2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 14
Ari Long
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Valley View HS
- Hometown:
- Moreno Valley, Calif.
Bio
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2024-25
Appeared in 29 games and averaged 2.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.5 steals per game while shooting 35.1 percent from the field (25.0 percent from 3-point range) … Twice turned in double-digit scoring efforts: 11 points against Maryland on Feb. 6 and 10 points vs. USC on Dec. 7 … Picked up a season-high five steals against USC – the most of any Duck in a game during the season … Hauled in a season-best six rebounds against UC Irvine on Dec. 19 and grabbed five boards against Nevada on Nov. 6 … Drilled a season-high three 3-pointers against Maryland on Feb. 6 … During Big Ten play, saw action in 17 games and averaged 2.9 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.6 steals per game while shooting 36.0 percent from the floor and 31.0 percent from behind the arc.
AT WASHINGTON | 2023-24
Spent the 2023-24 season at Washington, appearing in 17 games … Averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in 10.8 minutes a night while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor and 25.0 percent from the 3-point line … Twice scored in double figures, with a season-high 18 points and five rebounds coming against N.C. Central in her second collegiate game, going 8-for-15 from the floor … Dropped 10 points in her UW debut against Sacramento State on Nov. 6.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Valley View High School, she won two CIF SS Ivy League titles and was a three-time Ivy League MVP … Rated as four-star prospect and the No. 46 player in the 2023 recruiting class by espnW … Ranked as the fourth-highest prospect in the state of California and ninth true point guard in the country … Averaged 28.0 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game in her high school career … Led the state of California in scoring her senior season at 35.2 points per game, scoring 1,021 points while shooting at a 47 percent clip … Registered a double-double in 28 of her last 29 games played, and produced games of 61 points (career high), 54 and 52 … Finished her career with 3,084 points, 1,320 rebounds, 468 assists, 439 steals, 366 made 3-pointers and 216 blocks – all school records … Led the Eagles to an 82-26 record in four years and was a four-time all-Ivy League first-team selection in addition to being a two-time all-state first-team pick … Received the 2023 Inland Empire Basketball Outstanding Performance Award and was a 2023 McDonald’s All-America Game nominee … One of 50 players selected to the 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year watch list.
Head coach Kelly Graves on Long: Ari brings so much versatility to our backcourt. She is an elite 3-point shooter and possesses the ability to make quick, smart decisions. She really excels in the open court and has great vision to distribute to teammates. She can score, defend and rebound at a high level and her competitive motor runs high. Ari’s work ethic and passion will be a welcome addition to our team and she’ll be a great fit into our system and culture.
Appeared in 29 games and averaged 2.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.5 steals per game while shooting 35.1 percent from the field (25.0 percent from 3-point range) … Twice turned in double-digit scoring efforts: 11 points against Maryland on Feb. 6 and 10 points vs. USC on Dec. 7 … Picked up a season-high five steals against USC – the most of any Duck in a game during the season … Hauled in a season-best six rebounds against UC Irvine on Dec. 19 and grabbed five boards against Nevada on Nov. 6 … Drilled a season-high three 3-pointers against Maryland on Feb. 6 … During Big Ten play, saw action in 17 games and averaged 2.9 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.6 steals per game while shooting 36.0 percent from the floor and 31.0 percent from behind the arc.
AT WASHINGTON | 2023-24
Spent the 2023-24 season at Washington, appearing in 17 games … Averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in 10.8 minutes a night while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor and 25.0 percent from the 3-point line … Twice scored in double figures, with a season-high 18 points and five rebounds coming against N.C. Central in her second collegiate game, going 8-for-15 from the floor … Dropped 10 points in her UW debut against Sacramento State on Nov. 6.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Valley View High School, she won two CIF SS Ivy League titles and was a three-time Ivy League MVP … Rated as four-star prospect and the No. 46 player in the 2023 recruiting class by espnW … Ranked as the fourth-highest prospect in the state of California and ninth true point guard in the country … Averaged 28.0 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game in her high school career … Led the state of California in scoring her senior season at 35.2 points per game, scoring 1,021 points while shooting at a 47 percent clip … Registered a double-double in 28 of her last 29 games played, and produced games of 61 points (career high), 54 and 52 … Finished her career with 3,084 points, 1,320 rebounds, 468 assists, 439 steals, 366 made 3-pointers and 216 blocks – all school records … Led the Eagles to an 82-26 record in four years and was a four-time all-Ivy League first-team selection in addition to being a two-time all-state first-team pick … Received the 2023 Inland Empire Basketball Outstanding Performance Award and was a 2023 McDonald’s All-America Game nominee … One of 50 players selected to the 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year watch list.
Head coach Kelly Graves on Long: Ari brings so much versatility to our backcourt. She is an elite 3-point shooter and possesses the ability to make quick, smart decisions. She really excels in the open court and has great vision to distribute to teammates. She can score, defend and rebound at a high level and her competitive motor runs high. Ari’s work ethic and passion will be a welcome addition to our team and she’ll be a great fit into our system and culture.
Kelly Graves | Selection Sunday
Monday, March 17
Deja Kelly, Peyton Scott & Phillipina Kyei | Selection Sunday
Monday, March 17
Peyton Scott & Ari Long: "A good, competitive basketball game."
Thursday, February 27
Kelly Graves: "We've played really well."
Thursday, February 27
