The 5-foot-7 junior point guard led the Panthers to a 30-0 record and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference state championship this past season. Clouden averaged 13.7 points, 2.8 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. An IAAM A Conference All-Star, she was a 2015-16 Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team selection and is rated as the No. 60 recruit in the Class of 2018 by Blue Star Basketball Report.
Clouden has maintained a 3.31 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Clouden administers insulin and takes a blood sugar count daily for her grandmother, who has diabetes. She has volunteered locally as a peer mentor and as a youth basketball coach. "Nia is awesome," said Bookie Rosemond, head coach of Archbishop Spalding High. "She controls everything. The tempo of the game is always up to her. She just dictates both ends of the court. She's very unselfish, unflappable and smart."
