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Jersey Number 22
Amber Porter
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Forward/Center
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Woodbridge, Va.
- High School:
- Potomac
- Previous:
- Stetson
Bio
2016-17 as a redshirt junior:
2015-16 as a redshirt sophomore:
Before JMU (at Stetson):
2014-15 as a sophomore:
2013-14 as a freshman:
Before College:
Personal:
- CAA Player of the Week (2/13) after averaging 16.0 points on 60.0-percent shooting (12-20) and an 8-for-11 mark at the free-throw line with 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game against Delaware and Elon
- Season-high 18 points vs. UNCW (Jan. 2)
- First JMU double-double with 10pts, 11rebs at Towson (Jan. 8)
- Tied for second in blocked shots amongst all CAA players, averaging 1.7 blocks per contest
- Led the team in blocks (55), accounting for 46.6% of all JMU denials – fifth highest single-season blocks mark in JMU history
- Appeared in 33 of 35 possible games, earning her first JMU start at St. John’s (7pts, 7rebs, 1blk, 1ast)
- Second-highest made free-throw mark at 62 of 88 attempts
- Reached 1000-point mark for career on Feb. 3, 2017 at Hofstra
- Made 20 straight free-throw attempts, including a perfect 10-for-10 showing in the fourth quarter at CofC, before a miss at Drexel
2015-16 as a redshirt sophomore:
- Redshirted season due to NCAA transfer rules
Before JMU (at Stetson):
2014-15 as a sophomore:
- 2015 Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year
- First Team All-Atlantic Sun
- Career-high five assists vs. Lipscomb (3/6/15)
- Appeared in 29 games for the Hatters, starting all of them
2013-14 as a freshman:
- 2014 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year
- Atlantic Sun First Team All-Conference
- Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
- Blocked 129 shots, the third-highest blocks total in the NCAA for 2013-14 and the fifth-highest blocks total for a freshman in NCAA history
- Career-high eight blocks twice: vs. Palm Beach Atlantic (12/5/13), vs. Kennesaw State (3/11/14)
- Career-high 28 points at Kennesaw State (1/18/14)
- Career-high 18 rebounds vs. Murray State (12/20/13)
Before College:
- First Team All-District
- First Team All-Region
- Averaged 27.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game as a senior
- Led Panthers to a 25-3 record and Group AAA state quarterfinals in 2012
- Led Panthers to a 22-3 record and a district championship in 2013
Personal:
- Daughter of Annette Aaron
- Mother, Annette, played basketball at Radford (1991-92)
- Brother, Trey, is on the men’s basketball team at Old Dominion after transferring from George Mason in May 2015
- Majoring in sociology
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