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Niveen Rasheed, Princeton

Prior to Niveen Rasheed’s arrival in Princeton, N.J., the women’s basketball team had not claimed an outright Ivy League title in 31 years. Four years and four championships later, a dynasty was born and Rasheed graduated as one of the greatest players in Ivy history.
 
Rasheed started off her Princeton career in sparkling fashion, earning Rookie of the Year unanimously, All-Rookie and first-team All-Ivy honors in 2010. She became just the second Tiger to ever be named Rookie of the Year and the first to receive the award along with first team accolades. Rasheed led the team in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg), assists (2.8 apg) and steals (2.2 spg). She was second in the League in scoring, third in rebounding, third in field goal percentage, fifth in assists and second in steals.
 
As a sophomore, Rasheed only played in 12 games because of a knee injury, posting 16.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.4 steals per contest.
Rasheed recovered from her ACL injury and was extraordinary as a junior, securing the 2012 Ivy Player of the Year award. She was just the third player in conference history to earn unanimous honors and was the first Tiger to win both the Rookie and Player of the Year selections. During that year, she was first in the conference in scoring (16.9), rebounding (8.8), field goal percentage (45.0) and second in steals (2.4). She also became the 21st member of the 1,000-point club.

During her senior campaign, Rasheed was voted unanimous Ivy Player of the Year for the second consecutive time, making her the second player in conference history to earn three postseason awards unanimously. She led the Ivies in scoring (16.7) and steals (2.7), while placing in the top five in five other categories. Along with earning seven of her 14 career Ivy Player of the Week honors in 2012-13, she was named to four national watch lists: the Wooden Award Women's Preseason Top 30, 50-player Naismith Watch List, 33-player State Farm "Wade Watch" list and 20-player Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List.
 
Rasheed would later become the first Associated Press All-American in program history as she finished her career with 1,617 career points. She graduated third all-time in rebounds (860), fifth in scoring average (16.7) and field goals made (604), sixth in rebounds average (8.7) and among a myriad of other top-10 career and season records.
 
Upon graduation, Rasheed played basketball overseas before returning to the metropolitan area. She currently works at the National Basketball Players Association as the Director of Brand Communications.