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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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24 Riley Weiss

  • Position G
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School GW Hewlett (N.Y.) / North Broward Prep (Fla.)
  • Hometown Hewlett, N.Y.
  • School CC

Biography

Honors & Awards:
- 2024 Ivy League Champion
- Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week

2023-24:
Played in all 30 games, earning two starts ... Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week ... Averaged 7.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 15.7 minutes ... Ranked top 10 in the Ivy League in total threes (43) and 3-pointers per game (1.4) ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Stony Brook, playing 21 minutes off the bench and scoring 14 points (Nov. 6) ... Made her first collegiate start the next game against Seton Hall (Nov. 10) ... Hit 5-of-12 from deep on her way to a season-high 18 points against Georgia at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship (Nov. 20) ... Scored 17 points (6-12 FG, 5-7 3-PT) to help the Lions defeat Villanova (Dec. 3) ... Went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the first time ... Scored seven points to help the Lions defeat Penn in her Ivy League debut (Jan. 6) ... Named Rookie of the Week for a second time (Jan. 16) after averaging 12 points and going a combined 4-of-9 from deep in wins over Cornell (Jan. 13) and Yale (Jan. 15) .. Scored 17 points (7-9 FG, 3-5 3-PT) in the regular-season finale at Cornell, clinching Columbia second straight Ivy League Championship (Mar. 9) ... Played 12 minutes in her NCAA Tournament debut against Vanderbilt (Mar. 20).

Prior to Columbia:
Six-year standout in girls varsity basketball ... Began her varsity playing days at George W Hewlett High School, where she left after her junior year as the all-time leading scorer in school history, netting more than 2,000 from seventh to 11th grade ... Four-year captain ... Four-time all-county ... Two-time All-Long Island ... 2021-22 New York All-State Team selection ... Named both the conference and Nassau County Player of the Year ... Averaged 40.8 points per game as a sophomore and 39.9 points per game as a junior ... Transferred to North Broward Prep in South Florida for her senior year ... Broke seven school records and won a district championship ... North Broward Prep Newcomer of the Year ... Michael Freedman Outstanding Jewish High School Athlete of the Year ... Totaled a combined 2,906 career points for her two high schools, which included five 50-plus-point games ... Played club for Crown Lightning Flynn ... Won gold at the 2022 Maccabiah Games with Team USA.

Personal:
Father Jeff, played basketball at Southern Connecticut State University for one season (1979-80), followed by LIU Post for three seasons (1980-83).

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Historical Player Information

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    2023-24First Year

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    2024-25Sophomore

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    5'10"
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    2025-26Junior

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    5'10"
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