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Jersey Number 9999
Erica Ogwumike
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Cypress Woods HS
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
Bio
*Drafted by the New York Liberty with the 26th pick (traded to Minnesota Lynx) of the WNBA Draft
RICE ALL-TIME RANKINGS
*1st in career scoring average (17.7 ppg)
*2nd in career rebounding average (10.1 rpg)
*3rd in career free throw percentage (81.4%)
*4th in career made free throws (421 made free throws)
*5th in career rebounds (905 rebounds)
*6th in total points (1,597 points)
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2019-20 Named the 45th winner of the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award
2019-20 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Finalist
2019-20 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
2019-20 WBCA All-Region
2019-20 C-USA Player of the Year
2019-20 All-Conference First Team
2019-20 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2019-20 Senior CLASS Award Nominee
2019-20 Ann Meyers Drysdale Top 35 Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Wooden Award Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Ann Meyers Drysdale Top Shooting Guard Preseason Watch List
2018-19 C-USA Female Athlete of the Year
2018-19 Earned U.S. Pan Am Team Trials Invite
2018-19 C-USA Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA All-Conference First Team
2018-19 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2018-19 C-USA Preseason Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team
2017-18 C-USA Newcomer of the Year
2017-18 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2017-18 C-USA All-Conference First Team
2017-18 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2015-16 WCC All-Conference First Team (Pepperdine)
2015-16 WCC All-Freshman Team (Pepperdine)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019-20 C-USA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2018-19 Rice Honor Athlete
2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2017-18 C-USA All-Academic Team
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Academic Medal
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 (Senior): Played and started in 27 games…named a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention, joining Jessica Kuster (2014-AP) as only Owls to receive All-American accolades...selected to the WBCA All-Region 2 Team...became fifth player in league history to earn consecutive C-USA Player of the Year awards…named to the C-USA All-Conference First Team for a third consecutive season…also one of five players named to the C-USA All-Defensive Team…joined the illustrious 2,000 points/1,000 rebounds club…led all of C-USA in defensive rebounds per game (9th in NCAA-7.7), free throws made (17th in NCAA-149), and points per game (26th in NCAA-19.0)…her scoring average of 19.0 points per game ranked fifth in Rice history for single-season scoring average…her 149 made free throws were the fourth-most in a single season in program history…ranked second in C-USA in double-doubles (13) and total points (513)…third in C-USA in both total rebounds (279) and rebounds per game (10.3)…earned Rice’s first-ever USBWA National Player of the Week on Feb. 11…named C-USA Player of the Week a league-high four times…was named a Senior CLASS Award nominee…registered 20 or more points in 14 contests, including a career-high 33 points in a win over North Texas (2/2)…10 or more rebounds in 15 games, including a season-high 18 board at Old Dominion (2/13)…named to four national preseason watch lists: Ann Meyers Drysdale Top Shooting Guard, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy, Ann Meyers Drysdale Top 35…C-USA Preseason Player of the Year.
2018-19 (Junior): Played and started in 31 of 32 games…first student-athlete in school history to earn C-USA Female Athlete of the Year honors...became the first player in program history to earn Conference USA Player of the Year honors…selected to the C-USA First Team for a second straight season…averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game; the only player in C-USA to rank in the top-10 in the league in each of those categories…led all C-USA players with 18 double-doubles, which ranked 17th in the NCAA…first in C-USA in total rebounds (327-31st in NCAA) and second in the league in rebounds per game (10.5-29th in NCAA)…also led all of C-USA in defensive rebounds per game (8.0-12th in NCAA)…ranked third in C-USA in both free throws made (136-43rd in NCAA) and free throw percentage (84.5 percent-43rd in NCAA)…was one of three Owls (Shani Rainey & Nicole Iademarco) to surpass 1,000 career points at Rice…also eclipsed 1,500 career points between Rice and Pepperdine…two-time C-USA Player of the Week...scored in double-figures in 28 of 31 games…poured in 20 or more points in 10 contests, including a season-high 28 points in a win over New Orleans (12/1)…pulled down double-figure rebounds in 19 games, including a 19-rebounds performance in the Owls’ first victory of the season at Little Rock (11/17)…scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marquette (3/22).
2017-18 (Redshirt Sophomore): First Owl to ever earn C-USA Newcomer of the Year honors...selected to the C-USA First Team and All-Defensive Team...named to the C-USA All-Academic Team and was a 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District awardee...selected to the C-USA All-Tournament Team…Gene Hackerman Award (Team MVP)…ranked fourth in C-USA in scoring (17.9 ppg), third in rebounding (9.3 rpg), ninth in steals (1.8 spg)...her 574 points ranked second in Rice history (single-season)...had a team-high 15 double-doubles, which ranked second in C-USA…13 games with 20 or more points...five games with 15 or more rebounds...became the first Owl in school history to repeat as the C-USA Player of the Week following her 26 point performance vs. No. 18 Texas A&M...named the C-USA Player of the Week on Nov. 27...scored a season-high 31 points in the Owls’ season finale at New Mexico in the WNIT…recorded seven steals in a win over Northern Arizona, the second-most by an Owl in a single game…earned a C-USA Academic Medal and named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Rice: (2016-17, Sophomore): Sat out season due to transfer rules...earned a C-USA Academic Medal (3.75 GPA or higher)...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Pepperdine (2015-16; Freshman): Started all 26 games she appeared in as a true freshman for the Waves…Earned All-WCC first team honors after leading the team with 18.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game…Also led the Waves with 51 steals…Had 61 assists and 14 blocks…Shot 41.8% from the field, 30.8% from three and 72.6% from the free throw line…Scored a season-high 34 points at Portland (2/4/16)…Grabbed a season-best 13 rebounds twice and dished out a season-high seven assists at Saint Mary’s (1/9/16)…Other season highs include four steals (three times) and two blocks (three times)…Scored in double digits in 24 of the 26 games she appeared in…Posted seven double-doubles on the year…Named a Pepperdine Scholar Athlete.
High School: Played four varsity seasons for Cypress Woods High School...Was a McDonalds’s All-American Nominee and Ranked in the Top 100 nationally on ESPN’s player rankings as a senior…Named 2015 All-Greater Houston Area Player of the Year and 17-6A District MVP…Earned All-State, All-Area, All-Region first team as a junior and senior…Named KHOU Player of the Year as a senior…Team won the 2015 6A State Champion…Named the 2015 6A State Championship MVP…Started all 143 varsity games she played in scoring 2,227 career points and racked up 1,141 rebounds and 440 steals…Holds the Cy Woods record for career points…Also lettered in volleyball…was the valedictorian of her graduating class (top GPA in a class of 796 students)…was the sophomore class Vice President, junior class President and senior class President…involved in Student Senate, Spanish National Honors Society, and National Honors Society.
Personal: Born in Cypress, Texas...Daughter to Peter and Ify Ogwumike...sister to Nneka, Chiney and Olivia…Majoring in business and pre law…Sisters Nneka and Chiney both played collegiately at Stanford, Nneka was drafted number one overall by the LA Sparks in 2012 and Chiney was drafted number one in 2014 by the Connecticut Sun…Sister Olivia also plays at Rice...played club basketball for Cy fair Shock Nike Elite, whose team won the 2014 Nike National EYBL Championship....Rice College: Duncan College.
RICE ALL-TIME RANKINGS
*1st in career scoring average (17.7 ppg)
*2nd in career rebounding average (10.1 rpg)
*3rd in career free throw percentage (81.4%)
*4th in career made free throws (421 made free throws)
*5th in career rebounds (905 rebounds)
*6th in total points (1,597 points)
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2019-20 Named the 45th winner of the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award
2019-20 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award Finalist
2019-20 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
2019-20 WBCA All-Region
2019-20 C-USA Player of the Year
2019-20 All-Conference First Team
2019-20 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2019-20 Senior CLASS Award Nominee
2019-20 Ann Meyers Drysdale Top 35 Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Wooden Award Preseason Watch List
2019-20 Ann Meyers Drysdale Top Shooting Guard Preseason Watch List
2018-19 C-USA Female Athlete of the Year
2018-19 Earned U.S. Pan Am Team Trials Invite
2018-19 C-USA Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA All-Conference First Team
2018-19 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2018-19 C-USA Preseason Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team
2017-18 C-USA Newcomer of the Year
2017-18 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2017-18 C-USA All-Conference First Team
2017-18 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2015-16 WCC All-Conference First Team (Pepperdine)
2015-16 WCC All-Freshman Team (Pepperdine)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American
2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019-20 C-USA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2018-19 Rice Honor Athlete
2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2017-18 C-USA All-Academic Team
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Academic Medal
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17 C-USA Academic Medal
2019-20 (Senior): Played and started in 27 games…named a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention, joining Jessica Kuster (2014-AP) as only Owls to receive All-American accolades...selected to the WBCA All-Region 2 Team...became fifth player in league history to earn consecutive C-USA Player of the Year awards…named to the C-USA All-Conference First Team for a third consecutive season…also one of five players named to the C-USA All-Defensive Team…joined the illustrious 2,000 points/1,000 rebounds club…led all of C-USA in defensive rebounds per game (9th in NCAA-7.7), free throws made (17th in NCAA-149), and points per game (26th in NCAA-19.0)…her scoring average of 19.0 points per game ranked fifth in Rice history for single-season scoring average…her 149 made free throws were the fourth-most in a single season in program history…ranked second in C-USA in double-doubles (13) and total points (513)…third in C-USA in both total rebounds (279) and rebounds per game (10.3)…earned Rice’s first-ever USBWA National Player of the Week on Feb. 11…named C-USA Player of the Week a league-high four times…was named a Senior CLASS Award nominee…registered 20 or more points in 14 contests, including a career-high 33 points in a win over North Texas (2/2)…10 or more rebounds in 15 games, including a season-high 18 board at Old Dominion (2/13)…named to four national preseason watch lists: Ann Meyers Drysdale Top Shooting Guard, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy, Ann Meyers Drysdale Top 35…C-USA Preseason Player of the Year.
2018-19 (Junior): Played and started in 31 of 32 games…first student-athlete in school history to earn C-USA Female Athlete of the Year honors...became the first player in program history to earn Conference USA Player of the Year honors…selected to the C-USA First Team for a second straight season…averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game; the only player in C-USA to rank in the top-10 in the league in each of those categories…led all C-USA players with 18 double-doubles, which ranked 17th in the NCAA…first in C-USA in total rebounds (327-31st in NCAA) and second in the league in rebounds per game (10.5-29th in NCAA)…also led all of C-USA in defensive rebounds per game (8.0-12th in NCAA)…ranked third in C-USA in both free throws made (136-43rd in NCAA) and free throw percentage (84.5 percent-43rd in NCAA)…was one of three Owls (Shani Rainey & Nicole Iademarco) to surpass 1,000 career points at Rice…also eclipsed 1,500 career points between Rice and Pepperdine…two-time C-USA Player of the Week...scored in double-figures in 28 of 31 games…poured in 20 or more points in 10 contests, including a season-high 28 points in a win over New Orleans (12/1)…pulled down double-figure rebounds in 19 games, including a 19-rebounds performance in the Owls’ first victory of the season at Little Rock (11/17)…scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marquette (3/22).
2017-18 (Redshirt Sophomore): First Owl to ever earn C-USA Newcomer of the Year honors...selected to the C-USA First Team and All-Defensive Team...named to the C-USA All-Academic Team and was a 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District awardee...selected to the C-USA All-Tournament Team…Gene Hackerman Award (Team MVP)…ranked fourth in C-USA in scoring (17.9 ppg), third in rebounding (9.3 rpg), ninth in steals (1.8 spg)...her 574 points ranked second in Rice history (single-season)...had a team-high 15 double-doubles, which ranked second in C-USA…13 games with 20 or more points...five games with 15 or more rebounds...became the first Owl in school history to repeat as the C-USA Player of the Week following her 26 point performance vs. No. 18 Texas A&M...named the C-USA Player of the Week on Nov. 27...scored a season-high 31 points in the Owls’ season finale at New Mexico in the WNIT…recorded seven steals in a win over Northern Arizona, the second-most by an Owl in a single game…earned a C-USA Academic Medal and named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Rice: (2016-17, Sophomore): Sat out season due to transfer rules...earned a C-USA Academic Medal (3.75 GPA or higher)...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Pepperdine (2015-16; Freshman): Started all 26 games she appeared in as a true freshman for the Waves…Earned All-WCC first team honors after leading the team with 18.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game…Also led the Waves with 51 steals…Had 61 assists and 14 blocks…Shot 41.8% from the field, 30.8% from three and 72.6% from the free throw line…Scored a season-high 34 points at Portland (2/4/16)…Grabbed a season-best 13 rebounds twice and dished out a season-high seven assists at Saint Mary’s (1/9/16)…Other season highs include four steals (three times) and two blocks (three times)…Scored in double digits in 24 of the 26 games she appeared in…Posted seven double-doubles on the year…Named a Pepperdine Scholar Athlete.
High School: Played four varsity seasons for Cypress Woods High School...Was a McDonalds’s All-American Nominee and Ranked in the Top 100 nationally on ESPN’s player rankings as a senior…Named 2015 All-Greater Houston Area Player of the Year and 17-6A District MVP…Earned All-State, All-Area, All-Region first team as a junior and senior…Named KHOU Player of the Year as a senior…Team won the 2015 6A State Champion…Named the 2015 6A State Championship MVP…Started all 143 varsity games she played in scoring 2,227 career points and racked up 1,141 rebounds and 440 steals…Holds the Cy Woods record for career points…Also lettered in volleyball…was the valedictorian of her graduating class (top GPA in a class of 796 students)…was the sophomore class Vice President, junior class President and senior class President…involved in Student Senate, Spanish National Honors Society, and National Honors Society.
Personal: Born in Cypress, Texas...Daughter to Peter and Ify Ogwumike...sister to Nneka, Chiney and Olivia…Majoring in business and pre law…Sisters Nneka and Chiney both played collegiately at Stanford, Nneka was drafted number one overall by the LA Sparks in 2012 and Chiney was drafted number one in 2014 by the Connecticut Sun…Sister Olivia also plays at Rice...played club basketball for Cy fair Shock Nike Elite, whose team won the 2014 Nike National EYBL Championship....Rice College: Duncan College.
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