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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

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  • F
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Kinston, N.C.
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • Kinston (Radford)
    High School
Lydia Rivers
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Lydia Rivers
F
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Kinston, N.C.
Hometown

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Biography

Career Honors
  • ACC All-Academic 2020
2019-20 (Grad Student)
  • Started 23 of the team's 30 games averaging 6.4 points per game.
  • Led the team at 8.1 rebounds per game and registered three double-doubles including a 16-point, 15-rebound effort at George Mason.
  • Also had 34 blocks on the season.
Prior to Tech (Radford University)
  • Rivers graduated from Radford in 2019 where she appeared in 98 career games starting 67 times. For her career she averaged 7.7 points and 8.6 rebounds.
  • Her senior season in 2018-19, Rivers earned Big South First Team honors after averaging careers bests in points (12.2) and rebounds (10.4). 
  • She totaled 15 double-doubles in 2018-19, leading the Highlanders to a Big South title and the NCAA tournament. 
  • Rivers is a career 44.9 percent shooter from the field.
     
Personal 
  • The daughter of John Rivers and Mary Leinonen, she has three siblings; India, Derek and Alena. 
  • Father played tight end at Virginia Tech, while her cousin, Michael Jenkins, starred on the hardwood at Winthrop before turning pro and playing overseas.
  • Her brother Derek played football at Youngstown State and is currently a defensive end for the New England Patriots.
  • Birthday is April 7.
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