2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

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Lizzy Barrett
Ariel Nava

1 Asha Thomas

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Bishop O'Dowd
  • Hometown Oakland, Calif.
  • Major Media Studies

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • Program’s all-time three-point leader with 233 career three-point field goals
  • Fourth on Cal’s career assists lists (485 assists)
  • 15th on Cal’s all-time scoring list (1,309 points)
  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2018)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention (2016)

As a Senior (2018-19): Started all 33 games for the Golden Bears, finishing second on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game… Led the Bears and ranked third in the conference in free throw percentage, shooting 85.1 percent from the line… Led Cal and ranked eighth in the Pac-12 with a career-best 2.03 assist-to-turnover ratio…Closed her career fourth on Cal’s all-time assists charts with 485 career assists… Broke Cal’s career three-point record against Oregon State, hitting her 212th career three-pointer to eclipse the record previously held by Alexis Gray-Lawson… Finished her Cal career with 233 career three-pointers, the most in program history… Scored her 1,000th career point in Cal’s win over BYU on Nov. 13, becoming the 30th player in program history to reach the milestone… Finished her career with 1,309 career points, ranking 15th on Cal’s all-time scoring list… Posted a career-high five blocked shots on the season… Scored the game-winning layup as time expired in Cal’s 81-80 win over No. 8 Stanford on January 31, her only field goal of the game after going 0-6 from the field to start the game… Had a season-high 22 points against No. 1 UConn, going 6-for-13 from beyond the arc…Dished out a season-high nine assists in Cal’s win over Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament and did not commit a single turnover in 35 minutes of action…Posted a season-high four steals on the road against No. 19 Arizona State … Connected on every shot attempted during Cal’s win over Pacific, going 4-for-4 from the floor, 3-for-3 from three-point range, and 4-of-4 from the foul line, finishing with 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists

As a Junior (2017-18): Played and started in 31 games for the Golden Bears and finished second on the team in scoring, averaging a career-high 12.8 points per game…Earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention recognition at the end of the season…Led the conference in free throw percentage (86.7%) and shot 91.1 percent (51-56) from the charity stripe in Pac-12 play…Led Cal with 62 made three-pointers on the season, the third-most in a single season in program history… Set the Set a program’s single-game record, connecting on nine three-pointers on November 24 vs Manhattan, breaking previous record of 8 threes set by Paige Bowie in December 1998.. Scored a career-high 29 points in Cal’s win over the Jaspers, going 9-14 from three-point range… Scored double-figures in eight of Cal’s final nine games of the season, with four 20-point performances during that span… Posted her third consecutive 20-point performance with 25 points in Cal’s upset over No. 14 Stanford… Named to the Cal Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 21.5 points per game and shooting 59% (13-22) from three on the weekend in Cal’s games vs Missouri and Manhattan

As a Sophomore (2016-17):  One of three players to start all 34 games for the Golden Bears… Finished second on the team in scoring, averaging a career-best 8.9 points per game…Led the Bears in three-point field goal percentage, shooting a career-best 38.2 percent (63-165) from beyond the arc…Her 63 made three-pointers were the second-most in a single-season in Cal women’s basketball history and one shy of matching Jennifer Self’s program record, which stood since the 1991-92 season….Matched her career-high with six made threes (6-9) against LSU in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.. Her six threes tied the school record for the most three-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game, matching the mark set by Mercedes Jefflo in the Second Round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament vs Texas… Ranked 8th in the Pac-12 with a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio (113 assists, 62 turnovers)…Scored a career-high 24 points in Cal’s win over Arizona on January 22, going 3-5 from beyond the arc and dishing out four assists… Had a season-high 9 assists on December 11 vs Lehigh, committing just one turnover… Added 8 assists and 11 points in Cal’s upset win over #13 UCLA

As a Freshman (2015-16): One of three Bears to start all 32 contests…Averaged 8.3 points and 3.3 rebounds while leading the Bears in three-pointers (48) and assists (141)…Tied for eighth in Cal’s single-season records for three-pointers made with 48…Topped the squad with a 77.8 percent clip (35-45) from the free throw line…Scored in double figures in 13 games, including in nine of her first 10 appearances…Led Cal in scoring in two games and rebounding in one…Logged 5.4 ppg in Pac-12 play…Averaged 10.0 ppg in the Pac-12 Tournament…Turned in a 16-point performance in the Pac-12 tourney upset of Arizona State (March 4)…Personal-best five steals vs. Oregon State (Feb. 28)…Scored a career-high 22 points against Washington (Jan. 31), going 6-12 from downtown and 8-17 from the floor…Produced a 10-assist performance vs. Washington State (Jan. 29)…Back-to-back 11-assist games vs. UCLA and CSUN…Notched her first collegiate double-double with 11 assists and 14 points against UCLA (Dec. 21)…Was two assists shy of a double-double against Liberty (Nov. 28) with eight assists on top of 14 points…Shot 4-6 beyond the arc against Cal Poly (Nov. 22) for 19 points…Scored in double figures in her first four collegiate contests…Put up 10 points in 32 minutes in her Cal debut against Austin Peay State (Nov. 13)

High School:  Rated No. 87 overall by ESPN HoopGurlz as the No. 26 guard in the country ... also comes in the national lists at No. 108 (All Star Girls Report) and No. 114 (Blue Star)...was an honorable mention All-American at local Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland....averaged over 14.6 points and 7.4 assists per game... two-time state champion…two-time WACC League champion…three-time CIF Norcal champion…West Alameda County Conference MVP... Contra Costa Times All-Area ... SF Chronicle All-Metro Team

Personal: Went to middle and high school with Memphis Grizzly and former Cal men’s basketball’s standout Ivan Rabb and was MVP of her middle school boys team over Rabb…Older brother, Quentin, played basketball at UNC and was high school teammates with Marshawn Lynch…Tore her ACL during her senior year of high school and was forced to sit on the bench, which taught her how to be a better point guard

Major: Media Studies

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