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Aaliyah Nye

Aaliyah Nye
No. 13 – Las Vegas Aces
PositionGuard-forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2002-08-14) August 14, 2002 (age 23)
Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.[1]
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High schoolEast Lansing (East Lansing, Michigan)
College
WNBA draft2025: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
Drafted byLas Vegas Aces
Career history
2025–presentLas Vegas Aces
Career highlights
  • Second team All-SEC (2024)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Aaliyah Nye (born August 14, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Illinois and Alabama.

High school career

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Nye attended East Lansing High School in East Lansing, Michigan. During her junior year she averaged 17.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game. During her senior year she averaged 16.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She finished her career with 1,370 points.[2] She was named the runner-up for the 2020 Michigan Miss Basketball, and the Associated Press Division 1 Player of the Year.[3]

She had 16 scholarship offers, and committed to play college basketball at Illinois.[4]

College career

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Illinois

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During the 2020–21 season, in her freshman year, she appeared in 18 games, including starts in the final 10 games of the season. She averaged 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 23.0 minutes per games. She missed five games with a broken toe.

During the 2021–22 season, in her sophomore year, she appeared in 27 games, with 25 starts, and averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. She finished the season with 69 three-pointers, the ninth-most in a single season in program history.[2] On January 9, 2022, in a game against Wisconsin, she scored a game-high 21 points, all coming on seven made three-pointers which tied the Illinois record for most three-pointers in a Big Ten Conference game.[5] On February 14, 2022, in a game against Ohio State, she scored a then career-high 25 points.[6]

Alabama

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On April 2, 2022, Nye transferred to Alabama.[7] During the 2022–23 season, in her junior year, she appeared in 30 games, with 26 starts, and averaged 9.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game. She finished the season ranked second in the SEC for three-point statistics, shooting 45.1 percent on 164 attempts. During the 2023–24 season, in her senior year, she started all 34 games and averaged 14.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. She led the SEC, and ranked third nationally, in three-point field goals made. On February 25, 2024, in a game against Mississippi State, she scored a then career-high 28 points.[8] She set a single-season program record of 108 three-pointers. Her 108 three-pointers were tied for second-most in a single season in Southeastern Conference history.[2]

During the 2024–25 season, as a graduate student, she started all 33 games and averaged 15.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. On January 12, 2025, in a game against Ole Miss, she scored a career-high 32 points.[9] On February 9, 2025, in a game against Florida, she scored a game-high 27 points and set the Alabama single-game record with nine three-pointers made.[10] She set a single-season program record of 111 three-pointers, surpassing her record from the previous year.[2] Following the season she was named a WBCA Coaches All-America honorable mention.[11]

She finished her career with 1,739 points, and is Alabama's career leader in three pointers made (293).[12]

Professional career

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On April 14, 2025, Nye was drafted in the second round, 13th overall, by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2025 WNBA draft. She was sitting in the audience, as she was there to support her teammate Sarah Ashlee Barker, who was also drafted a few minutes earlier by the Los Angeles Sparks.[13][14]

Nye made her professional debut on May 2, 2025 in a preseason game against the Dallas Wings. In 23 minutes, she scored 17 points on 6-11 shooting including 5-8 on three-point attempts.[15] Despite struggling during her second preseason game, Nye made the Aces roster to start the 2025 season.[16]

Personal life

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Nye was born to James Nye and LaQueena Douglas, and has an older sister, Aazhenii, and a twin sister Aashawnti.[2]

She is a tribal citizen of the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan.[17]

Career statistics

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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 best ° League leader

WNBA

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Regular season

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Stats current through game on July 14, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics[18]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2025 Las Vegas 21 0 17.8 .400 .367 .769 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 5.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 21 0 17.8 .400 .367 .769 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 5.0

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020–21 Illinois 18 10 23.1 39.4 35.1 58.8 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.7 8.1
2021–22 Illinois 27 25 29.6 41.7 36.9 65.8 3.0 1.2 1.0 0.4 1.9 12.4
2022–23 Alabama 30 26 23.4 45.4 45.1 64.3 1.9 0.7 1.3 0.2 1.0 9.3
2023–24 Alabama 34 34 31.4 41.5 41.7 70.8 3.1 1.3 1.8 0.4 1.4 14.1
2024–25 Alabama 33 33 33.4 45.4 45.5 83.0 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.3 1.3 15.2
Career 142 128 28.8 43.0 41.8 71.8 2.5 1.1 1.2 0.3 1.3 12.2
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Aaliyah Nye". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Aaliyah Nye". rolltide.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  3. ^ Thompson, Lee (April 2, 2020). "East Lansing's Aaliyah Nye puts her gifts to good use as Division 1 Player of the Year". MLive.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Calloway, Brian (September 18, 2019). "East Lansing star Aaliyah Nye gives verbal commitment to Illinois women's basketball". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  5. ^ "Illini Surge Past Wisconsin, 68-47". fightingillini.com. January 9, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "Nye, Bostic Post Standout Performances in Loss to No. 18 Ohio State". fightingillini.com. February 14, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  7. ^ "Alabama Women's Basketball Signs Illinois Transfer Aaliyah Nye". rolltide.com. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  8. ^ "Aaliyah Nye's Hot Shooting Pushes Alabama Past Mississippi State, 87-75". rolltide.com. February 25, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  9. ^ "Nye hits 7 3s and scores career-best 32 points as No. 18 Alabama tops Ole Miss 84-78". fox10tv.com. January 12, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  10. ^ Windham, Katie (February 9, 2025). "Aaliyah Nye Makes Nine 3-Pointers in No. 23 Alabama's Road Win at Florida". SI.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  11. ^ "Sarah Ashlee Barker, Aaliyah Nye Named WBCA Coaches' All-America Honorable Mentions". rolltide.com. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "In the 2025 WNBA Draft, the Las Vegas Aces Select". Las Vegas Aces. April 14, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  13. ^ Oszust, Owen (April 14, 2025). "Former East Lansing star Aaliyah Nye was selected 13th overall by Las Vegas in the WNBA Draft". wilx.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  14. ^ Fin, Callie (April 14, 2025). "Aces add high-scoring guards from Alabama, Harvard in 2025 WNBA draft". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  15. ^ "Aaliyah Nye Puts on a Show in her Debut during the WNBA Preseason". tide1009.com. May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  16. ^ "Las Vegas Aces Roster Finalized Ahead of Season Opener". aces.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  17. ^ McDevitt, Sean (October 12, 2020). "Aaliyah Nye Finds Family with Basketball and Native American Tribe". fightingillini.com. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  18. ^ "Aaliyah Nye WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  19. ^ "Aaliyah Nye College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
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