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#25 Nikki Aden
Position: Guard/Forward
Height: 5'8"
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
High School: West Linn HS
Experience: High School

2009-10: Led Seawolves in total assists (85) and set school record for free-throw pct. (.862) as team finished 24-5 and with No. 16 national ranking … only Seawolf to earn starting assignment in all 29 games … completed junior season with 2nd-most individual victories in program history (83), trailing only former teammate Rebecca Kielpinski (97) … on other UAA career lists, will enter senior season No. 6 in FT% (.772), No. 13 in 3FGs made (64), No. 16 in 3FG% (.325) and No. 19 in games played (96) … for the year, posted Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranks of No. 3 in assist-turnover ratio (1.5), No. 13 in 3FGs per game (1.2) and No. 15 in 3FG% (.356) … earned team’s co-Best Defensive Player award as UAA finished 5th nationally in scoring defense (53.8 ppg) and 6th in turnover margin (6th, +6.62) … scored in double digits nine times, including 17 points (4-9 FG, 3-5 3FG, 6-6 FT) in NCAA 1st Round win over Cal Poly Pomona … scored career-high 20 points (6-14 FG, 4-5 3FG, 4-4 FT), along with 6 rebounds and 5 assists in home victory over MSU Billings … scored 10 points (3-8 FG, 4-4 FT), dished 4 assists and committed no turnovers in Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout win over Div. I Coastal Carolina … other top performances included 7 points (3-5 FG), UAA season-best 11 assists, 4 steals and just one turnover in home blowout of Alaska Fairbanks; 13 points (5-8 FG, 3-5 3FG), 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 66-65 road win over NW Nazarene; and 13 points (3-4 3FG, 4-4 FT), 5 rebounds and 3 assists in home win over Grand Canyon … earned second straight selection to GNAC All-Academic Team with overall GPA of 3.60.

2008-09:
Started 12 games for Seawolf team that went 31-4, claimed share of GNAC title, and returned to NCAA Div. II Final 4 for second straight season ... averaged 4.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 0.9 assists, and tied school record with 35 games played ... helped Seawolves rank No. 1 nationally in FG% defense (.318) and No. 2 in scoring defense (49.1 ppg allowed) ... paced Seawolves with career-high 16 points (6-8 FG, 4-5 3FG) in just 16 minutes in Dec. 19 win over Cal State Stanislaus ... tallied 13 points (5-10 FG, 3-4 FT) and career-high-tying 4 steals in road win over Central Washington ... other top games included 8 points and 4 steals in road win over Saint Martin’s; 8 points (3-3 FG, 1-1 3FG), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 0 turnovers in 52-49 NCAA Second Round win over 10th-ranked UC San Diego;  5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in NCAA Quarterfinals win over Clayton State; and 3 assists and 5 rebounds in Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout win over Div. I Cal State Northridge ... recipient of Ms. Hustle award at season-ending team banquet.

2007-08: Saw action in 32 of 35 games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... was lone freshman on Seawolf squad that posted best record (30-5) in program history and advanced to NCAA Semifinals for first time ever ... scored season-high 10 points (3-7 FG, 4-4 FT) in just 11 minutes in home win over Texas-Permian Basin (Dec. 8) ... earned first career start and played season-high 19 minutes, getting 3 points and 3 rebounds in home win over Western Oregon ... other top games included 6 points (2-5 FG, 1-1 3FG) and 2 steals in 52-48 win at Western Washington; 5 points (2-2 FG, 1-1 3FG) in 68-66 home win over Montana State Billings; and 8 points and 4 rebounds in home win over Chaminade (Nov. 30).

HIGH SCHOOL: Led Three Rivers League in scoring with 13.4 ppg as a senior in 2006-07, earning first-team all-league honors ... team MVP helped WLHS to 16-10 record and second-round playoff berth in Oregon large-schools (6A) division ... McDonald’s All-American nominee ... named WLHS’s Female Athlete of the Year ... earned all-state honorable mention honors from The Oregonian as a junior and second-team All-Three Rivers honors ... played freshman and sophomore seasons at David Douglas High School, earning All-Mt. Hood Conference accolades as a sophomore and honorable mention all-league as a freshman ... 4-year varsity starter ... finished career with 1,234 points ... member of West Linn National Honors Society (2005-07) ... 4-year honor roll student ... member of Foreign National Honors Society ... played for Oregon Elite club team (2005-07) ... also lettered twice in track & field and once in soccer.

PERSONAL: Born Nicole Raeanne Aden on Dec. 7, 1988 in Portland, Ore. ... daughter of Dennis and Shannon Aden ... interests include camping, boating and other outdoors activities ... journalism & public communications major.

Career Highs
Points: 20 vs MSU Billings, 1/14/10
Rebounds: 8 vs Saint Martin’s, 1/21/10
Assists: 11 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 2/27/10
Blocks: 1, eight times
Steals: 4, four times (last: vs Western Oregon, 1/23/10)

Career Statistics
Year     GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  Pct  3FG-FGA Pct  FT-FTA  Pct  OR- DR-Reb/Avg  PF-D   A  TO B  S Pts/Avg
2007-08  32– 1  265/8.3   28– 78 .359   9– 32 .281  13– 19 .684  20– 15– 35/1.1  23-0  15  35 0 18  78/2.4
2008-09  35-12  541/15.5  57-149 .383  19– 64 .297  25– 37 .676  20– 62– 82/2.3  50-0  33  37 2 35 158/4.5
2009-10  29-29  830/28.6  88-235 .374  36-101 .356  50– 58 .862  35– 77-112/3.9  55-0  85  55 6 33 262/9.0
TOTALS   96-42 1636/17.0 173-462 .374  64-197 .325  88-114 .772  75-154-229/2.4 128-0 133 127 8 86 498/5.2

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