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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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20 Erika Porter

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown West Windsor, N.J.
  • High School Notre Dame High School
  • Instagram erikaporterr
  • Twitter erikaporterrr

Biography

2021-22 - SOPHOMORE

  • Played in 23 games with 12 starts, including each of the final four games of the season
  • Averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, doublling her averages from her freshman season
  • Led the team with 21 blocks
  • Ranked second on the team with a field goal percentage of 52.2 percent (35-for-67)
  • Scored a career-high 15 points in Illinois' win over Wisconsin (March 2) in the opening round of the 2022 Big Ten Tournament
  • Pulled down a career-most seven rebounds in a home game vs. the Badgers (Jan. 9)

2020-21 - FRESHMAN

  • Played in 17 of final 19 games, including two starts
  • Averaged 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game
  • Ranked second on the team with nine blocks
  • Led the team with a field goal percentage of 52.4 percent (11-for-21)
  • Made Illini debut with two points in six minutes at Indiana (12/31/20)
  • Scored career-best 4 points at Michigan State (2/4) and matched it in each of the final three games of the season vs. Minnesota (3/5/21), vs. Wisconsin (3/9/21) and vs. Northwestern (3/10/21)
  • Set career-highs with four rebounds and two blocks vs. No. 15/14 Indiana (2/14/21)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Four-year varsity player at Notre Dame (N.J.) High School where she helped lead the Irish to four consecutive Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) titles and a 76-30 record.
  • Named CVC first-team all-conference and won back-to-back CVC Player of the Year honors during her junior (2018-19) and senior seasons (2019-20).
  • Also earned 2019 and 2020 Trentonian All-Area first-team honors.  
  • Opened her senior season by scoring her 1,000th career point in NDHS's victory over Allentown, and closed her career with 1,405 points (13.3 ppg) for the Irish.
  • Notched 792 career rebounds, an average of 7.5 boards per contest.
  • As a junior in 2018-19, averaged 18.1 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, and followed that up her senior season with averages of 15.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per contest.
  • Scored a career-best 34 points in a victory over Robbinsville (1/17/20).
  • Posted 31 career double-doubles, reached double-figures scoring 72 times, and pulled down 10 or more rebounds in 34 games.

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Joseph C. Porter III and Janice L. Porter
  • Born May 24, 2002
  • Has an older sister, Alexis
  • Major is undecided
  • Lists eating sushi, hanging with friends, day trips, cooking, and hiking as hobbies
  • Favorite athlete is Breanna Stewart

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020-21Freshman

    Forward
    6'3"
    20
  • 20

    2021-22Sophomore

    Forward
    6'3"
    20