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Aki Shurelds

3 Aki Shurelds

  • Height:
    5'6"
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    South San Francisco, Calif.
  • High School:
    Lick-Wilmerding
  • Position:
    G

Solid outside shooter with ability to attack the basket … Expected to play a key scoring role this season after career year last season, according to coaching staff.

2016-17: Took on significant scoring role, particularly as an outside shooting threat … Just outside the top-20 mark in scoring in the NCAC, averaging 7.9 points on 7.5 shots … Reached double-figures 10 times … Put in career performance against Case Western Reserve (Dec. 3), putting up 23 points on 7-for-10 three-point shooting, tying a single-game program record for three-pointers made … Followed that up with 20-point performance against Bluffton (Dec. 20), going 4-for-5 from deep … Continued hot streak the following game with 18 points on 5-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-7 from downtown against Baldwin Wallace (Dec. 29) … Finished sixth in the conference with 43 three-pointers made and 10th in percentage (31.2) … Nearly snagged a double-double at Allegheny (Jan. 11), totaling 13 points to go along with career-high eight rebounds.

2015-16: Appeared in 21 games overall … Averaged 4.4 points on 31.7 percent shooting from the field … Connected on team-high 22 3-pointers … Scored season-best 11 points against Alma (Nov. 21), where she went 3-of-5 from 3-point range, and at Allegheny (Jan. 20).

2014-15: Typically one of the first players off the bench, appearing in 24 games overall with three starts … Averaged 3.7 points … Scored career-high 13 points against Centre (Dec. 30) … Reached double figures two other times, including when she made 4-of-9 3-pointers for 12 points at Mount St. Joseph (Dec. 16).

Prior to Wooster: Four-time all-conference selection and two-time MVP as standout basketball player at Lick-Wilmerding High School … Led Lady Tigers to a 26-4 record and conference championship, as well as North Coast Section Div. 4 Tournament quarterfinals as a senior … First player in program history to score over 1,000 points for a career (1,127) … Voted all-city twice … Appeared in 2011 edition of the Best Basketball Players of AAU.

Personal: Born Aug. 28, 1996 … Daughter of Marquette Shurelds … Cousin of two-time Ohio Mr. Basketball Greg Simpson and professional basketball player Clay Tucker (Turkish Basketball League) … Majoring in Chinese with a minor in business economics.