Erika Buchholz

Guard
Graduated Senior
5-7, Lisle, Ill.

2008:  Named third-team All-CCIW…named CCIW “player of the week” after hitting two free throws with four seconds remaining to defeat No. 9 Calvin on Dec. 1 at the CCIW/MIAA Women’s Basketball Classic”…started all 26 games and averaged 27.4 minutes per game…ranked 13th in CCIW scoring (10.1 points per game), seventh in free-throw percentage (.771), 10th in assists (2.88 per game), 13th in three-point field-goal percentage (.300) and 15th in field-goal percentage (.406)…scored in double figures in 13 games with a season-high 20 points against Trinity (Texas) on Dec. 29.

2007:  Played in 25-of-26 games and made 21 starts…averaged 26.0 minutes played, 8.4 points per game, 3.2 rebounds per game and set a Carthage season record with an .861 free-throw percentage (third in the CCIW)…scored a season-high 18 points in the Jan. 16 North Central game.

2006:  Started all 26 games…averaged 27.5 minutes, 8.2 points and 3.4 rebounds with a .278 three-point field-goal percentage (9th in the CCIW)…scored a season-high 18 points versus Central on Dec. 29.

2005:  Played in 24-of-25 games and made 23 starts… was 23rd in CCIW scoring (9.2 points per game), eighth in steals (2.08 per game) and ninth in three-point field-goal percentage (.292)…scored a career-high 26 points and tied a Carthage game record with eight three-pointers versus Aurora on Nov. 30…scored in double figures nine times.

High School:  Three-time All-Interstate 8 Conference honoree…named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class A third-team all-state and Daily Herald all-area her senior year with a 12.5 scoring average and 5.9 rebounds on a team won an Interstate 8 Conference titles, as well as regional and sectional championships…all-conference as a junior… scored 1,144 career points…coached by Brian Stiles…four-year member of both the volleyball and softball teams…named all-conference in volleyball her senior year…named second-team all-state in softball both her freshman and sophomore years and named all-conference three-straight seasons…National Honor Society member and honor student.

Personal:  Exercise and sport science major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll...born July 10, 1986.