33   Shaakira Haywood
Shaakira Haywood

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Canton, Mich.

High School:
Plymouth

Height:
6-2

Position:
F


05/15/2013

Fifty Huskie Student-Athletes Earn NIU Degrees

Graduates Represent 15 Northern Illinois Teams and 25 Different Majors

04/22/2013

Amanda Corral Garners Academic All-MAC Honors

Sophomore guard excels in the classroom and on the court

03/08/2013

Huskies Open 2013 First Energy MAC Women's Basketball Tournament at Buffalo

NIU looks to make tourney run

03/06/2013

NIU Women's Basketball Falls to Western Michigan

Amanda Corral posts double-double

03/05/2013

NIU Women's Basketball Closes Out Regular Season at Western Michigan

Huskies look to build momentum heading into MAC Tournament

2009-10 Shaakira Haywood Photo Gallery

2011-12:Averaged 9.9 minutes a game while appearing in 29 games and making her first three career starts...made first start vs. Southern Illinois (11/29/11) and started back-to-back games at Indiana (12/17/11) and vs. Indiana State (12/22/11)...logged a career-high 32 minutes vs. Western Illinois (11/16/11)...scored a career-high 10 points vs. WIU on 3-for-5 shooting and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds, while totaling career-highs in free throws made (4) and attempted (8)...pulled down four or more rebounds five times.

2010-11: Played in a career-high 30 games, averaging 15.2 minutes per game ... Ranked third on the team with nine blocks ... Made a career-high three field goals on four occasions, including in the season opener at Minnesota (11-13-10) ... Totaled career-bests in points (7) and steals (3) at Minnesota as well ... Matched career-high with seven points at Southern Illinois (11-19-10) ... Went 2-for-4 from the free throw line to establish new highs in free throws made and attempted vs. Illinois State (1-3-11) ... Logged 20 or more minutes in nine contests ... Had 13 games with a shooting percentage better than 40 percent ... Scored in 22 of 30 games ... Named to Academic All-MAC Team.

2009-10: Appeared in all 29 games as a reserve center... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 19... In MAC play, ranked 12th in the league with 13 blocks... Scored her first points as a Huskie against IUPUI, tallying a career-high six to go with a career-best seven rebounds and two blocks... Matched her career scoring high with six points on 3-of-6 shooting versus Central Michigan... Made her first career start and played a career-high 32 minutes in the overtime win versus Buffalo... Appeared in her first game as a Huskie against Bradley, registering two rebounds in 12 minutes... Posted a career-high three blocks against Western Illinois... Matched that total with three blocks versus Western Michigan and at Akron... Tallied five points on 2-of-2 shooting, including a three-point play, and had three boards in nine minutes at Loyola... Secured five rebounds and scored two points in 23 minutes against Ball State.

Prep: Team MVP as a senior and as a junior helped her team to the final 16 of the state championship in her final season... Four-year varsity letterwinner led her team to Nike Nationals... Participated at the Nike Skills Academy... Served as team captain in each of her final three seasons... Daughter of former NBA great Spencer Haywood, who played in four all-star games with the Seattle SuperSonics, and won an NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980.

HAYWOOD'S CAREER HIGHS

Minutes: 33, at Kent State, 2-10-13
Field Goals Made: 3, eight times, last at Kent State, 2-10-13
Field Goals Attempted: 7, at Southern Illinois, 11-19-10
Three Pointers Made: N/A
Three Pointers Attempted: N/A
Free Throws Made: 4, vs. Western Illinois, 11-16-11
Free Throws Attempted: 8, vs. Western Illinois, 11-16-11
Rebounds: 10, at Ohio, 2-06-13
Assists: 2, five times, vs Eastern Michigan, 2-28-13
Blocks: 3, three times, last at Akron, 2-6-10
Steals: 3, at Minnesota, 11-13-10
Points: 10, vs. Western Illinois, 11-16-11

HAYWOOD'S CAREER STATISTICS

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