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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

Austin, Shakira
Shakira Austin
Shakira Austin vs. UF
Shakira Austin
Shakira Austin/Angel Baker
Mimi Reid/Shakira Austin
Scott/Austin vs. MSU
Shakira Austin vs. Tennessee
WBB Final vs Samford 12-17-21
Shakira Austin Smile
Shakira Austin vs Lamar
Shakira Austin
Shakira Austin vs UNI 03-26-21
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Austin, Shakira
Austin, Shakira
Austin, Shakira
Shakira Austin vs Texas A&M 02-21-21
Shakira Austin at Arkansas 02-19
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Shakira Austin vs Kentucky 02-04-21
Shakira Austin vs Tennessee
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Shakira Austin vs Mizzou 01-14-2021
Shakira Austin vs Auburn 01-07-2021
Shakira Austin vs LSU 01-04-2021
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Austin, Shakira
Austin, Shakira
Shakira Austin
Shakira Austin
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Shakira Austin

  • Class:
    Senior*
  • Position:
    C
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Experience:
    1L
  • Hometown:
    Fredericksburg, Va.
  • High School:
    Riverdale Baptist
  • Prev. School:
    Maryland
  • Major:
    Multi-Disciplinary Studies
at Ole Miss

2021-22 (Senior) 
AP Honorable Mention All-America … USBC Honorable Mention All-America … WCBA Honorable Mention All-America … First-Team All SEC … Eighth Rebel to earn consecutive First-Team All-SEC honors… Gillom Trophy Award Winner… SEC All-Tournament Team … Lisa Leslie Award Top-10 Watchlist … Naismith Award Midseason Team … Preseason All-SEC First Team – Coaches … Preseason All-SEC First Team – Media … Wade Award Watch List … Wooden Award Preseason Top-50 Watch List … Naismith Award Watch List … Lisa Leslie Award Preseason Watch List … Raising the B.A.R. Invitational Tournament Most Valuable Player … Started in all 32 games … Finished the season averaging 15.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, 1.2 steals per game while shooting at a .463 clip from the field … 10 double-doubles, her second consecutive season with 10 plus … 13 games with 10 or more rebounds … Third in the SEC in rebounds per game … Led the Rebels in points in 16 games, and rebounds in 22 … 10 20-point outings … 18 multi-block games … 66 blocks on the year to rank third most by a Rebel in a single-season … Set an Ole Miss SEC Tournament record with six rejections in the Quarterfinals against Florida … Dropped a season-high 27 points against the Gators … Broke an SJB Pavilion record with 16 rebounds against Arkansas … First Rebel to snag 15 plus boards in back-to-back games since 2003 … Only Rebel in the last seven seasons to notch 20 or more points and 15 rebounds in a single game … Eclipsed the 1,000-career rebound mark against Texas A&M … Recorded a career-high six steals at Hofstra … Led the team in points (15.2), rebounds (9.0) and blocks (2.1).

2020-21 (Junior)
WBCA Honorable Mention All-America ... Gillom Trophy Award Winner, which is handed out each season to the best women's basketball player in the state of Mississippi ... First Rebel to ever win the Gillom Trophy and the first Ole Miss finalist since 2016 (Shandricka Sessom) ... First-Team All-SEC, the first Rebel named since 2014-15 (Tia Faleru) ... Lisa Leslie Award Top-10 List member ... WNIT All-Tournament and All-Memphis Regional ... Preseason Second-Team All-SEC ... Transferred to Ole Miss in April 2020, was ruled immediately eligible by the NCAA on Oct. 29 ... Was ESPN's No. 1 rated transfer ... Played in all 27 games, started in 26 ... Finished season averaging 18.6 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.6 steals, 1.3 assists and shot 51.9 percent overall and 75.9 from the free throw line ... Scored in double-digits in 26 of 27 games played, which includes 13 double-doubles, 13 games with 20 points or more, 14 games with double-digit rebounds and 14 games with multiple blocks ... Had seven 20-point games and eight double-doubles in SEC play ... First Rebel to score 20 or more in four straight games since 2009-10 (Bianca Thomas), doing so in a stretch from Dec. 15 to Jan. 7 ... First Rebel to record five straight double-doubles since All-American Armintie Price in 2006-07, doing so from Jan. 31 to Feb. 21 ... Nearly averaged a double-double vs. ranked opponents at 18.1 points and 9.8 rebounds while shooting .513 in nine such contests ... Averaged 15.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and shot .476 on national TV ... Ended season as only active SEC player with 1,000 career points (1,171), 700 career rebounds (787) and 150 career blocks (178) .. Only player in the SEC to finish the regular season within the top-15 in the SEC in field goal percentage, scoring, blocks, rebounding, steals and free throw shooting ... Recorded three double-doubles in five games in the WNIT, scoring 20 or more three times and ending with a tournament stat line of 20.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 1.2 steals, 1.2 assists and a field goal/free throw slash of .514/.833 ... Led Ole Miss in points (18.6), rebounds (9.1), blocks (1.8) and steals (1.6) ... Scored a career-high 29 points vs. No. 13 Arkansas in the first round of the SEC Tournament, helping the Rebels win 69-60 and advance to the SEC Quarterfinal for the first time since 2010 ... SEC Co-Player of the Week for Feb. 9 after a 21 point, 12 rebound performance along with a 9-of-11 clip from the field to help Ole Miss knock off No. 14 Kentucky, 70-62 (first Rebel to win since Crystal Allen in 2018-19) ...

at Maryland

Significant contributor of two Big Ten regular season championships and one Big Ten Tournament title at Maryland in 2019 and 2020 ... Played in 66 games, starting 47 ... Averaged 10.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting 47.2 percent overall ... Left Maryland with 668 points, 542 rebounds and 130 blocks in her career ... Broke Maryland’s single-season blocks record with 89 her freshman season ... 15 career double-doubles ... In career, has had multiple blocks in 26 games, 10 or more rebounds in 22 games.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
2020 Second-Team All-Big Ten ... 2019-20 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List ... No. 1 nationally in 2019-20 in advanced analytic On-Court Forced Turnover Rate (via Pivot Analysis) ... Played in 32 games, started in 26 ... Averaged 12.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.7 assists and 1.3 blocks per game ... Shot .509 from the field and .643 from the free throw line ... Ranked seventh in the Big Ten in steals (1.8/game), seventh in blocks (1.3/game), 11th in rebounding (6.8/game) and tied for 22nd in scoring (12.0 PPG) ... Scored in double-digits in 22 games ... Six double-doubles ... Scored in double-digits in seven straight games from Feb. 9 to March 6 ... Had another streak of six in a row from Nov. 13-29 ... Career-high 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting vs. Loyola Maryland on Dec. 8 ... Was a career-best 10-of-13 from the free throw line vs. Indiana on Jan. 20 ... Season-high 13 rebounds vs. Purdue on Feb. 25 ... Career-high five assists vs. Iowa on Feb. 13 ... Career-high five steals vs. Belmont on Nov. 30 ... Season-high four blocks vs. Purdue on March 6.

2018-19 (Freshman)
2019 All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... 2019 All-Big Ten Defensive Team ... 2019 Coaches Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... 2018-19 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Watch List ... 5x Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2018-19 ... USBWA National Freshman of the Week on Jan. 15, 2019 ... Broke Maryland’s single-season blocks record with 89 ... Played in 34 games, started in 21 ... Averaged 8.4 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game ... Shot .432 overall and .479 from the free throw line ... Finished season ranked ninth in the NCAA in total blocks (89), 12th in blocks per game (2.6), 30th in defensive rebounds per game (7.0), 33rd in total rebounds (324) and 45th in rebounds per game (9.8) ... Ranked tied for second in the Big Ten in blocks (2.6/game), fifth in rebounding (9.5/game) ... Scored in double-digits in 14 games ... Recorded nine double-doubles ... Hauled in a career-high 21 rebounds in her first career game vs. Coppin State; also had 12 points for her first double-double ... Tied the school record in blocks twice, tallying eight at Delaware on Dec. 20 and at Purdue on Feb. 25 ... Season-high 17 points at Illinois on Feb. 4.

High School
ESPN’s No. 4 overall prospect and No. 2 forward coming out of Riverdale Baptist ... McDonald’s All-American ... WBCA High School All-American ... Played in the Jordan Brand Classic Game, where she was MVP of the away team with 18 points and 14 rebounds ... Played junior and sophomore years at Colonial Forge High School ... Averaged 18.0 points and 12.3 rebounds per game as a junior and blocked 88 shots ... Led Colonial Forge team to Class 6A state title as a junior ... Named The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star Player of the Year in her junior season ... Played freshman year at James Monroe High School ... Invited to USA Basketball U18 Team Trials in May 2018.

Personal
Born July 25, 2000 to Jessica King and David Austin ... Oldest of six ... Her uncle played at Oregon and then professionally overseas ... Majoring in Multi-Disciplinary Studies.