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13 Mikayla Markham

  • Position G
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School St. Rose
  • Hometown Manasquan, N.J.
  • School CC

Biography

Career Honors & Awards:
- Ended Columbia career 15th all-time in assists (220)
- Columbia's first-year record holder in total assists (120)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 26, 2018)

2021-22
- Played in 21 games as a senior, making one start ... Scored in 11 of her 21 appearances ... Had a season-high eight points to go with three assists as part of a 78-49 road win over Marist (Dec. 5) ... Started on her Senior Day against Brown, playing 27 minutes with five rebounds, five assists, four points, two steals and a block in an 85-56 victory (Feb. 26) ... Made her postseason debut in the Ivy League semifinals, playing 10 minutes off the bench with two rebounds in a 67-38 blowout over Yale (Mar. 11) ... Had a steal in two minutes off the bench in Columbia's FIrst Round WNIT victory over Holy Cross (Mar. 16).

2020-21:
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20:
Played in 24 of the 27 contests, making 17 starts ... Averaged 6.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 21.8 minutes ... Shot 50.8 percent from the field and 48.1 percent from three (26-54) ... Racked up 82 assists, ranking No. 4 in the Ivy League in total assists and assists per game (3.4) ... Ranked No. 2 in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) ... Went 3-for-3 from 3-point range on her way to 10 points in a 61-59 win at Robert Morris (Nov. 17) ... Had 11 points and nine assists to help the Lions roll over Milwaukee, 74-46 (Nov. 30) ... Made it back-to-back nine-assist games in a 54-49 win over Georgetown (Dec. 6) ... Scored a career-high 16 points, including 5-for-6 from 3-point range, with six assists and a career-high four steals in a 77-48 win over Mercer (Jan. 4) ... Scored 12 off the bench on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting against Harvard (Feb. 15) ... Had back-to-back 10-point outings to help the Lions sweep Brown and Yale on the raod (Feb. 21-22).

2018-19:
Broke the Columbia first-year record for assists (120) and ranked No. 7 in the single-season record book … Played in 26 of 27 games, making 24 starts … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week once (Nov. 26) and named to the Weekly Honor Roll on one other occasion … Led the Ivy League in assists per game (4.6) and ranked fourth in total assists … Top 100 in the NCAA in both assists per game and assist/turnover ratio (2.03) … Ranked No. 2 among NCAA freshmen in assists per game (4.6) … Averaged 5.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 28.2 minutes … Scored in double figures four times … Had a 10-game streak with at least five assists (Nov. 21 - Jan. 26) … Had six assists to go with eight points and six rebounds in her collegiate debut, helping the Lions to a 65-63 victory over Hofstra (Nov. 9) … Recorded her first double-figure scoring game with 12 points (5-10 FG) at Milwaukee (Nov. 16) … Tallied 10 assists against Houston, becoming the first Lion in 10 years to have 10 assists (Nov. 21) … Posted her first collegiate double-double in her Ivy League debut, going for 13 points and 10 assists at Cornell, becoming the first Lion in 10 years to have a double-double with points and assists (Jan. 19) … Scored 11 points in the season finale at Harvard (Mar. 9).

Prior to Columbia:
Joins the Lions after a successful four-year career at St. Rose High School on the Jersey shore ... Played the point for St. Rose's 2015 and 2018 state championship teams, as well as the 2017 conference championship squad ... Served as team captain since her sophomore season ... First Team Coaches All-Shore, Third Team All-State and First Team All-Non-Public selection ... Four-year career with the Purple Roses includes scoring 1,131 points to go with 508 assists ... Averaged an impressive 10 points and five assists per game for the 2018 championship team ... Played AAU for the Central Jersey Hawks.

Personal:
Born December 13, 1999 in Red Bank, New Jersey ... Daughter of Michele and James Markham ... Brother, Jimmy, plays collegiate basketball at Immaculata University in Immaculata, Pennsylvania ... Chose Columbia over Delaware, Winthrop, American, Lafayette College and Manhattan College.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018-19First Year

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  • 13

    2019-20Sophomore

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    2020-21Junior

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    13
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    2021-22Senior

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