot .436Ā from the field, .333 on three-pointers and .626Ā from the free throw line...Played season-high 32 minutes at Sacramento State...Averaged 22.4Ā minutes per game...Totaled 221Ā points, 158Ā rebounds, 19Ā assists, eight steals and sevenĀ blocks.
High School:Ā Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captainĀ at Grant HS...Averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and three assists per game as a senior...Team MVP...Named Class 6A All-State Honorable Mention and All-PIL First Team in 2017...Portland Interscholastic League Player of the Year in 2016...Three-time All-League First Team...Averaged 13.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game as a junior...Helped team snap 28-year state tournament drought and advanced to the state semifinals in 2017...Team won three straight league championships...Played with current NAU teammate Nina Radford...Also lettered four years in volleyball, two years in track & field and one year in softball...Named All-PIL Second Team in volleyball as a senior...3.75 high school GPA...Honor roll.
Personal:Ā Khiarica Aaliyah Rasheed was born Aug. 12Ā in Norfolk, Va....Daughter of Tawana and Haneef Rasheed...Two younger sisters, Monica and Veronica, and one younger brother, Tariq...Hobbies include writing, poetry and advocacy...Most memorable athletic moment was scoring 28 points and grabbing 28 rebounds in a game as a freshman...Chose NAU because the atmosphere was very chill and Flagstaff is a lot like Portland.