1. Kiah Irene Stokes was born on March 30,1993 and is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Kiah Stokes
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Kiah Stokes was selected by the New York Liberty with the No 11 pick in the first round of the 2015 WNBA draft.
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Kiah Stokes played four years at the University of Connecticut where she was part of four consecutive Final Four teams and won three straight national championships, from 2013 to 2015.
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Kiah Stokes played on the USA Basketball U16 National Team, where she helped the team win the FIBA Americas U16 Championship Gold Medal.
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Kiah Stokes is the daughter of Greg Kiah Stokes and Julie Saddler and has one brother, Darius.
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Kiah Stokes's father was an all-American basketball player at the University of Iowa, played for the Philadelphia 76ers and won gold with the 1983 USA Pan American Games Team.
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Kiah Stokes was selected to be a member of the first ever U16 team for USA Basketball.
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Kiah Stokes ended her freshman campaign averaging 4.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in her 13.4 minutes per game.
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Kiah Stokes was second on the team in blocks as she averaged 1.4 denials per game.
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Kiah Stokes led the Huskies in blocks in 13 of 38 contests.
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Kiah Stokes shot 60 percent from the field and 65.3 percent from the free throw line.
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Kiah Stokes was named to the All-BIG EAST Rookie Team along with teammate Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.
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Kiah Stokes saw time in 32 games, averaging 2.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 10.7 minutes per contest.
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Kiah Stokes started two of 39 games and averaged 4.5 points and was third on the squad at 7.1 rebounds in only 18.5 minutes per contest.
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Kiah Stokes recorded four double-doubles, after posting just one in her first two years, with double-digit rebounds on eight occasions.
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Kiah Stokes had seven or more rebounds 21 times during the season.