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2018-19 Women's Basketball

Don Felice
Don Felice

50 Princess Aghayere

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool South Lakes
  • Hometown Reston, Va.

Biography

Career Honors: 2019 Ivy League regular season champion ... 2019 Big 5 Most Improved Player of the Year ... 2019 second-team All-Ivy ... 2019 second-team All-Big 5 ... 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... 2016 Ivy League champion ... Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 13, 2017; Feb. 25, 2019) ... Big 5 Player of the Week (Feb. 25, 2019) ... NCAA Starting Five (Feb. 27, 2019) ... Winner of University of Pennsylvania President's Engagement Prize.

2018-19: Ivy League regular season champion ... Big 5 Most Improved Player of the Year ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Second-team All-Big 5 ... One of eight players to play in all 31 games ... Started each game for the Quakers, averaging 27.8 minutes per game ... Featured a breakthrough season, ranking second on the team in both scoring (12.0 ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg) ... Ranked eighth in the Ivy League in rebounding ... Named Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Week, while also earning a spot on the weekly NCAA Starting Five, following back-to-back career games against Columbia (Feb. 22) and Cornell (Feb. 23) ... Scored a season-high 23 points against the Big Red, also grabbing 10 rebounds and going 4-for-4 from the free throw line ... Notched six double-doubles on the year after owning two total in her previous three years at Penn ... Also surpassed 20 points with 22 against Dartmouth (March 2) on senior night, pouring in a season-high tying three 3-pointers ... Went 3-for-3 from behind the arc against Columbia at home ... Finished the year with 25 made 3-pointers after having made eight total in her previous three seasons at Penn ... Boasted 21 double-digit scoring games, including a stretch of 11 straight ... Had six double-digit scoring games in her previous three years combined ... Played a season-high 48 minutes in Penn's double-overtime loss at Harvard (Feb. 16) ... Surpassed the 30-minute threshold in 13 games, including seven of the last eight of the season ... Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds twice - at Princeton (Jan. 5) and at Providence (March 24) ... Dished a season-high four assists in the regular season finale at Brown (March 9) ... Blocked two shots against Harvard (March 1) and Dartmouth (March 2) ... Awarded the University of Pennsylvania President's Engagement Prize.

2017-18: Big 5 champion ... One of six Quakers to appear in all 31 games, with all minutes coming off the bench ... Averaged 13.8 minutes, 4.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, shooting 41 percent from the floor, second-best on the team ... Notched first career double-double in a win against Missouri State (Nov. 24), with 10 points and 10 rebounds ... Posted identical numbers in a victory against Dartmouth (Feb. 9) ... Ranked third on the team in rebounds with 127 on the year ... Expanded her range, making seven 3-pointers, the first of her career ... Posted a season-high three assists on two occasions: vs. Missouri State and at Brown (Feb. 2) ... Swatted a career-high two blocks in an Ivy League Tournament win over Harvard (March 10).

2016-17: Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 13) ... Appeared in 27 games during her sophomore season, providing valuable minutes off the bench as a forward ... Averaged 12.7 minutes per game, 5.0 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, and 0.5 assists per game ... Posted a career-high 21 points at Columbia (Feb. 10), where she connected on 9-of-11 field goals for the contest ... Dished out a career-high three assists vs. Brown (Jan. 14) ... Played a season-high 24 minutes at CSUN (Dec. 31) ... Scored double-digit point efforts in four games on the season, including CSUN (Dec. 31), UC Riverside (Jan. 2), Columbia (Feb. 10), and Cornell (Feb. 11) ... Tallied a season-high eight assists vs. CSUN (Dec. 31) ... Fourth on the team with 89 rebounds (3.3/game), including 30 offensive and 59 defensive ... Fifth on the team with 27 blocked shots on the season.

2015-16: Ivy League champion ... Saw action in 27 games during her freshman season ... Averaged 5.9 minutes per game, 1.4 points per game and 1.9 rebounds per game ... Was second on the team in field goal percentage, going 15-of-36 on the season (.417) ... Fifth on the team in free throw percentage (.727) and was 8-of-11 from the line on the year ... Fifth on the team with 21 offensive rebounds on the season ... Played a season-high 20 minutes in games at UMBC (Nov. 15) and BYU-Hawaii (Dec. 31) ... Posted a season-high seven points and added a steal and six rebounds at UMBC (Nov. 15) ... Recorded six points, four steals and 10 rebounds at BYU-Hawaii (Dec. 31) ... Grabbed four rebounds in games vs. Colorado State (Nov. 24), Hawaii (Jan. 2), Villanova (Jan. 26) and Dartmouth (Feb. 6) ... Played double-digit minutes in five games on the year.

High School: Four-year letterwinner ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Three-time first-team All-Conference ... Two-time second-team All-State ... Team won two district championships (2013 and 2014) ... Also lettered in cross country and volleyball.

Personal: Daughter of Anthonia and Roland Aghayere ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Freshman

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    2016-17Sophomore

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    50
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    2017-18Junior

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    2018-19Senior

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