CHENEY, Wash. – Eastern Washington University head women's basketball coach Wendy Schuller has announced three new additions on the first day of the national signing period (Nov. 13).
 
Aaliyah Alexander (Todd Beamer HS / Federal Way, Wash.), Maisie Burnham (Liberty HS / Spangle, Wash.) and Bella Pedrojetti (South Medford HS / Medford, Ore.) will join the Eagles as true freshmen at the start of the 2020-21 season.
 
"IQ, skill, toughness and family really embody this class," said Schuller. "It has been fun to get to know these young ladies and their families and I am beyond excited to welcome them to Eastern Washington and our team."
 
The 2020-21 recruiting class is listed below:

Aaliyah Alexander | Federal Way, Wash. | Todd Beamer HS | 5-8 | Guard  
Aaliyah Alexander is an in-state product from Federal Way, Wash., where she lettered all four years in basketball and three years in volleyball at Todd Beamer High School.
 
Following the end of the 2018-19 season, Alexander was named the North Puget Sound League Olympic Division MVP after she scored 489 total points (18.8/game) and totaled 179 rebounds (6.9/game), 71 assists, 70 steals and 23 blocks. She helped lead the Titans to a 19-7 overall record as a junior.  
 
Through 54 games as a Titan, Alexander averages 15.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game. As a sophomore, she scored 327 points to bring her total to 829 career points prior to her senior season.
 
She also received the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Todd Beamer Coaches Award.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Diann and Corey Alexander… Both coach her high school team at Todd Beamer… Intends on majoring in exercise science at Eastern Washington with ambitions of becoming a nurse.
 
SCHULLER SAYS: "Aaliyah is a basketball player through and through. She comes from unbelievable basketball bloodlines - her mom played at the University of Washington and helps coach her high school team along with her dad and her sister plays at Nevada. She also played for an elite club program with the Tree of Hope team and coach Mo Hines.  She has an infectious personality and will provide an instant spark on both ends of the floor for our team. She can play the combo guard position and I envision her making an instant impact. She is an outstanding student and has a superb work ethic. She will fit in instantly with the culture of our program."
  Maisie Burnham is a local product out of Liberty High School in Spangle, Wash. Burnham earned a total of eight letters throughout high school, earning four in each basketball and volleyball.
 
As a junior, she led the Lancers to third and second-place finishes in the state tournaments for volleyball and basketball, respectively.
 
Burnham racked up several awards and recognitions throughout her time at Liberty. In 2018-19, she was named the NE 2B First Team All-League MVP in both volleyball and basketball. She also earned First Team All-League honors as a sophomore in volleyball and as a freshman and sophomore in basketball.
 
Nationally, she was named to the 2019 Associated Press All-State Basketball First Team and was named a 2017-18 adidas All-American and participated in the adidas National Championship.
 
Burnham also landed on the State 2B All-Tournament First Team for basketball, the 2019 NW Preps All-Region Team, and the 2019 Scorebook Live All-State Third-Team.
 
From her freshman to her junior year, all on varsity, Burnham averages 21.3 points, seven rebounds and six assists per game.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Cheri and Blaze Burnham… Plans on majoring in accounting at Eastern Washington with aspirations of becoming a CPA accountant… Her brothers, Chase and Match Burnham, played basketball at Carroll College.
 
SCHULLER SAYS: "Maisie is a young lady that hails from this region and who we have had the opportunity to watch grow up. I am so thrilled as should the rest of Eagle nation be that she is an Eagle. Maisie is a jack of all trades on the court and embodies the toughness we want to play with. She will bring not only a great basketball skillset, but she is also a phenomenal student and leader. Her experience playing on a great high school team at Liberty for coach Chris Colvin and a national power club team with Steve Klees' Northwest Blazers has given her a strong foundation.  It will be a lot of fun for her home region to get to watch her play." Bella Pedrojetti | Medford, Ore. | South Medford HS | 5-10 | Guard


 
Bella Pedrojetti comes to Cheney from Medford, Ore., where she attended South Medford High School. Pedrojetti was named Second Team All-Conference as a freshman and earned First Team honors while ranking third in the conference in scoring as a sophomore.
 
As a junior, Pedrojetti averaged 13.7 points per game and shot over 37 percent from three-point range.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of James and Sarah Pedrojetti.
 
SCHULLER SAYS: "Bella is a wonderful player and young woman. She can flat out shoot the ball and gives us another perimeter player with nice size. It will be a lot of fun to watch her growth at the next level. She is another player who has been well coached, hailing from an Oregon basketball power house at South Medford High School coached by Tom Cole. In the classroom, she excels and is a tremendous worker in all aspects."