2020-21 USC Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Shalexxus Aaron
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Martin Luther King HS
- Hometown:
- Apple Valley, Calif.
THIS SEASON
Shalexxus Aaron enters her second season of action as a proven 3-point threat with length and versatility.
2019-20 SEASON
A team captain, Aaron was sidelined by injury and did not compete in her redshirt sophomore season.
2018-19 SEASON
Aaron started seven games and appeared in 29 as a redshirt freshman... Averaged 6.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game while finishing third on the team with her 42 threes made... Set career high with 28 points — including six 3-pointers made — in a win over Washington on Feb. 1, 2019... Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Feb. 4... Hit double digits in five games... Her 3-point percentage of 41.6% was the fifth best single-season output in USC history.
2017-18 SEASON
Aaron redshirted her first season at USC while recovering from a knee injury sustained at the end of her high school season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Aaron was a CIF Southern Section First Team selection as a senior out of Martin Luther King High in Riverside, Calif.... Named 2017 Athlete of the Year by the Riverside Press Enterprise... Also named league MVP and to the CIF All-State Second Team in 2017... A Southern California native, Aaron spent three years in Seattle, Wash, where she attended Juanita High... After tearing her ACL as a sophomore, she provided 18.1 points per game in her junior year before her family moved back to Riverside, Calif.... She was named league MVP in her freshman and junior seasons, and was a two-time Seattle Times First Team pick and a 2016 All-State selection... Selected to compete at the USA Under-16 and Under-17 team trials... Played club for Cal Stars... An honor student.
PERSONAL
Shalexxus Aaron was born Nov. 14, 1998 in Baldwin Park, Calif.... The daughter of Carl and Madinah Aaron... Has two brothers, Shaddean and Shaqquan... All are basketball players — her mother played at Cal State San Bernardino; her father played professionally in Australia; Shaddean played at Mercer College; and Shaqquan also played at USC... Enjoys dancing in her free time and dreams of dancing on stage with her dance idols... Lists her brother, Shaqquan, as her biggest sports hero... Hopes to travel to Jamaica, Paris, Hawai'i, Italy and Bora Bora... Majoring in law, history and culture and hopes to pursue a career as a physical therapist.
