Prep: Lettered in softball, basketball, volleyball, and track and field • All-state selection in softball, basketball and track • Was awarded most outstanding player in the state game and player of the year as a senior • Selected all-conference in volleyball and basketball • Won a basketball state championship her senior year • Named school Female Athlete of the Year for three years.

Personal: Enrolled in the general college • Also goes by Kiwi • Born Feb. 23, 1994, in Greensboro, N.C. • Aquilla Shade Mateen is the daughter of Rahma Mateen-Mason and Trazon Mason.