Erica Junod

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
Ankeny
Hometown:
Ankeny, Iowa

Awards and Honors

Academic All-Big 12, first team (2001, 2003, 2004)

Cyclone Classic All-Tournament team (2000)

Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll (every semester)

ISU Scholar-Athlete (every year)

Cyclone Pride Award

Senior (2003-04)

Finished ISU career ranked among the top 10 career leaders in three-pointers made, three-pointers attempted, three-point percentage and free-throw percentage ... honored to the WNIT All-Tournament Team ... averaged 7.5 points and 3.8 assists over her senior year ... scored 15 points, pulled in seven rebounds, and contributed four assists in a WNIT semifinal loss to UNLV ... brought down 10 rebounds against St. Joseph’s ... tallied 11 points and four rebounds at Nebraska while going a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe ... dropped 17 points on Kansas, with five assists and four rebounds ... scored 11 points and had four steals in 16 minutes of action at Missouri ... recorded five points and five assists at Kansas ... had four steals, four assists, as well as seven points against Missouri ... tallied nine points, four rebounds, and two assists at Texas A&M ... posted eight points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal at Oklahoma State ... sank three treys en route to 12 points versus Eastern Illinois ... recorded nine points and five assists against Northern Iowa ... scored 12 points, shooting 4-of-8 from behind the arc, and brought in 11 rebounds to record a double-double against Texas Southern ... dropped 18 points going 7-of-10 from the field at Wisconsin ... recorded a season-high 20 points, along with six rebounds and three steals against Iowa.

Junior (2002-03)
Posted double-digit scoring in three games this year ... had a perfect shooting night at Kansas, sinking 4-of-4 shots, 3-of-3 from three-point land ... pulled down 10 rebounds against Nebraska ... matched a career high with six assists against Saint Francis and at UNI ... came off the bench to tally five points, seven rebounds, three assists and no turnovers at Baylor ... had 12 points at Colorado ... had 13 points (3-of-5 treys), five rebounds and two assists vs. High Point ... scored 12 points, adding seven boards vs. Detroit.

Sophomore (2001-02)

Suffered an ACL injury to her right knee in practice Nov. 5 and underwent surgery on Nov. 9 ... returned to the court Feb. 9 vs. Colorado, exactly three months after surgery ... started the last two games of the season ... went 9-of-10 from the free-throw line for the season ... had a solid outing vs. Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament, finishing a perfect 3-of-3 from behind the arc ... tallied five points and six assists vs. Temple in NCAA Tournament action ... notched eight points, including a 5-of-6 performance at the charity stripe, vs. Nebraska (March 5) ... saw 15 minutes of playing time in her first appearance of the season vs. Colorado (Feb. 9) ... sank her first three-pointer of the season en route to tallying five points and three boards vs. Kansas (Feb. 23) ... had three rebounds and two points in 13 minutes at Oklahoma State ... had two points, two rebounds and one assist at Missouri (Feb 20).

Freshman (2000-01)

Perfect from behind the arc in nine games ... netted 13 points, two rebounds and two steals in 17 minutes of action against Howard (March 16) ... pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds vs. Kansas State (Feb 10), including eight offensive boards ... had a career game in the Cyclone Classic title match vs. Liberty (Dec. 9), scoring 23 points on 7-of-8 three-pointers, dishing six assists and sinking both free throw tries to earn all-tournament honors ... drained 3-of-3 treys at KSU (Jan. 3) en route to 12 points in17 minutes ... scored 18 points in 29 minutes of play vs. Eastern Illinois (Nov. 26), hitting three treys ... tallied 12 points, hitting four treys at Duke (Dec. 30) ... had four points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes vs. DePaul (Dec. 2) ... saw 25 minutes of action at Iowa (Nov. 22) in her first collegiate game ... tallied three points and two rebounds vs. the Hawks.

Redshirt Freshman (1999-2000)

Redshirted the season after being diagnosed with mono prior to regular-season action ... played 25 minutes in the Cyclones’ first exhibition game (Nov. 4) ... tallied six points, three assists, one steal and one rebound in the game, going 3-of-6 from the floor ... earned the coaches’ Cyclone Pride Award.

High School

Led Ankeny to two state championships and one semifinal appearance ... a first-team all-state selection by The Des Moines Register as a junior and senior ... a third-team all-state pick her sophomore year ... a three-time all-state tournament honoree, captaining the squad in 1997 ... first-team all-Central Iowa Metropolitan League selection three times and the 1999 CIML player of the year ... named to the all-district first-team twice ... averaged double-digit scoring all three years of varsity play ... averaged 17.9 points and 6.3 assists as a senior ... named team’s most valuable offensive player three times ... holds school career and season records for points, steals, and assists ... scored a school-record 31 points in a game ... also owns the school’s highest individual scoring average and season free throw record ... a first-team all-state softball player all four years ... earned first-team all-state honors in softball and track as a senior ... owns school records for career and season stolen bases in softball and ran on Ankeny’s record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team ... National Honor Society member ... graduated with distinction ... high school basketball coach was Scott DeJong.

Personal

Member of Vortex, a student-athlete leadership group at ISU ... marketing major with psychology and horticulture minors ... ISU Dean’s List ... ISU scholar-athlete ... received U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award and President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement ... full name is Erica Lynn Junod ... born Feb. 16, 1981 in Sioux City, Iowa ... has two sisters (Michelle, Laura) ... both sisters graduated from Iowa State ... Michelle was a three-year letterwinner on the Iowa State softball team.