University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2025-26: Started and played in 24 games … Averaged 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Scored 12 points, had four assists and four boards at Lenoir-Rhyne … Tallied 10 points and four rebounds in the win over Carson-Newman … Garnered five points and five boards at Emmanuel … Grabbed a rebound and had a steal at Winston-Salem State … Totaled four points, four assists and four steals against Belmont Abbey … Recorded nine points, two assists and two steals against USC Beaufort … Recorded two points and three assists in the win over Francis Marion … Totaled five points and three assists in the win over Tusculum … Accounted for eight points and three rebounds at Barton … Had six points, seven rebounds and two steals at Lander … Totaled three points against No. 19 Columbus State … Totaled four assists and four rebounds in the win over Clayton State … Had two assists in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Had two points at USC Beaufort … Totaled three points and two assists at North Georgia … Grabbed a board in the victory over Flagler … Had seven points at GCSU … Tallied two assists against Augusta … Posted three steals at Columbus State.       

Previous School: Attended University of Vermont … Appeared in 18 games her junior season, draining 67 percent of her three-point attempts … America East Academic honor roll honoree ... Part of two America East Tournament Championship teams.

High School: Played for WBC Brod na Savi in Slavonski Brod … Team captain her senior season … Averaged 13.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game … Member of the U16 and U20 Croatian National Teams (2019, 2022) … Helped her U16 Croatian National Team to a third-place finish in the FIBA U16 European Championship B Division.

Personal: Nika Kurdija was born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia … Daughter of Slaven and Ivanna Kurdija … Majoring in computer science.