2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Nye, Aaliyah
Jersey Number 32
Aaliyah Nye
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
- High School:
- East Lansing High School
- Prev School:
- Illinois
Bio
Career Highlights
- 2024 Second Team All-SEC
- Set the Alabama record for three-pointers made in a single season (109) during the 2024-25 season, after previously breaking the record in 2023-24 (108)
- SEC Player of the Week (12/31/2024)
- 1,739 career points
2024-25
- Started all 33 games, averaging 33.4 minutes per game
- Became Alabama’s career leader in made three pointers in the Crimson Tide’s comeback win over Auburn (Feb. 23)
- One of four Alabama players to average double digit scoring, with 15.2 points per game
- Set the Alabama single game record with nine made three pointers at Florida (Feb. 6)
- Surpassed 1,500 career points in the Crimson Tide’s win at Ole Miss (Jan. 12)
- Scored a career-high 32 points in UA’s win at Ole Miss (Jan. 12)
- Led the SEC three-pointers made(109) and three pointers per game (3.4)
- Ranked fourth in the NCAA for made three pointers (109)
- Made seven-plus three pointers in four games this season
- Scored in double figures in 26 of 32 contests
- Led the Crimson Tide in scoring in 10 games
- Named SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 31, 2024)
2023-24
- Set the single-season program record for three-pointers made with 108
- Her 108 three-pointers are tied for second-most in a single season in Southeastern Conference history
- Led the SEC in three-point field goals made and ranked third nationally
- Surpassed 1,000 career points in Alabama's win at Georgia on Jan. 11
- Scored a career-high 28 points (9-17 FG, 8-13 3FG) in the Crimson Tide's win over Mississippi State on Feb. 25
- Tied the program single-game three-point field goal record with her eight three-pointers against the Bulldogs
- Reached double figures in 26 games, including four games with 20-plus points
- Closed the non-conference slate by tallying 10-or-more points in eight straight games
- In SEC play, she scored at least 15 points in six consecutive games
2022-23
- Finished the season ranked second in the SEC for three-point statistics, shooting 45.1 percent on 164 combined attempts
- Completed her first season with the Crimson Tide ranked seventh in the NCAA for three-point percentage
- Scored a season-high 21 points (6-8 FG, 5-7 3FG) while also contributing one assist, one steal and two rebounds
- Ended the season contributing double figures in eight of the final nine games of the season, sinking at least three three-pointers in six of them
- Drained at least five three-pointers in five separate games and at least three three-pointers in eleven games
2021-22 (Illinois)
- Played in 27 games and made 25 starts
- Recorded career-high totals in scoring (23), rebounds (7) and steals (7) in opener vs. NC Central (11/9)
- Hit a then-career-most five 3-pointers (on six attempts) to finish with 15 points, six rebounds, two assists and a block in Illinois' win over UC Riverside (11/21)
- Tied the Illinois program record for 3-pointers in a Big Ten Game (7), accounting for her game-high 21 points in Illinois' win over Wisconsin (1/9), also tying a career-high with seven rebounds vs. the Badgers.
- Tied a career-high with 23 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, vs. Nebraska (2/12)
- Scored a career-high 25 points, including five 3-pointers, vs. No. 18 Ohio State (2/14)
- Tied for the team high with 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, at Minnesota (2/24)
2020-21 (Illinois)
- Played in 18 games, including starts in the final 10 games of the season
- Averaged 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds over 23.0 minutes per contest
- Missed five games with a broken toe
- Led the team in three-point shooting (.351) hitting 27 of 77 attempts from distance
- Ranked first on the team with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.38 (18-13)
- Tallied six points, including one three-pointer, and three rebounds in 17 minutes as a reserve in collegiate debut vs. Indiana State (11/25/20)
- Scored 10 points and notched two steals in her Big Ten debut at Nebraska (12/10/20)
- Returned to the court to score a career-high 15 points, including 3-for-7 from three-point range in the Illini's home game vs. Nebraska (1/25/21)
- Posted four consecutive double-digit scoring games with 12 points vs. No. 15/14 Indiana (2/14/21) and 11 points at No. 9/10 Maryland (2/17/21), at RV/RV Rutgers (2/20/21) and vs. RV/25 Northwestern (2/24/21)
- Scored a career-high 17 points, including 4-for-10 3FGs, in Illinois' Big Ten Tournament victory over Wisconsin (3/9/21)
Prep Highlights
- 2020 Michigan Miss Basketball runner-up
- Named AP Division I Player of the Year, earning back-to-back first-team All-Michigan honors
- Also selected as 2020 Player of the Year by the Lansing State Journal
- Helped East Lansing High School to a Class A state runner-up finish as a sophomore
- Hit a state-record six three-pointers in her high school state championship game
- Averaged 16.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game to lead the Trojans to a 23-1 mark in her COVID-19-shortened senior season (2019-20)
- Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal and Detroit News Dream Team honoree
- Scored 1,370 career points at East Lansing High School, leading the Trojans to a 90-8 overall record
- Played AAU basketball, alongside Illini teammate Aaliyah McQueen, for the Michigan Storm
Personal Information
- Born on Aug. 14, 2002
- Daughter of James Nye and LaQueena Douglas
- Has two sisters, older sister, Aazhenii, and a twin sister Aashawnti
- Father played football at Albion College
- A proud tribal citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe)
Kelly Curry Inducted Into the Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame
Tuesday, May 27
NCAA Tournament RD 2 Postgame: Kristy Curry & Sarah Ashlee Barker
Monday, March 24
NCAA Tournament Round 2 Preview: Coach Curry
Sunday, March 23
NCAA Tournament Preview: Zaay Green, Aaliyah Nye & Sarah Ashlee Barker
Sunday, March 23
