 Crooks with the Iowa State Cyclones in 2024. | |
| No. 55 – Iowa State Cyclones | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | Big 12 Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 13, 2004[1] |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop Garrigan (Algona, Iowa) |
| College | Iowa State (2023–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Audi Rae Crooks[2] (born December 13, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference. She plays the center position.
Crooks attended Bishop Garrigan High School in her hometown of Algona, Iowa, where she won back-to-back state titles and was named Iowa Miss Basketball as a senior. A four-star recruit, she left as the state's all-time leader in field goals made, as well as the state tournament's all-time leader in points and rebounds. Crooks also won four state titles in track and field, including three straight in the shot put.
As a freshman at Iowa State, Crooks notably scored 40 points against Maryland in the first round of the 2024 NCAA tournament, setting a new single-game tournament record for freshmen. She was an All-Big 12 Conference first team selection and received an All-American honorable mention recognition from the Associated Press.
- ^ "Audi Crooks (USA)'s profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Birch, Tommy (March 3, 2023). "Bishop Garrigan basketball star, Iowa State signee Audi Crooks inspired by her late father". The Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.