Nikkyana McCaskill enters her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Catawba Valley Community college women's basketball program in 2022-23.

McCaskill was a key piece on Tisha England's coaching staff, which helped guide the Red Hawks win 13 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season, including eight in Region 10 play.

During her first season, McCaskill helped coach a Red Hawks women's basketball team that went 22-2 overall, 14-0 in Region X play and won its third regular-season conference championship. CVCC also ranked inside the top 10 nationally for most of her first season as assistant coach.

A former Red Hawk standout from 2016-18, McCaskill was a part of a CVCC women's basketball program that went 47-14 during those two seasons, including a 34-8 mark in conference games.

During her sophomore season, the Red Hawks went 26-6, including 20-2 in Region 10 games — one of the best seasons in program history. She played in 30 of those 32 contests, starting in 28 of them.

McCaskill finished her CVCC women's basketball career with 59 games played (39 started), and she amassed 595 points (10.1 per game), 195 assists, 70 steals, 135 rebounds and 183 field goals made.

She is ranked first in a single season in 3-point field goals attempted (129) and is second for both 3-point field goals made in a season (44) and free throw percentage (78.0) in a season. She also ranks on the career records list for free throw percentage (77.7 - most), 3-point field goals made (72 - second-most) and 3-point field goals attempted (216 - third-most).

During her prep basketball career at Forestview High School, McCaskill helped lead the Jaguars to a 20-6 record as a senior. She averaged 14.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.8 steals per game during her final season at Forestview under head coach Kevin Gurganus.