2021-22 USC Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Desiree Caldwell
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Byron P. Steele II HS
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
THIS SEASON
Caldwell enters her final season at USC.
2020-21 JUNIOR SEASON
Caldwell started all 23 games as a junior... Averaged 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game... Second on team with 67 assists... Scored a career-high 16 points at Washington on Feb. 5... Matched career-high seven assists in three games — vs. LMU, vs. Cal and at Colorado.
2019-20 SOPHOMORE SEASON
A team captain, Caldwell started all 31 games as a sophomore... Averaged 6.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and a team-high 3.1 assists per game... Scored in double digits in seven games... Set new career high with 14 points at UC Riverside on Nov. 14 and matched it at Utah on Jan. 12, where she also hit a career-best four 3-pointers... Matched her career-high of six assists twice — vs. Alabama and vs. Nevada... Also set a new career high rebounds vs. Alabama with five boards, a total she'd hit in four games in the season.
2018-19 FRESHMAN SEASON
Caldwell started five games and appeared in all 30 as a true freshman... Averaged 3.1 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game... Set career high with 10 points scored on Dec. 19 at Texas A&M... Matched that output again vs. Colorado on March 1,... Had a career-high six assists vs. Oregon on Jan. 11, 2019.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Caldwell won a gold medal as a member of the USA Basketball U18 Team at the 2018 FIBA U18 World Championships... Also was a member of the USA U16 National Team, winning bronze at bronze medal at the FIBA Americas U16 Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Caldwell was named 2018 Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State and a Legacy All-Star as a senior at Byron P. Steele II High in Cibolo, Texas... Also earned 2018 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State, All-Star and All-Region honors... Named 2018 District MVP... A 2018 SAABC All-Star... San Antonio Express-News selected her to the 2018 Super Team and as the 2016 2-6A Newcomer of the Year... In senior season, averaged 19.0 points, 8.0 assists, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game... Attended Frenship High in Wolfforth, Texas, for two years, averaging 21.0 points and 6.0 rebounds as a junior and 14.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game as a sophomore... Selected to the 2016 and 2017 Lone Star Super Team while at Frenship High... As a freshman at Claudia Taylor Johnson HS in San Antonio, averaged 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game... Played club for San Antonio’s Finest.
PERSONAL
Desiree “Desi” Anayi Caldwell was born July 26, 2000 in Murrieta, Calif... The daughter of Ray and Alba... Has one sister, Recee’, who played basketball at Texas Tech and Cal... Enjoys reading and watching movies in her free time... Lists Colin Kaepernick as her biggest sports hero... Majoring in real estate development.
