Caylah Cruickshank

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec

2017-18: In her final year with Tulane, averaged 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game...Started in nine games and played in 29, averaging 12.6 minutes per game...Scored a career-high 13 points, made a career-high four field goals and hit a career-high three 3-pointers against New Orleans (December 5)...Grabbed a career-high five rebounds at Cincinnati (February 10)...Tallied a career-best five assists vs. Troy (December 21)...Started the final five games of the season and four games in a stretch from December to January...made 14 3-pointers on the year, tying for fourth on the team...Shot 38.9 percent from the 3-point line and 32.9 percent overall.

2016-17: Played in 30-of-33 games, averaging 8.6 minutes ... Recorded her first career start at USF on Feb. 12, where she scored tallied four points and two steals in a career high 32 minutes ... Went on to start the next two games vs Cincinnati and UConn ... In her three starts, Cruickshank shot 5-of-11 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range, averaging 4.0 points ... Tied her career highs in made field goals (3), made three’s (2) and assists (2) vs Cincinnati on Feb. 15 ... Recorded one of the best games of her career at Temple on Jan. 8, either setting or tying highs in points (9), made field goals (3) and made three-pointers (2) ... Helped lift the Wave to a 63-58 victory over NC State (12/17), scoring all eight of her points in the fourth quarter...Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Named to Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club spring 2017.

2015-16: Played in 18 games, averaging 4.3 minutes ... Scored in 7-of-18 appearances, including a season high of four points vs Jackson State (11/17) ... Tallied an assist in 8-of-18 games played ... Collected 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 11 minutes of action vs No. 1 Uconn on March 6...Named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2014-15: Played in 19 games, averaging 5.9 minutes per contest ... Produced an individual 6-0 run vs Houston in the first round of the conference tournament, setting a career high of six points in the process - Also set career highs in minutes (14) and assists (2) ... Competed in a season high five straight games from Feb. 21 to March 7 ... Went 1-for-1 from the floor with two points vs. No. 1 UConn both times ... Scored in seven of 19 appearances, registering multiple field goals twice ... Hit her lone three-pointer vs. Western Kentucky on Nov. 28 ... Averaged 1.3 points and shot 27.6% from the field...Named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: Two-year letterwinner at Dawson College for coach Trevor Williams ... rated a three-star recruit by CrownScout.com...helped lead the Blues to a combined 32-7 record, including an 18-0 regular season and a silver medal at the Provincials and Nationals as a junior, and a pair of playoff appearances ... as a senior, was elected team captain, helped the team win the bronze medal at the Division I Provincials and claimed Academic Merit Scholar honors ... tabbed Rookie of the Year as junior...invited to the 2013 Canadian Junior National Team tryouts and participated in both the GPS (Games, Practice, Skills) Invitational and Mid-Atlantic NCAA Summer Skills Select Exposure Camp in 2012 ... previously played at St. Thomas High where she helped the team to the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 gold medal championship victory ... At St. Thomas, she averaged 25.2 PPG and won MVP honors each year ... Played AAU ball for the TW Bluehounds where she was a two-time All-Star at the USJN 17U National Championships ... Top academic student as a senior in RSEQ League ... Member of the National Society of High School Scholars.

Personal: Born in Montreal, Quebec ... Has two brothers.