Alia Fischer

Alia Fischer (sometimes misspelled as Alia Fisher, born c. 1977/1978, later Alia Fischer Keys and Alia Keys) is an American former college basketball player for Washington (MO) (Wash U) of the NCAA Division III University Athletic Association (UAA). She was named to the NCAA Division III 25th Anniversary women's basketball team after earning three consecutive WBCA DIII Player of the Year awards for leading her Wash U teams to three consecutive NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament championships. Fischer was a three-time first team All-American and a three-time Academic All-America selection who earned Academic All-America Basketball Team Member of the Year as a senior. She was the first underclassman to earn WBCA DIII Player of the year and the first player to earn multiple WBCA DIII Player of the year awards. She was recognized as Honda Division III Woman Athlete of the Year and with a Today's Top VIII Award.

Fischer and her teams have set numerous records. She is the current all-time leading scorer (1974) and shot blocker (219) and former all-time leading rebounder (969) at Wash U. Fischer led Wash U in scoring, rebounding and shot blocks four consecutive years. She also led the team in steals as a sophomore. Fischer formerly held the school records for single-season and career field goal percentage. Her single-season free throws made (152) and single-season points (626) school records as well as her single-game blocked shots school record (7, shared) are unsurpassed.^[1] Fischer set the NCAA DIII record for consecutive field goals made and her team broke the women's college basketball record for consecutive wins. When her eligibility expired, Wash U had won 68 consecutive games and become the only women's college basketball team to achieve back-to-back undefeated seasons.