Audi Crooks

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Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO Iowa State Athletics

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: Iowa State Athletics

Position:
Center
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bishop Garrigan
Hometown:
Algona, Iowa

In The News

ESPN: How Sophomores Will Build on NCAA Basketball Debuts
The Athletic: WCBB Preseason All-Americans
Andscape: Iowa State Center Audi Crooks Exceeds Her Goals as a Freshman All-American
Bleacher Report: WCBB Fans Hype Audi Crooks' Historic 40-Point Game in Iowa State's Win vs. Maryland
ESPN: Freshman Audi Crooks Scores 40 to Lead Iowa State Comeback
Des Moines Register: Who Is Audi Crooks? Iowa State Freshman Star Scored 40 Points in NCAA Tournament Win vs. Maryland
Nothing But Net with Debbie Antonelli: Addy Brown & Audi Crooks , Iowa State WBB
KCCI: There's Something About Audi: Iowa State's Audi Crooks Establishing Herself as One of the Big 12's Best
WeAreIowa: "Every Day is a Little Bit of Growth": Audi Crooks Adjusting to New Level of Competition

Awards & Honors

AP Third Team All-America (2025)
USBWA Third Team All-America (2025)
WBCA Regional Finalist (2024, 2025)
Unanimous Selection First Team All-Big 12 (2024, 2025)
Wooden Award Late Season Watch List (2025)
Wooden Award Watch List (2025)
Naismith Trophy Midseason Team (2025)
Naismith Trophy Watch List (2025)
Lisa Leslie Award Top 5 Finalist (2025)
Lisa Leslie Award Top 10 Finalist (2025)
Lisa Leslie Award Watch List (2025)
WBCA Wade Trophy Watch List (2025)
AP National Player of the Week (March 4, 2025)
USBWA National Player of the Week (March 4, 2025)
Big 12 Player of the Week (2023-24: Jan. 15, Feb. 26; 2024-25: Dec. 16, Jan. 6, March 3)
AP Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (2025)
The Athletic Preseason All-America Second Team (2025)
Unanimous Selection Preseason All-Big 12 (2024)
AP All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2024)
NCAA Women's Player of the Week (Jan. 16)
Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 18, 2023; Jan. 2, 2024; Jan. 29, 2024; Feb. 26, 2024)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S25)

2024-25
Started all 35 contests as a sophomore… set Iowa State single-season scoring and made field goals records with 820 points and 329 makes from the floor… led the Big 12 Conference with 23.4 points per game while shooting over 60 percent from the floor… scored in double figures every game and led Iowa State in scoring in 27 games… finished six games shooting 75 percent or better from the floor… poured in 33 points against Drake (Nov. 24), including the game-winning buzzer beater… finished with a double-double with 31 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa (Dec. 11) and followed up with another 30-point performance on 12-of-16 shooting from the floor against Eastern Illinois (Dec. 15)… became the fastest Iowa State player and third-fastest Big 12 player to 1,000 points in her 49th career game (Utah, Jan. 5)… was the third-fastest player in her class to score 1,000th career point at one institution... notched a season-high 36 points, going 14-of-18 from the floor and 8-of-11 from the line against No. 14 Kansas State to lead the Cyclones to a 85-63 victory in the regular season finale… led the Cyclones to an NCAA Championships First Four win over Princeton with 27 points, helping head coach Bill Fennelly to his 800th career win… finished the season as Iowa State’s 14^th all-time leading scorer with 1,455 points.

2023-24
Recorded the most historic season to date by a Cyclone freshman, breaking several records and becoming Iowa State women's basketball's first freshman All-American... was also Iowa State's first freshman to be a First Team All-Conference selection, one of four unanimous choices in 2024... played in all 33 games while starting the last 29 contests... was ISU's leading scorer with 635 points for 19.2 points per game while shooting .577 from the floor, the best field goal percentage by an NCAA DI freshman in 2023-24... her season point total set a new Iowa State freshman best, passing Megan Taylor's 460 points in 1997-98... her season scoring average ties Bridget Carleton's mark in 2017-18 for the eighth-best single-season average in program history... made 258 field goals over the season, a single-season program record regardless of class... also set record for free throw makes by a Cyclone freshman with 114... finished with double-figure scoring in each of ISU's final 32 contests of the season... poured in a season-high 40 points, just the fourth 40-point game in Iowa State history, to lead the Cyclones from a 20-point deficit to a 93-86 win over No. 10-seed Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 22)... finished 18-of-20 from the floor, matching the top single-game total in program history... became the second college basketball player (Bill Walton, UCLA, 1973 NCAA Championship) to score at least 40 points while shooting 90 percent or better from the floor in an NCAA Tournament game... matched Brittney Griner's Big 12-best point total in an NCAA Tournament game (40 points, 2011 Regional Semifinal)... finished with at least 20 points in 17 contests, including four of her last five... recorded 259 rebounds on the season, the third-best mark by a Cyclone freshman behind Megan Taylor (270) and classmate Addy Brown (269)... averaged 7.8 boards per game while posting a career-high 16 rebounds at then-No. 24 West Virginia (Jan. 27)... recorded first double-double against then-No. 4 Iowa (Dec. 6) (15 points, 10 rebounds) along with her first career 3-pointer... posted eight double-doubles on the season, with six coming in Big 12 play... passed out a season-high six assists against Oklahoma (Feb. 10)... nabbed a season-high three steals to go along with 20 points and nine rebounds in ISU's double-overtime victory against then-No. 7 Kansas State, battling with All-American Ayoka Lee in the paint for over 35 minutes of action, her season high.

Prior to Iowa State
No. 57 on 2023 HoopGurlz Recruiting espnW 100… MaxPreps Small Town All-America First Team (2023)… Two-time Class 1A State Champion at Bishop Garrigan High School (2022, 23) … Two-time Class 1A All-Tournament Team Captain (2022, 23)… Four-time Class 1A All-Tournament Team member… Poured in an all-class state-tournament record with 49 points in the Class 1A Championship (2023)… Also competed in volleyball and track & field… Was a two-time Class 1A State Champion in the shot put (2021, 23).

"Roll Clones!"

Audi Crooks is going to bring a lot of energy to this program and Hilton Coliseum next year!

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— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) November 9, 2022

Personal
Studying criminal justice and sociology... daughter of Michelle Cook and the late Jimmie Crooks... father, Jimmie, played basketball at Minnesota State... also participated in band and choir at Bishop Garrigan High School... plays five instruments: guitar, bass guitar, trumpet, drums and piano.