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Jersey Number 1
Malia Fisher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Hebron Christian Academy
- Hometown:
- Dacula, Ga.
Bio
Rice All-Time Ranks (as of April 15, 2025)
No. 10 Scoring - 1,333
No. 9 Field Goals Made - 501
No. 9 Blocks - 89
No. 8 Rebounds - 775
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2024 AAC All-Tournament Team
2024-25 All-AAC First Team
2024-25 AAC Ambassador Award
2024-25 AAC Preseason First Team
2024 AAC All-Tournament MVP
2023-24 All-AAC Third Team
2022-23 C-USA All-Conference Second Team
2021-22 C-USA All-Freshman Team
2021-22 C-USA All-Conference (Honorable Mention)
SUPERLATIVES
2023-24 AAC Honor Roll (2/19/24), (3/7/24)
2021-22 C-USA Freshman of the Week (3x)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024-25 (Senior): Appeared in 26 games, earning 22 starts after missing the first eight games of the season due to injury...Averaged 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game...Earned an All-Conference selection, being named AAC First Team...Led the team in scoring (12.6), while finishing second in blocks and rebounds per game...Dropped a career-high 32 points against Tulane on 12-of-22 shooting...Had 16 points and seven rebounds in Rice's upset win over top-seeded UTSA in the AAC Quarterfinals...Followed that game with an 18-point, nine-rebound showing against Temple...Finished with double-digit scoring in 15 games...Was the 2025 AAC Ambassador Award co-recipient, which is defined as a player who most exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court with community service off the court.
2023-24 (Junior): Appeared in 28 games with 25 starts...Averaged 13.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.6 assists per game...During the AAC Tournament, averaged 14.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, earning the All-Tournament MVP honors...Recorded her 1,000th career points at LSU (3/22), the 26th in program history to reach the milestone...Led the team in points per game (13.1), rebounds per game (6.9), rebounds (193), steals per game (1.7) and blocks per game (.7)...Dropped a career-high 30 points with 12 rebounds at UTSA (3/5)...Finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the AAC Second Round game against UAB (3/10)...Finished with a team-leading four double-doubles on the season...Closed the season with 13 points, five rebounds and three steals in the NCAA Tournament at LSU (3/22).
2022-23 (Sophomore): Appeared in 29 games, starting 24...Averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds (led the team), 1.8 assists and 25.5 minutes per game while adding 34 steals and 13 blocks...Ended the season with a 48.2% shooting percentage from the floor and led the team with a 37.8% shooting percentage from three-point range...Ended the season with five double-doubles while reaching double-digit points in 18 games...Opened the season with 18 points and a career-high 20 rebounds against SFA (11/10)...Recorded a career-high 22 points while adding 11 rebounds, two assists and two steals (including the game-winning steal and layup) against LA Tech (2/2)...Dropped 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting with five rebounds, two assists and two steals against FIU (2/11).
2021-22 (Freshman): Started 25 of 27 games as a true freshman...named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team and an All-Conference Honorable Mention...was named C-USA Freshman of the Week three times...ranked fourth in NCAA among freshmen in rebounds per game (8.5 rpg-3rd overall in C-USA)...recorded a team-leading 8 double-doubles , most among C-USA freshmen...9th in C-USA in blocks per game (1.04 bpg)...nine games with 10 or more rebounds...her 18 rebounds vs. FIU were the most by a C-USA player during league play...scored in double-figures 17 times...scored 17 points and snatched 16 rebounds in Rice's opening round win over Marshall (3/9)...established a season-high 20 points in Rice’s 72-69 road win at UTEP (2/5)...played the entirety of the Owls' quadruple overtime (60 minutes) loss at Charlotte (1/22), scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double...had a breakout performance vs. Pacific (11/24) with 14 points and 17 rebounds...registered her first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, along with 3 blocks and 3 steals in the win over Texas Southern (11/17).
High School: Graduated from Hebron Christian Academy (Dacula, Ga.) where she played under head coach Jan Azar…finished her career as Hebron’s career leading scorer and rebounder with over 1,700 points and over 900 rebounds, along with 200 assists in two seasons...part of a Lions team that won the Class A Private state championship in 2020-21, recording 18 points 11 rebounds and two blocks in the title game...averaged 16.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks for a Hebron team that went 29-2 her senior year, and won its last 21 games of the season...averaged 15.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 3 assists and 1.6 blocks as a junior for the state semifinalist Lions...played her first two high school seasons at North Gwinnett HS (Suwanee, Ga.)...averaged 17.9 points and earned first-team all-region honors as a sophomore at North Gwinnett....also played volleyball and won a state championship with Hebron Christian Academy as a junior...totaled 705 kills while hitting .341 in her two seasons with the Lions...was the Region 6 Co-Player of the Year and set the single-season school record for kills...also competed in track & field where she was a school record holder in the high jump...graduated with a 4.1 GPA.
Personal: Parents- Michael (step-father) and Stephanie McDonald (one brother, one sister)...her mother, formerly Stephanie Capley, was a high school basketball All-American in her native Tennessee and had a stellar college basketball career at Middle Tennessee State...her father, Lavoisier Fisher, was a linebacker for the Tennessee Volunteers from 1982-85...brother, also Lavoisier, plays baseball at Georgia State...College: Baker...Major: Psychology and Sport Management...Minor: Business
No. 10 Scoring - 1,333
No. 9 Field Goals Made - 501
No. 9 Blocks - 89
No. 8 Rebounds - 775
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2024 AAC All-Tournament Team
2024-25 All-AAC First Team
2024-25 AAC Ambassador Award
2024-25 AAC Preseason First Team
2024 AAC All-Tournament MVP
2023-24 All-AAC Third Team
2022-23 C-USA All-Conference Second Team
2021-22 C-USA All-Freshman Team
2021-22 C-USA All-Conference (Honorable Mention)
SUPERLATIVES
2023-24 AAC Honor Roll (2/19/24), (3/7/24)
2021-22 C-USA Freshman of the Week (3x)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024-25 (Senior): Appeared in 26 games, earning 22 starts after missing the first eight games of the season due to injury...Averaged 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game...Earned an All-Conference selection, being named AAC First Team...Led the team in scoring (12.6), while finishing second in blocks and rebounds per game...Dropped a career-high 32 points against Tulane on 12-of-22 shooting...Had 16 points and seven rebounds in Rice's upset win over top-seeded UTSA in the AAC Quarterfinals...Followed that game with an 18-point, nine-rebound showing against Temple...Finished with double-digit scoring in 15 games...Was the 2025 AAC Ambassador Award co-recipient, which is defined as a player who most exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court with community service off the court.
2023-24 (Junior): Appeared in 28 games with 25 starts...Averaged 13.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.6 assists per game...During the AAC Tournament, averaged 14.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, earning the All-Tournament MVP honors...Recorded her 1,000th career points at LSU (3/22), the 26th in program history to reach the milestone...Led the team in points per game (13.1), rebounds per game (6.9), rebounds (193), steals per game (1.7) and blocks per game (.7)...Dropped a career-high 30 points with 12 rebounds at UTSA (3/5)...Finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the AAC Second Round game against UAB (3/10)...Finished with a team-leading four double-doubles on the season...Closed the season with 13 points, five rebounds and three steals in the NCAA Tournament at LSU (3/22).
2022-23 (Sophomore): Appeared in 29 games, starting 24...Averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds (led the team), 1.8 assists and 25.5 minutes per game while adding 34 steals and 13 blocks...Ended the season with a 48.2% shooting percentage from the floor and led the team with a 37.8% shooting percentage from three-point range...Ended the season with five double-doubles while reaching double-digit points in 18 games...Opened the season with 18 points and a career-high 20 rebounds against SFA (11/10)...Recorded a career-high 22 points while adding 11 rebounds, two assists and two steals (including the game-winning steal and layup) against LA Tech (2/2)...Dropped 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting with five rebounds, two assists and two steals against FIU (2/11).
2021-22 (Freshman): Started 25 of 27 games as a true freshman...named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team and an All-Conference Honorable Mention...was named C-USA Freshman of the Week three times...ranked fourth in NCAA among freshmen in rebounds per game (8.5 rpg-3rd overall in C-USA)...recorded a team-leading 8 double-doubles , most among C-USA freshmen...9th in C-USA in blocks per game (1.04 bpg)...nine games with 10 or more rebounds...her 18 rebounds vs. FIU were the most by a C-USA player during league play...scored in double-figures 17 times...scored 17 points and snatched 16 rebounds in Rice's opening round win over Marshall (3/9)...established a season-high 20 points in Rice’s 72-69 road win at UTEP (2/5)...played the entirety of the Owls' quadruple overtime (60 minutes) loss at Charlotte (1/22), scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double...had a breakout performance vs. Pacific (11/24) with 14 points and 17 rebounds...registered her first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, along with 3 blocks and 3 steals in the win over Texas Southern (11/17).
High School: Graduated from Hebron Christian Academy (Dacula, Ga.) where she played under head coach Jan Azar…finished her career as Hebron’s career leading scorer and rebounder with over 1,700 points and over 900 rebounds, along with 200 assists in two seasons...part of a Lions team that won the Class A Private state championship in 2020-21, recording 18 points 11 rebounds and two blocks in the title game...averaged 16.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks for a Hebron team that went 29-2 her senior year, and won its last 21 games of the season...averaged 15.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 3 assists and 1.6 blocks as a junior for the state semifinalist Lions...played her first two high school seasons at North Gwinnett HS (Suwanee, Ga.)...averaged 17.9 points and earned first-team all-region honors as a sophomore at North Gwinnett....also played volleyball and won a state championship with Hebron Christian Academy as a junior...totaled 705 kills while hitting .341 in her two seasons with the Lions...was the Region 6 Co-Player of the Year and set the single-season school record for kills...also competed in track & field where she was a school record holder in the high jump...graduated with a 4.1 GPA.
Personal: Parents- Michael (step-father) and Stephanie McDonald (one brother, one sister)...her mother, formerly Stephanie Capley, was a high school basketball All-American in her native Tennessee and had a stellar college basketball career at Middle Tennessee State...her father, Lavoisier Fisher, was a linebacker for the Tennessee Volunteers from 1982-85...brother, also Lavoisier, plays baseball at Georgia State...College: Baker...Major: Psychology and Sport Management...Minor: Business
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