2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Nia Staples
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Lakota West HS
2017-18 (r-Freshman)
- Made her career debut against Central Connecticut (Nov. 10)
- Played in 16 games
- Finished her freshman campaign with 14 points (0.9 ppg), 12 rebounds (0.8 rpg) and 3 steals
- Netted career highs of five points and one three-pointer against Bucknell (Mar. 15)
- Grabbed a career-high four rebounds against Morgan State (Dec. 18)
- Averaged 4.9 minutes per game
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Redshirted due to injury
High School
- Lettered four years at Lakota West High in Cincinnati, Ohio, under coach Andy Fishman
- Rated as a the nation’s No. 27 point guard by ESPN HoopGurlz
- Selected as an Ohio nominee for the McDonald’s All-American Game
- Finished her high school career with 1,270 points, 400 rebounds, 209 steals and a program-record 268 assists
- Guided Lakota West to a 93-13 record during her four years; including a 38-game win streak
- Averaged 16.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.4 assists per game as a senior
- Shot at a 51.6 percent clip from the field and 37.1 percent from behind the three-point line as a senior
- Helped the Firebirds to a 26-2 record in 2016, including third place finish in the Ohio Associated Press Poll and a No. 15 national ranking in the ESPNW High School Poll
- Selected as the 2016 Associated Press Ohio co-Player of the Year
- Tabbed the 2016 Sportswoman of the Year by the Ohio-Northern Kentucky Women’s Sports Association
- Selected as the Cincinnati Enquirer’s 2016 Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year
- 2016 Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year
- 2016 LaRosa Female MVP of the Year Finalist
- OHSBCA District 15 Player of the Year
- Three-time All-Greater Miami Conference First Team honoree
- Participated in the Ohio vs. Kentucky All-Star Game
- As a junior, averaged10.4 points and 2.8 rebounds
- Connected on 47.3 of her field goal attempts, including 33.3 percent from three-point range
- Guided Lakota West to its first Ohio State Division I title with a 44-38 win over Toledo Notre Dame Academy in 2015, marking the school’s first title since 1992
- The Firebirds also collected district and regional championships in 2015
- Earned an invitation to the USA Basketball U17 Team Trials in 2014
- Played AAU basketball for coach Kechaun Johnson and the Toledo Thunder
- Won an AAU national title with the Cincinnati Angels in 2013 under coach Chris Arrington
- Scholastically, named to the Greater Miami Conference All-Academic Team as a sophomore, junior and senior
Personal
- Daughter of Mark and Ja-Rhonda Staples
- Has a twin brother Ja’Lon
- Birthday is August 28
- Majoring in sport and exercise psychology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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