Alissa Pili

Personal: Alissa Pili is the daughter of Billy and Heather Pili and is one of nine children in her family. Her older brother, Brandon Pili, played college football at USC. Pili was a three-time Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year at Dimond High School and holds the Alaska state high school scoring record with 2,614 points. She was a three-sport athlete in high school, competing in basketball, volleyball, and track and field.

2025 Season: During the 2025 season, Alissa Pili competed in her first Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball campaign and accumulated 2,272 leaderboard points. She scored in double figures in nine of 12 games, including five of her final six appearances. Pili earned a starting role in 11 of 12 contests and ranked 10th in the league with an average of 12.1 points per game while also contributing 3.7 rebounds per contest. She shot 43.2 percent from the field and converted 15 of 49 attempts from three-point range. Pili earned MVP 2 recognition after scoring a season-high 20 points against Team Bell on February 8. In that same game, she recorded a season-high 599 leaderboard points by shooting 7-of-15 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line, while adding five rebounds, drawing five fouls, and collecting three steals. She tallied 17 points and four rebounds against Team Sims on February 20. Pili opened her Athletes Unlimited career with 14 points and a season-best nine rebounds against Team Harrison. She also recorded 14 points and six rebounds against Team Sims on March 1.

Other Professional Experience: Alissa Pili is a two-year WNBA veteran who was selected with the No. 8 overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2024 WNBA Draft. She has made 41 career appearances off the bench at the professional level. During the 2025 WNBA season, Pili split time between Minnesota and Los Angeles, averaging 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds per game. She appeared in 14 games with the Lynx before being waived on July 12, 2025, and later signed with the Los Angeles Sparks, where she played in five games. While playing for Minnesota, she scored a season-high eight points against Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. As a rookie, Pili played in 22 games off the bench for the Lynx, averaging 2.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. She recorded a career-high 20 points against Phoenix on May 31, 2024, while shooting 7-of-9 from the field, including a perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range, and added a career-high four rebounds.

International Experience: Alissa Pili was one of 13 athletes selected to participate in the 2024 USA Basketball 3x3 Women’s National Team development camp.

At USC and Utah: Alissa Pili played her first three collegiate seasons at USC before transferring to Utah for her final two years. She appeared in 128 total games during her five-year college career from 2019 to 2024, finishing with 2,168 career points, 779 rebounds, and 91 blocked shots. At Utah, Pili started 64 of 65 games over two seasons and totaled 1,370 points and 396 rebounds for the Utes. She earned two Associated Press and USBWA All-America selections, including Second-Team honors following the 2022–23 season, and also received WBCA All-America recognition in her first season at Utah. Pili was named to The Athletic Second-Team All-America in 2023–24 and earned a spot on The Sporting News All-America Third Team that same season. She was a two-time First-Team All-Pac-12 honoree at Utah and was named the 2022–23 Pac-12 Player of the Year. Pili set a Utah career record by averaging 21.1 points per game across two seasons and became the fastest player in program history to reach 1,000 points, accomplishing the feat in just 48 games. She set a Utah single-season record with 727 points during the 2023–24 campaign and ranked second in the Pac-12 with a 21.4 scoring average. Pili produced 32 double-digit scoring performances, including 20 games with at least 20 points. She scored a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina on December 10, 2023, and again against No. 6 USC on January 19, 2024. She reached the 2,000-point milestone of her college career with a 20-point performance against UCLA on February 22, 2024. During the 2022–23 season, Pili led the Pac-12 in scoring at 20.7 points per game and field goal percentage at .590, scoring 20 or more points 18 times, including a season-best 33 points against Gardner-Webb in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. At USC, she earned starting assignments in 58 of 63 games over three seasons, averaging 12.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. During the 2021–22 season, she started 18 of 19 games and averaged 7.8 points and 4.5 rebounds. Pili earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 recognition after averaging 11.0 points per game during the 2020–21 season and was named the 2020 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year after leading USC with 16.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, while recording 11 double-doubles as a freshman.