Here is all you need to know about women’s basketball player Alissa Pili including her age, height, weight, career, team, records, family and more
This NCAA basketball season has seen a tonne of incredible plays. However, Alissa Pili, the star of Utah women’s basketball, is someone you should know.
Who is Utah basketball player Alissa Pili, bio, age, height, weight, parents, brother, stats
In a setback against the top-ranked Gamecocks over the weekend, Utah women’s basketball player Alissa Pili proved to be unstoppable against South Carolina, scoring a career-high 37 points. Pili also contributed to Utah’s victory over St. Joseph’s on December 7 by averaging 34 points per game last week.
Who is Alissa Pili?
Born on June 8, 2001, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S, Alissa Katelina Pili is an American collegiate basketball player who plays for the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference. She played basketball for the USC Trojans. The 22-year-old stands 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m).
She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, to Heather and Billy Pili and is of Samoan and Alaska Native descent.
Height, in feet inches – 6′ 2” – in centimeters – 189 cm ; Weight, in Kilograms – 90 kg – in Pounds – 198 lbs ; Body Measurements, 35-30-36.
Alissa Pili’s parents and siblings
Alissa Pili, who is of Samoan and Alaska Native descent was born to Heather and Billy Pili. She has eight siblings, four brothers and four sisters and one of her older brothers named Brandon was a defensive lineman for USC.
A look at Alissa Pili’s career
Pili’s first love was football, which she played from the third to the ninth grade. Her career as a wrestler didn’t last long; she started in the sixth grade. She used to wrestle boys.
At eight years old, she began playing organised basketball. She played football as a lineman from third to eighth grade, being the only girl in her league. She was an athlete at Anchorage’s Dimond High School.
Pili was the starting forward for USC when she started her freshman year. In a 66–60 victory over Washington State on February 23, 2020, she scored a career-high 32 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.
Pili was voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Year when he made the All-Pac-12 Team and averaged 16.3 points and eight rebounds per game as a rookie. She averaged 7.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in her junior year before using the transfer portal. She moved to Utah to play her fourth season.