User:MKSports/Erica Allenspach

Erica Allenspach is an American Women's basketball player who will continue her successful career by playing professionally in the upcoming seasons.

High School Career
Erica Allenspach played for Miamisburg High School in Miamisburg, Ohio, earning four varsity letters. She was the all time leading scorer at Miamisburg at the time of her graduation. Allenspach earned a multitude of accolades during her career at Miamisburg, including GWOC Player of the Year, third-team All-State in Ohio, and was the Dayton Daily News Player of the Year. She also played for her school's golf team all four years of her high school career.

College Career
Allenspach played for Marist College, in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) from 2007-2010. Her freshman year, 2007-2008, Allenspach was named MAAC Rookie of the Year as well as selected to the MAAC All-Rookie Team. She also earned the MAAC Rookie of the Week honor four times.

During her sophomore 2008-2009 season, Allenspach was named to the All-MAAC Third Team as well as the MAAC All-Tournament Team. She scored a career-high 22 points in the MAAC Tournament Championship game against Canisius.

Allenspach's junior season, 2009-2010, she was named All-MAAC First Team, All-Met Second Team, MAAC All-Tournament Team, MAAC Player of the Week 12/29, as well as Pre-Season All-MAAC First Team.

The 2010-2011 season was Allenspach's fourth and final season at Marist College. . Allenspach was second in the conference her senior year in field goal percentage (48.3%) and free throw percentage (85.0%). Allenspach led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio with an impressive 2.84 in in-conference games. She was also named MAAC Player of the Week twice, and averaged 13.2 points per game along with 3.0 assists per game. She had a career-high 34 point performance against Houston on December 20, which helped earn her Duel in the Desert Tournament MVP honors. Allenspach was also named MAAC Player of the Year. Graham Hays of Espn.com called her "the quintessential hidden gem," a great player who did not get the recognition she deserved that season en route to leading her team to the NCAA tournament. There, the Red Foxes fell to Duke University by a margin of only five points in the second round of playoff action.