2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
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Kiki Rice
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Sidwell Friends School
- Hometown:
- Bethesda, Md.
Bio
2024-25
Missed three games to start the year due to injury… Returned to action against Arkansas on Nov. 17… Started against South Carolina on Nov. 24, her first of 33-consecutive starts… Appeared in 34 games, averaging 28.4 minutes per game… UCLA’s second leading scorer with 12.8 points per game… Shot career-bests from the floor (.485 FG%) and from long range (.365 3FG%)… Team leader in assists (170) and assists per game (5.0 APG) for the Bruins… Surpassed 100 assists for the third-consecutive season… Notched a pair of double-doubles this season (16 PTS, 10 AST vs. No. 24 Michigan - Jan. 1; 10 PTS, 10 AST at Rutgers – Jan. 23)… Received the Elite 90 award at the Final Four on April 2, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at each of the 90 NCAA championship events each year… Totaled 32 assists in five games at the 2025 NCAA tournament, leading all student-athletes… Honors: Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Roll… Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team… First Team All-Big Ten… Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree… Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention… WBCA All-America Honorable Mention… 2025 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Finalist… Elite 90 Award… Arthur Ashe Jr. Award Sports Scholar, women’s basketball sport winner… NCAA Spokane 1 Regional All-Region Team
2023-24
Recorded the first triple-double of her college career, the tenth in UCLA program history, when she had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. CSUN on Dec. 7… Set new single-game career highs in points (25), rebounds (11), steals (7)… Improved all her shooting percentages, finishing her sophomore campaign with a .449/.312/.876 split... Led the Bruins in assists (152), free throws made (106) and defensive rebounds (172)… Second on the team in steals (48), trailing only Charisma Osborne (55)… Appeared in all 34 games and made every start, recording the second-most minutes per game (31.2 minutes)… Debuted her player exclusive (PE) signature shoe, the Air Jordan 38 Low “Cherry Blossom,” against Stanford on Feb. 4, becoming the first NIL student-athlete to create a basketball PE with Jordan Brand… Featured in the ESPN+ original series “Full Court Press,” which also followed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso during the 2023-24 season… Honors: All-Pac-12 (Coaches)… All-Pac-12 (Media)… Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention.
2022-23
Started 36 of her 37 appearances during her first year with the Bruins, averaging 11.6 points in 28.1 minutes per game… Scored 20+ in consecutive games against Oregon (21 pts, Dec. 30) and Oregon State (20 pts, Jan. 1)… Had 25 games in double-digit scoring… First freshman since Jordin Canada to have 400+ points, 100+ assists and 100+ made free throws in her inaugural season at UCLA… Scored 22 points with five assists and five boards to down No. 1-seed Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinal game (W, 69-65, Mar. 3). Shot 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 total points in the final frame against The Cardinal… Led UCLA in free throws made (121 FTM) on 79.1% shooting from the line… Grabbed 4.5 rebounds and dished out 3.0 assists per game… Finished the season with 45 steals (1.2 spg) and a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio… Pac-12 Statistical Ranks: 12th in minutes played (1,034 min.), first among freshmen in the Conference… 14th in total points scored (430 PTS), highest for a Pac-12 freshman in 2022-23… Tenth in assists (111 AST), second among freshman… Tied for third-most free throws made in the Conference (121 FTM), matches Raegan Beers (Oregon State, 121 FTM) for most FTM by a first-year player… UCLA Statistical Ranks: Freshman Season Totals: 121 made free throws (2nd all-time), 111 assists (5th all-time), 37 games played (t-1st all-time)… Honors: First Bruin to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Week since Charisma Osborne (Feb. 24, 2020) when she earned the honor on Dec. 5… Pac-12 All-Freshman (Coaches), Pac-12 All-Freshman (Media)… Pac-12 All-Tournament Team… Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Sidwell Friends where she earned eight varsity letters, four each for basketball and soccer… Named the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2021-22… Named the All-Metro Player of the Year for basketball in 2021-22… Led Sidwell Friends, ESPN’s No. 1-ranked high school basketball team, to an undefeated season her senior year, capturing her second basketball state championship… Averaged 15.8 points, 7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.7 steals her senior year… Was a McDonald’s All-American in 2021-22 and started for the East… Shared co-MVP in the McDonald’s All-American game with UCLA teammate Gabriela Jaquez… Named the 2022 Naismith High School Player of the Year… Named the 2021-22 MaxPreps National Female High School Athlete of the Year… Ranked No. 2 overall by espnW HoopGurlz (No. 1 among point guards)… Named the Gatorade District of Columbia Player of the Year in basketball in 2019-20… Also named the 2018-19 and 2021-22 Gatorade District of Columbia Girls Soccer Player of the Year… Led the Quakers to two state titles in soccer, scoring 15 goals in her senior year… Played club ball for Fairfax Stars AAU… USA Basketball: Three-time gold medalist (2019, 2021 and 2022)… Led the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team to a perfect 6-0 record alongside UCLA teammate Londynn Jones… Named tournament MVP and earned All-Star Five recognition after averaging 14.3 points on 49% shooting, adding 4 rebounds and 4 assists to her totals… Poured in 18 points to help lift USA Basketball over Canada in the 2022 gold medal game… Played for the 2021 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 World Cup Team in Debrecen, Hungary and brought home the gold… Represented Team USA at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship in 2019… Averaged 7.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 3.7 apg to help the team to a 6-0 record and secure her first gold medal in Puerto Aysen, Chile.
PERSONAL
Born in San Francisco, Calif., to Andrea and John Rice… Both parents were collegiate athletes at Yale, John played basketball and Andrea played tennis… Full name is Kira Rice but goes by “Kiki” … Grew up in Washington, D.C. with her older brother, Mateo… Admires Damian Lillard, Serena Williams and LeBron James… Chris Williams, her uncle, attended UCLA… Her cousin is former NBA all-star shooting guard Allan Houston… Describes her greatest athletic achievement to date as playing games on ESPN during her senior season… After her playing days are over, she wants to become an NBA general manager… Found her new home at UCLA “because of the opportunity at the school. Along with the great coaches, players, academics and location, I also saw UCLA as the place where I want to help bring a first National Championship” … Favorite hobbies include cooking, hanging out with friends, watching Marvel movies, going to the beach and shopping… Is scuba certified… Undeclared major.
Missed three games to start the year due to injury… Returned to action against Arkansas on Nov. 17… Started against South Carolina on Nov. 24, her first of 33-consecutive starts… Appeared in 34 games, averaging 28.4 minutes per game… UCLA’s second leading scorer with 12.8 points per game… Shot career-bests from the floor (.485 FG%) and from long range (.365 3FG%)… Team leader in assists (170) and assists per game (5.0 APG) for the Bruins… Surpassed 100 assists for the third-consecutive season… Notched a pair of double-doubles this season (16 PTS, 10 AST vs. No. 24 Michigan - Jan. 1; 10 PTS, 10 AST at Rutgers – Jan. 23)… Received the Elite 90 award at the Final Four on April 2, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at each of the 90 NCAA championship events each year… Totaled 32 assists in five games at the 2025 NCAA tournament, leading all student-athletes… Honors: Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Roll… Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team… First Team All-Big Ten… Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree… Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention… WBCA All-America Honorable Mention… 2025 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Finalist… Elite 90 Award… Arthur Ashe Jr. Award Sports Scholar, women’s basketball sport winner… NCAA Spokane 1 Regional All-Region Team
2023-24
Recorded the first triple-double of her college career, the tenth in UCLA program history, when she had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. CSUN on Dec. 7… Set new single-game career highs in points (25), rebounds (11), steals (7)… Improved all her shooting percentages, finishing her sophomore campaign with a .449/.312/.876 split... Led the Bruins in assists (152), free throws made (106) and defensive rebounds (172)… Second on the team in steals (48), trailing only Charisma Osborne (55)… Appeared in all 34 games and made every start, recording the second-most minutes per game (31.2 minutes)… Debuted her player exclusive (PE) signature shoe, the Air Jordan 38 Low “Cherry Blossom,” against Stanford on Feb. 4, becoming the first NIL student-athlete to create a basketball PE with Jordan Brand… Featured in the ESPN+ original series “Full Court Press,” which also followed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso during the 2023-24 season… Honors: All-Pac-12 (Coaches)… All-Pac-12 (Media)… Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention.
2022-23
Started 36 of her 37 appearances during her first year with the Bruins, averaging 11.6 points in 28.1 minutes per game… Scored 20+ in consecutive games against Oregon (21 pts, Dec. 30) and Oregon State (20 pts, Jan. 1)… Had 25 games in double-digit scoring… First freshman since Jordin Canada to have 400+ points, 100+ assists and 100+ made free throws in her inaugural season at UCLA… Scored 22 points with five assists and five boards to down No. 1-seed Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinal game (W, 69-65, Mar. 3). Shot 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 total points in the final frame against The Cardinal… Led UCLA in free throws made (121 FTM) on 79.1% shooting from the line… Grabbed 4.5 rebounds and dished out 3.0 assists per game… Finished the season with 45 steals (1.2 spg) and a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio… Pac-12 Statistical Ranks: 12th in minutes played (1,034 min.), first among freshmen in the Conference… 14th in total points scored (430 PTS), highest for a Pac-12 freshman in 2022-23… Tenth in assists (111 AST), second among freshman… Tied for third-most free throws made in the Conference (121 FTM), matches Raegan Beers (Oregon State, 121 FTM) for most FTM by a first-year player… UCLA Statistical Ranks: Freshman Season Totals: 121 made free throws (2nd all-time), 111 assists (5th all-time), 37 games played (t-1st all-time)… Honors: First Bruin to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Week since Charisma Osborne (Feb. 24, 2020) when she earned the honor on Dec. 5… Pac-12 All-Freshman (Coaches), Pac-12 All-Freshman (Media)… Pac-12 All-Tournament Team… Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Sidwell Friends where she earned eight varsity letters, four each for basketball and soccer… Named the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2021-22… Named the All-Metro Player of the Year for basketball in 2021-22… Led Sidwell Friends, ESPN’s No. 1-ranked high school basketball team, to an undefeated season her senior year, capturing her second basketball state championship… Averaged 15.8 points, 7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.7 steals her senior year… Was a McDonald’s All-American in 2021-22 and started for the East… Shared co-MVP in the McDonald’s All-American game with UCLA teammate Gabriela Jaquez… Named the 2022 Naismith High School Player of the Year… Named the 2021-22 MaxPreps National Female High School Athlete of the Year… Ranked No. 2 overall by espnW HoopGurlz (No. 1 among point guards)… Named the Gatorade District of Columbia Player of the Year in basketball in 2019-20… Also named the 2018-19 and 2021-22 Gatorade District of Columbia Girls Soccer Player of the Year… Led the Quakers to two state titles in soccer, scoring 15 goals in her senior year… Played club ball for Fairfax Stars AAU… USA Basketball: Three-time gold medalist (2019, 2021 and 2022)… Led the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team to a perfect 6-0 record alongside UCLA teammate Londynn Jones… Named tournament MVP and earned All-Star Five recognition after averaging 14.3 points on 49% shooting, adding 4 rebounds and 4 assists to her totals… Poured in 18 points to help lift USA Basketball over Canada in the 2022 gold medal game… Played for the 2021 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 World Cup Team in Debrecen, Hungary and brought home the gold… Represented Team USA at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship in 2019… Averaged 7.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 3.7 apg to help the team to a 6-0 record and secure her first gold medal in Puerto Aysen, Chile.
PERSONAL
Born in San Francisco, Calif., to Andrea and John Rice… Both parents were collegiate athletes at Yale, John played basketball and Andrea played tennis… Full name is Kira Rice but goes by “Kiki” … Grew up in Washington, D.C. with her older brother, Mateo… Admires Damian Lillard, Serena Williams and LeBron James… Chris Williams, her uncle, attended UCLA… Her cousin is former NBA all-star shooting guard Allan Houston… Describes her greatest athletic achievement to date as playing games on ESPN during her senior season… After her playing days are over, she wants to become an NBA general manager… Found her new home at UCLA “because of the opportunity at the school. Along with the great coaches, players, academics and location, I also saw UCLA as the place where I want to help bring a first National Championship” … Favorite hobbies include cooking, hanging out with friends, watching Marvel movies, going to the beach and shopping… Is scuba certified… Undeclared major.
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