Aliyah Boston

Last Updated:

August 17, 2022

POS: Position:

F Forward

HGT: Height:

6-4 6-4

WGT: Weight:

185 185

Age: Age:

YOG: Year of Graduation:

2023

Team:

School:

South Carolina

Hometown:

St. Thomas, USVI

Aliyah Boston

As of Aug. 15, 2022

USA Basketball Notes

Gold Medals: 2021 FIBA AmeriCup, 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2018 Youth Olympic Games, 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
Honors: 2018 FIBA U17 All-Star Five (all-tournament), 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship MVP.
Tournament Titles: 2018 Latvia U17 International Invitational, 2018 Spokane Hoopfest (3x3), 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship.
Invited to attend 2022 USA Basketball Women’s National Team training camp from Sept. 6-12 in Las Vegas.
As a member of the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team, started in five of six games and averaged 12.5 points and 9.3 rebounds to help the USA to a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup from June 12-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Member of the 2019 USA U19 World Cup Team that finished with a 7-0 record and captured the gold medal with a 74-70 overtime victory over Australia in Bangkok, Thailand; started all seven games and averaged 8.4 points and 6.1 rebounds.
Selected as one of six USA Basketball participants in the 2019 NCAA Next Generation at the NCAA Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
Member of the 2018 U.S. Youth Olympic Games Women's Basketball Team that earned gold with a 7-0 slate at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games 3x3 competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina; averaged team-highs of 6.4 points and 8.0 rebounds (The USA team averaged 20.1 points and 17.3 rebounds).
Member of the 2018 USA U17 World Cup Team that captured gold with a perfect 7-0 record in Minsk, Belarus; started all seven games and averaged USA team-highs 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds. Among the tournament's 16-team field, ranked first for field goal percentage (.654), tied for sixth for blocked shots (1.29 bpg.), was 11th for rebounding and 19th for scoring.
Aided the USA U17 team to a three-game sweep of Canada, China and Latvia in a pre-U17 World Cup exhibition tournament in Leipaja, Latvia, and was named to the all-tournament team
Captured the 2018 Spokane Hoopfest, a 3x3 tournament, open division championship, with her 2018 Youth Olympic Games teammates.
Teamed up with Samantha Brunelle, Paige Bueckers and Hailey Van Lith to capture the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship, and the four went on to claim gold at the Youth Olympic Games.
Helped the USA capture a gold medal and a perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina; started in all five games and averaged team-highs of 11.8 points and 8.6 rebounds.
One of 16 finalists for the 2016 USA U17 World Cup Team.

College Honors

Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament (2022).
SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2022).
Unanimous All-America first team (2021, 2022).
National Player of the Year (2022).
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year (2022).
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame/WBCA Lisa Leslie Center of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022).
SEC Player of the Year (2022).
The Athletic National Player of the Year (2021).
NCAA Tournament All-Hemisfair Regional Team (2021).
Associated Press and USBWA All-America second team (2020).
WBCA All-America honorable mention (2020).
ESPN, USBWA and WBCA National Freshman of the Year (2020).
All-SEC first team (2020, 2021, 2022).
SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, co-2021, 2022).
SEC Tournament MVP (2021).
SEC Freshman of the Year (2020).
SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2020).

College Notes

Led the nation with 30 double-doubles during junior season (2021-22) at South Carolina, averaging 16.8 points and 12.5 rebounds over 37 games en route to the NCAA Championship.
As a sophomore in 2020-21, aided South Carolina to a 26-5 record, the SEC Tournament title and the NCAA Final Four; averaged a double-double of 13.7 points and 11.5 rebounds.
Ranked fifth nationally in 2020-21 in double-doubles (17), 13th in rebounds per game and 16th in offensive rebounds per game (4.1).
As a freshman in 2019-20, helped lead South Carolina to a 32-1 record and the SEC regular season and tournament championships; averaged 12.5 points and 9.4 rebounds.
Recorded career highs of 28 points versus Florida (12/31/20), 18 rebounds versus Mercer (3/21/21) and 10 blocked shots versus Georgia (1/21/21).
Posted a trio of double-doubles in the 2021 SEC Tournament to lead SC to the crown and earn MVP honors.

High School Honors

Gatorade State Player of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019).
Naismith High School All-America second team (2019).
McDonald’s High School All-American, had 9 points and 10 rebounds for the winning East team (2019).
USA Today Massachusetts Player of the Year, All-USA Massachusetts first team (2019).
WBCA High School All-American (2019).
MaxPreps High School All-America second team (2018, 2019).
Jordan Brand Classic participant (2019).

High School Notes

Played four varsity seasons at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Is her school's all-time leading scorer.
Led her team to a 24-1 record and a second straight New England Prep School Athletic Council Class AA championship in 2018-19; averaged 17.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.2 blocks.
Earned NEPSAC Tournament MVP honors after averaging 31.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in the 2019 semifinal and final games.
As a junior in 2017-18, led the Hilltoppers to a 23-1 record and the NEPAC Class AA tournament championship; averaged 21.2 points, 14.0 rebounds, 6.2 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.2 steals; recorded four triple-doubles and 19 double-doubles in 24 games.
As a sophomore in 2016-17, started in all 22 games and averaged 23.0 points, 14.7 rebounds and 4.8 blocks to help her team to a 19-3 record and the NEPSAC 2A tournament semifinals; recorded a double-double in all 22 games and had three games with 20+ points and 20+ rebounds.
As a freshman in 2015-16, started in 24 of 25 games and averaged 15.0 points and 10.0 rebounds to help her team to a 21-4 record and the state tournament quarterfinals.
Played in the summer for iExcel. Hails from the U.S. Virgin Islands and lives with her aunt in Worcester.
President of the Worcester Academy Varsity Club.
Has served her community as a student ambassador for her school and as a youth basketball coach.

Personal Notes

Born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and has lived with her aunt in Worcester, Massachusetts, since she was 12.
Daughter of Cleone Boston and Algernon Boston, has one sister, Alexis Boston.
Height runs in Boston’s family. Both her parents are 6-1, and her maternal grandfather is 6-9.
Has volunteered with hurricane relief efforts in her hometown of St. Thomas.
Twitter: @aa_boston
Instagram: @aliyah.boston
First played basketball: when she was 9.
Enjoys: movies, swimming and shopping.
Favorite player: Breanna Stewart.
Favorite class: Spanish.
Most played song: “That’s What I Like’” by Bruno Mars.
Favorite pregame snack: an apple.
Inspired by: her family.

USA Basketball Statistics

TEAM	G/S	MIN/AVG	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	TO	BLK	STL
2019 U19	7/7	132/18.9	27- 61	.443	0- 0	.---	5- 9	.556	43/ 6.1	59/ 8.4	10	12	11	7
2018 U17	7/7	122/17.4	34- 52	.654	0- 0	.---	11- 14	.786	50/ 7.1	79/ 11.3	10	6	9	5
2018 U17X	3/3	55/18.3	10- 15	.667	0- 0	.---	2- 4	.500	30/ 10.0	22/ 7.3	5	0	7	2
2017 U16	5/5	84/ 16.8	25-46	.543	0- 0	.---	9-13	.692	43/ 8.6	59/ 11.8	1	6	8	12
TOTALS	22/22		96- 174	.552	0- 0	.---	27- 40	.675	166/ 7.5	219/ 10.0	26	24	35	26

USA Basketball 3x3 Statistics

NAME

G/S

MIN/AVG

1PM-1PA

PCT

2PM-2PA

PCT

FTM-FTA

PCT

REB/AVG

PTS/AVG

AST

BLK

STL

2018 YOG

7/4

47/6.7

44- 64

.688

0- 0

.---

1- 3

.333

56/ 8.0

45/ 6.4

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