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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

23 Berry Wallace

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pickerington, Ohio
  • High School Pickerington Central High School
  • Instagram berry_wallace
  • Twitter berrywallace_

Biography

2024-25 - FRESHMAN

  • Appeared in 25 games while making six starts
  • Averaged 25.6 minutes, 9.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.2 blocks
  • Shot 47.2% from the field (85-for-180), 39.8% from 3-point range (35-for-88), and 77.8% from the free throw line (21-for-27)
  • Totaled 641 minutes, 226 points, 78 rebounds, 18 assists, 10 steals, and five blocks as a freshman
  • Posted the program’s third-best single-season 3-point percentage by a freshman (39.8%)
  • Registered 12 games with double-digit points
  • Logged 10+ points in each of her first two NCAA Tournament appearances
  • Played all 40 minutes for the first time in her career and scored 14 points at No. 4 USC (Feb. 23)
  • Made her first-career start at No. 3 UCLA (Feb. 20)
  • Scored a career-high 18 points on 5-for-10 shooting against Southern Indiana (Dec. 15)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Ranking - #20
  • Five-star recruit
  • 2024 McDonald's All American - third signee in Illinois history to earn the distinction
  • Four-year varsity basketball letterwinner, three-year varsity volleyball letterwinner
  • Earned All-District honorable mention and helped team to district championship in 2021
  • First-team All-Conference, First-team All-District 11, First-team All-Central District, Second-team All-State, First-team All-Adidas 3SSB, and helped team to district championship in 2022
  • First-team All-Conference, First-team All-District 11, First-team All-Central District, First-team All-State, Adidas Eurocamp National Team, and helped team to district and regional championships in 2023
  • 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Girl's High School Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
  • 2024 Ohio Capital Conference Buckeye Division Player of the Year
  • Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I 2024 Girls Basketball Player of the Year
  • Ohio Sports Writers Division I 2024 Girls Basketball All-Ohio First-Team selection
  • Helped Pickerington Central to a 25-4 overall record, perfect 10-0 mark in the OCC-Buckeye, and a state semifinals appearance in 2024
  • Finished third in the Ohio Ms. Basketball voting
  • Made honor roll during freshman through junior years of high school
  • Member of the National Honor Society and class president
  • One of 20 players from the United States selected to participate in the Adidas Eurocamp
  • AAU Team: United Family 3SSB
  • High School Stat Lines:
    • 2022-23: 15.1 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.0 BPG
    • 2021-22: 14.6 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 2.6 APG, 2.1 SPG, 1.0 BPG
    • 2020-21: 11.1 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG

PERSONAL

  • Born July 23, 2005
  • Daughter of Chris and Brandi Wallace
  • Four brothers (Evan, Garner, Isaiah, Adae) and four sisters (Bailey, Bexley, Brooklyn, Blossom)
  • Father played baseball at Wright State
  • Older sister, Bexley, played two seasons of basketball at both Penn State and Kent State
  • Older brother, Evan Matthews, competed in track & field at Ohio State
  • Older brother, Garner, plays football at Northwestern
  • Majoring in psychology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2024-25Freshman

    Forward
    6'1"
    20
  • 23

    2025-26Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    23