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Erica Hallman - Women's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks
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Erica Hallman

Position G
Height 5'8''
Class Sophomore
Hometown Covington, Ky.
High School Covington HS
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2005-06 (Senior)
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season … Posted career-best averages of 14.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game while starting 27 of 28 games played … Added 4.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 36.1 minutes per outing … Reached 20 points on three occasions including a career-high effort of 29 points against Missouri on Feb. 25 in an overtime victory … Led the team with 62 three-pointers made and 169 attempted, which each ranked third on the KU all-time list … Her 36.7 (62-of-169) tied with Kaylee Brown for the team-lead and ranked 10th on the KU all-time single-season list … Dished 125 assists to tie for 10th on the single-season KU list … Drained 84.0 percent (42-of-50) of her free throws to establish a new KU single-season record … Became the 19th player in Jayhawk history to accumulate over 1,000 career points, surpassing the mark on Jan. 28 at Baylor before finishing with 1,185 points to rank 14th … Was the only player in the Big 12 to average at least 14 points, four assists and four rebounds per game … Missed the first two regular season games while serving a team academic suspension … Ended her career as the second-leading all-time 3-point shooter in KU history with 181 made and 494 attempted, in addition to ranking fifth with a 36.6 three-point shooting percentage … Also ended her career in the KU top-10 in free throw percentage (9th, 73.3 percent), assists (3rd, 455) and minutes played (9th, 3,400).

2004-05 (Junior)
An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection … Averaged 13.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.4 steals in 35.4 minutes per game … Started all 28 games at point guard … Scored in double figures in 18 outings … Reached 20 or more points four times, improving her career high to 22 points against Nebraska on Feb. 20 … Dished five or more assists on 19 occasions including a season-high 13 dimes vs. Dartmouth … The 13 assists vs. Dartmouth ranked second on the KU all-time single-game list … Pumped in 61-of-157 three-pointers to rank fourth on the KU single-season list in three-pointers made and attempted … Her 38.9 three-point percentage ranked eighth on the all-time KU single-season list … Dished 142 assists — the sixth most in KU history … Led the Jayhawks in scoring in seven contests and assists in 22 outings … Tops on the squad in rebounding in two games … Ranked 12th in the Big 12 in scoring (13.1 ppg), sixth in assists (5.1 apg), ninth in three-point percentage (38.9 %), sixth in field goals made (61), seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.71) and fourth in minutes (35.4 mpg) … Moved into the KU all-time top five in three-pointers made and three-pointers attempted … Drew a team-high 13 charges on the defensive end.

2003-04 (Sophomore)
Winner of the Most Improved Award at the team postseason banquet … Named to the Dartmouth Blue Sky Restaurant Classic All-Tournament Team … Averaged 6.9 points, 3.3 assists, 1.6 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game … One of only four players to play in all 28 games … Started 13 contests … Led the team with 90 three-point attempts and 33 three pointers made, and moved into the all-time KU career top 10 in both categories … Won the team[apos]s Assist Leader Award with 91 dimes on the season … Fifth on the team in scoring with a total of 194 points for an average of 6.9 per game … Played 23.6 minutes per game, which ranked fourth on the team … Led the team and ranked third in the Big 12 with a 2.02-to-1 assist/turnover ratio … Had her best performance of the season at Dartmouth on Dec. 29 with a new career-high 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting to go with five assists and four rebounds … Scored in double figures 10 times … Led the team in scoring two times and in assists a team-leading 17 times.

2002-03 (Freshman)
Honored with the Sheila Ullmann Coaches award at the annual postseason banquet … Overcame a preseason injury to to play in all 29 games with four starting assignments … The team[apos]s top distributor with 97 assists (3.34 apg) … Became the first freshman since Jennifer Jackson in 1998 to lead the team in assists … Fourth on the team in scoring at 7.8 points per game … Had a team-leading 78 three-point attempts and 25 three pointers made … Finished third on the squad in steals with 36 … Although used primarily as a reserve, finished fifth in minutes with 25.5 per game … The only player on the team to have a positive assist/turnover ratio (1.33) … Led KU in assists 17 times and scoring on two occasions … Notched double-figure scoring 10 times, including eight times off the bench … Scored a season-high 17 points on Jan. 15 at Oklahoma State … Dished nine assists versus IUPUI on Dec. 28 … Drilled a half-court shot to end the first half at Cal State-Fullerton and another shot from nearly 35 feet at Nebraska to beat the shot clock … Underwent postseason surgery.

High School
Named Miss Kentucky Basketball after leading her team to a 29-6 overall record and averaging 21.1 points per game … Holmes High finished as the No. 1 ranked team in the Kentucky coaches[apos] poll after her senior season … Scored 31 points in her final game at Holmes High School … Led her team to the state semifinals … Named the girls basketball Player of the Year and first team all-state … Averaged 22.8 points and 5.6 assists as a junior for Covington Holmes High School … Named to the Covington Courier-Journal all-state second team as a junior … Had several standout single-game performances including two triple-doubles and a 27-assist game … Left Holmes as the Bulldogs[apos] all-time leader in scoring and assists … An all-around athlete, also lettered three times in volleyball and one year in softball.

Personal
Born May 24, 1984, in Covington, Ky. … Daughter of Iona Hallman … Majoring in economics.

Career Honors
2005-06: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention.

2004-05: Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll 3.0-3.99 GPA; Honorable Mention All-Big 12.

2003-04: Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll 3.0-3.99 GPA; Dartmouth Blue Sky Restaurant Classic All-Tournament Team; Assist Leader Award; Most Improved Award.

2002-03: Sheila Ullmann Coaches Award; Assist Leader Award.