Niveen Rasheed
Niveen Rasheed, a 2009 graduate, was a four-year letter winner on the women’s basketball team and captain her junior and senior year. Rasheed led the Mustangs to 3 consecutive EBAL Championships, and in her senior year helped the program earn its first NCS Championship, Nor-Cal Championship and State appearance. Rasheed holds the school record in career steals, rebounds, assists and points with over 1,700. After her senior season, Rasheed had her number 24 jersey retired at Monte Vista. Rasheed was a unanimous selection for league MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and a unanimous all-league pick in 2006, a three-time All-Metro, All-Northern California and All-State selection, and in 2009 was named a Contra Costa Times Player of the Year, All-Bay Area Regional Player of the Year, the All-East Bay Player of the Year and Cal Hi-Sports Winter Scholar-Athlete, and a McDonald’s All-America nominee.
During her four years at Princeton University, Rasheed led the Ivy League and her team in scoring, rebounds, assists and steals. As a result, Rasheed led Princeton to new heights, including 4 straight NCAA tournament berths, 4 Ivy League titles and a 54-2 record in Ivy League play, and the Ivy’s first-ever women’s basketball national ranking in the final AP Poll of 2011-12 at No. 24.
Rasheed finished her career fourth all-time in career points (1,617), third all-time in rebounds (860), third in scoring average (16.7), fourth in rebounds (860), fourth in steals (239) and among a myriad of other top-10 career and season records. Rasheed was named the program’s first AP All-American in 2013, was a 2-time Ivy League Player of the Year, and was inducted as an Ivy League Basketball Legend in 2019.
