2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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10 Michaela Porter

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class COVID Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Obama Academy
  • Prev School Cincinnati

Biography

SENIOR • 2020-21
Improved in her senior season, as she improved her scoring from 4.1 ppg her junior season to 8.7 this season, which was a career high and third on the team ... she led the team with 53 steals and 1.9 steals per game, which were first and fourth, respectively, in the Sun Belt ... was second on the team in rebounds per game at 6.7 per game and double-doubles with three ... posted 14 games with at least 10 points while grabbing at least 10 boards in four contests ... totaled 15 points and a personal-high 14 rebounds in a victory at Troy (1/1) ... dropped a career-best 16 points with nine boards against South Alabama (1/16) ... over a six-game stretch from 2/13-3/5, she averaged 13.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.3 assists while shooting 54.4 percent from the field, 52 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent from the line ... because of her ability to guard multiple positions and her steal numbers, she was nominated for the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year award ... was 12th in the conference in defensive win shares (1.3) and fourth in steal rate at 3.6 percent. 

JUNIOR • 2019-20
Played in 29 games in her first season for the Mountaineers ... Porter turned it on at the end of the season, averaging 10 points over the final seven games of the season, which was third on the team ... led the team in scoring off the bench during league play turning in 5.1 points per game ... she posted three of her four double-figure scoring outings during the stretch, including a personal-high 17 points in a Senior Day win over ULM (2/29) ... she scored 14 in the previous outing against Louisiana (2/27), averaging 15.5 points in the two-game surge ... dished out a personal-high four assists in the double-overtime triumph against Coastal Carolina (3/7) with 11 points, snapping the Chanticleers' 10-game win streak.

PRIOR TO APP STATE
In two seasons with the Bearcats, Porter averaged 1.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 36 career games ... scored a career-high 11 points with five rebounds against Miami (OH) in just her third collegiate appearance ... later that season, she corralled a personal-high eight rebounds and four assists against Howard.

HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 15.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.2 steals and 3.2 assists per game at the Obama Academy of International Studies ... the 1,000-point career scorer was named the 2016 Pittsburgh City League Player of the Year and was inducted into the Pittsburgh City League Junior Hall of Fame ... was named all-city throughout her high school career playing a pivotal part in four city titles ... 
contributed to a 2016 AAU Adidas Gauntlet National title with the Western PA Bruins ... ranked by ESPN as a three-star recruit.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2019-20Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    10
  • 10

    2020-21Senior

    Guard
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2021-22COVID Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    10