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Malia Nawahine

Guard #10

10"

Class

Graduate

Hometown

Springville,

Utah

Last School

University of Utah/Springville High School

Roster Years

2013-2018

2012-13 Gatorade Utah Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Salt Lake Tribune Prep Female Athlete of the Year
Deseret News Ms. Basketball
Valley Player of the Year
Led Springville HS to a 4A state championship with an undefeated season (25-0)
18.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 2.6 assists per game as a senior and shot 40 percent from 3-point range
MVP of the state tournament
All-star game
2013 Region 8 MVP
Two-time all-state
Led Springville High School to the state championship game in 2012, scoring 91 points with 27 three-pointers in the state tournament
Averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and three steals per game
Moved from California to Utah before her junior year
Lettered in track and field and in volleyball

Parents are Hank and Eve Nawahine
Has six brothers and two sisters
Grandfather Bill Cravens played football at Utah (1960-62)
Sister of former teammate Valerie Nawahine, who played for the Utes from 2013-15

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2013-2014

Started 12 games and appeared in all 31 contests
Had six games with double figures in points
10 points and two rebounds in Ute debut against Denver (11/8)
Hit three critical free throws to help solidify win at UNLV (11/26) with season-high two assists and first career block
11 points on three, 3-pointers to go with three assists against Utah Valley (12/11)
18 points (3-3 from 3-point territory), four rebounds and two assists against Samford (12/21)
Tied career high with five rebounds to go with seven points off a 3-of-4 shooting performance at Colorado (2/2)
Season-high 19 points off 7-of-12 shooting to go with three assists at Oregon (2/8)
Knocked down six of her seven shots for 14 points against Washington State (2/14) with five rebounds and four assists

Sophmore Year 2014-2015

Second on team with 13.3 points per game before injury
Scored 17 points with four rebounds, two assists and a block against San Jose State (11/14)
Tallied 14 points and two rebounds at Nebraska (11/23)
Played in three games before suffering an season-ending injury

Junior Year 2015-2016

Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
Tied for 29th in the Pac-12 with 9.2 points per game in league action
Had double-digits in points 13 times in 2015-16 including one game with 20 points (at Cal on 1/10/16)
Registered 14 points against USC (1/29) pulled down five rebounds, tied her career high with three steals and was 5-of-7 from the free throw line
Career-high eight rebounds with six points and two assists at Utah State (12/22)

Senior Year 2016-2017

Played in all games, starting in 27
Second leading scorer on the team with a 10.5 point average
Averaged 31.6 minutes of playing time
Shot 36.7 percent from the field, 75.0 percent from the free-throw line and 32.3 percent from 3-point range
Averaged 3.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals a game
Scored in double figures in 16 games
Recorded a career-high 23 points vs. Oregon on 2/17/17
Finished collegiate career (Utah and BYU) with a total of 1,160 points, 454 rebounds, 234 assists and 135 steals

Graduate Year 2017-2018

Started all games averaging 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest
Recorded 15 games with double-digit scoring, the most (25) points vs. Pacific on 1/6/18 and had three contests with 20-plus points
Ended the season ranked third on the team in points and tied for second place in rebounds a contest
Finished the season ranked third on the team in assists with a 2.6 average with at least three assists in a total of 12 games
Named WCC Player of the Week on 1/8/18 and named High Major National Player of the Week by College Sports Madness and Madness Conference Player of the Week the same week
In six games finished with at least three steals and with at least three 3-point buckets
Recorded five games as the scoring leader, with five other games as the assist leader
In the rebounds category, tallied two game as the rebounds leader
Recorded BYU season and career highs in points with 25 and in rebounds with 13
In her one year at BYU, scored 307 points, grabbed 162 rebounds, dished out 78 assists, recorded 53 steals had got seven blocks
In the WCC, finished ranked fourth in minutes played, tied for seventh in steals, eighth in 3-point field goals made, tied in eighth place in steals, 12th in 3-point field goal percentage, tied in 19th place in rebounding and 24th in scoring

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year