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03/06/2012
Five Women of Troy Win All-Pac-12 Honors
Seniors Ashley Corral and Briana Gilbreath lead five Trojans with all-conference awards.
03/06/2012
USC Women Carry Six-Game Win Streak Into Pac-12 Tournament
No. 3 seeded Trojans open the Pacific Life Pac-12 Tournament in the quarterfinals on Thursday night at Galen Center.
03/01/2012
Down To The Wire, USC Wraps Up Washington 62-55.
Christina Marinacci leads USC to victory with a double-double.
02/19/2012
USC Women Blast The Bruins 66-54
Trojans take an early lead and stay there to beat crosstown rival UCLA for a season sweep.
02/13/2012
Crook, DeSimone and Feathers Named USC Credit Union Student-Athletes Of The Week
Freshmen trio excell for Troy.
THIS SEASON
Ariya Crook enters her first season at USC.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Crook participated at the 2009 U.S. Under-18 team trials and the 2009 U.S. Under-16 trials.
HIGH SCHOOL
Crook was selected a 2011 McDonald's All-American out of Long Beach (Calif.) Poly... Ranked as the No. 2 point guard in the nation and No. 16 overall in the ESPNU Rankings Class of 2011... Also a WBCA All-American, was named to 2011 LA Times All-Star Team... Named to All-CIF Team as a senior... Averaged 11.7 points per game as a senior to help team reach the 2011 CIF Southern Section quarterfinals... Long Beach Poly team won the CIF 1-AA State Championship in 2008 and 2009 and was state finalist in 2010... Won four straight Moore League titles... Selected to 2009 All-CIF Second Team... An all-league first teamer... Played club for Fundamental Hoops and Cal Sparks.
PERSONAL
Ariya Antoinette Crook was born Feb. 22, 1993 in Torrance, Calif... The daughter of Angela Williams.... Has four siblings, Robert, Mark, Willie and Mary Ann... Lists winning the CIF championship as a freshman as her most thrilling sports moment, and lists Kobe Bryant as her biggest sports hero... Favorite foods are meat loaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli... Would like to one day travel to Paris... Has always wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle... Has not decided on a major, but hopes to pursue a career as a detective.
