Aubrey Knight

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ventura, Calif.
High School:
Ventura H.S.

2017-18 Ceal Barry Pride Award
2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
2019-20 Ceal Barry Pride Award
2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 (Senior): Missed final season due to shoulder injury.

2020-21 (Junior): Knight started 13 of the 21 games she played in 2020-21…Scored a season-high 11 points on three different occasions…Played 33 minutes in CU’s 77-72 overtime upset of No. 1 Stanford (1/17/21)…Went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field (11 points) in CU’s win against Washington (1/1/21)…Posted a career-high 14 rebounds at Denver (12/8/20)…Scored in double figures in four games…averaged 5.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in her 24.2 minutes per game.

2019-20 (Redshirt Sophomore): Knight bounced back from injury to play in all 30 games for the Buffs…She started eight games and averaged a career-high 7.5 points in 23.6 minutes per game…She was the Tulane Classic MVP, totaling a career-high 24 points in CU’s overtime win over UAB…It also marked her first career double-double with 12 rebounds…CU was 7-2 when Knight scored in double figures…Knight led the Buffs in rebounding 21 times…Knight finished the year shooting 46.0 percent with 6.2 rebounds per game.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Knight played three games before having season-ending shoulder surgery. She totaled seven points and five rebounds in CU’s opening-night win over Northern Colorado.

2017-18 (Freshman): Knight started 13 games and played in 28 as a freshman, averaging 3.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. She shot 45.4 percent from the floor and totaled 122 rebounds, 102 points, 25 steals and 12 assists. She scored in double figures twice. Knight opened her CU career with 11 rebounds and six points in a win at Samford on Nov. 10. She scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting on Nov. 15 in a win over Florida Atlantic. She matched that scoring total on Nov. 24, shooting 4-of-5 from the floor in a win over Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 24. In Pac-12 play, she grabbed seven rebounds and scored five points against No. 14/14 UCLA on Jan. 14. Her Pac-12 scoring high was seven points against No. 17/17 Oregon State on Jan. 28. After missing three games with a shoulder injury late in the season, Knight returned to play in the Pac-12 Tournament, where she had two points and two rebounds in limited action in two games.

High School: Knight was a three-time league most valuable player and lettered in basketball four years at Ventura High School. As a senior, she averaged 15.3 points and 8.4 rebounds and also earned Ventura County Player of the Year and was one of 10 players named to the All-Los Angeles Times team. She also led her team to the CIF Southern Regional finals in the Open Division after winning the CIF championship in 1A as a sophomore and 1AA as a junior. Altogether, Ventura compiled a 98-25 record during her four years and she averaged over 13.5 points and seven rebounds each season. An outstanding all-around athlete, Knight was also a three-year letterwinner as a middle blocker in volleyball and earned first-team all-county and all-league each year. As a senior, she led Ventura to a CIF Southern Section Division II championship. She played AAU basketball for 805 and Team Taurasi, leading team Taurasi to the quarterfinals at Nike Nationals in 2016. She was a four-star recruit by ESPN.

Academics: Graduated with a double major in sociology and psychology in the spring of 2021 and would like to be a detective.

Personal: Aubrey Francesca Knight was born on April 21, 1999, to Roger and Nancy Knight. She has an older sister Allia, who played volleyball at Oakland (Mich.) University, and an older brother Ethan. Outside of basketball, she enjoys surfing, volleyball and hiking.