KikiRice

Kiki Rice arrived at UCLA for the 2022-2023 season as one of the most highly decorated high school basketball players. Rice was named the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2021-22. Rice led Sidwell Friends to an undefeated season her senior year, capturing her second basketball state championship. She averaged 15.8 points, 7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.7 steals her senior year. Rice was a McDonald’s All-American in 2021-22 and started for the East. She shared co-MVP in the McDonald’s All-American game with UCLA teammate Gabriela Jaquez. Rice was the 2022 Naismith High School Player of the Year. She also played club ball for Fairfax Stars AAU. With USA Basketball, she’s already a three-time gold medalist (2019, 2021 and 2022). Rice led the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team to a perfect 6-0 record alongside UCLA teammate Londynn Jones. She was named tournament MVP and earned All-Star Five recognition after averaging 14.3 points on 49% shooting, adding 4 rebounds and 4 assists to her totals. She was born in San Francisco, and her parents are Andrea and John Rice. Both parents were collegiate athletes at Yale, John played basketball and Andrea played tennis. Her full name is Kira Rice, but she goes by Kiki.