2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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15 Emilia Bishop

  • Position Post
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Wilsonville
  • Hometown Wilsonville, OR

Biography

SPU:  Three-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2024 and 2025.

Junior (2024-25):  Played in a career-high 30 games, with five starts, her first as a Falcon. ... Recorded single-season highs across almost every major stat category, including points (289), average points per game (7.3), rebounds (139), average rebounds per game (4.6), field goals made and attempted (85 of 187), free throws made and attempted (50 of 72), assists (11) and blocked shots (12). ... Set a career-high double-double with 27 points and 15 rebounds at home against Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 25. HIt 10 of 19 from the floor that day as part of her first college double-double. ... Logged career highs of 3 blocks at home against Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 23 and 2 assists at home against Pacific Lutheran on Dec. 17.

Sophomore (2023-24):  Played in 23 of the 29 games, all as a reserve. … Averaged 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds. … Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds at home in the GNAC opener against Alaska Fairbanks on Nov. 30, all in just 15 minutes. … Scored a career-high 12 points – her first college double-digit game – on Dec. 14 at Stanislaus State, and got it on perfect 6-of-6 shooting from the field.. … Had another double-digit rebounding performance on Dec. 9 at home against George Fox, collecting 10, with 5 of those at the offensive end. … Shot .522 (24 of 46) for the season, with 10 games of 50 percent or better.

Redshirt freshman (2022-23):  Played in 5 games, all as a reserve. ... Averaged 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds. ... Saw her first action on Dec. 8 at home against Lincoln-California, scoring 4 points and collecting 5 rebounds in just 11 minutes of action in SPU's 65-44 victory. ... Scored a career-high 5 points in a 68-48 victory at Holy Names on Dec. 14, hitting both of her field goal tries and her only free throw.

Freshman (2021-22): Redshirted at University of Northern Colorado.

Wilsonville High School: Averaged 15.2 points and 10.2 rebounds. ... Helped the Wildcats reach the Class 5A (medium-large school) Oregon state tournament as a senior in 2021 and take 3rd place as a sophomore in 2019. ... 1st team All-Tournament and 2nd team All-State in 2019. ... 1st team All-Northwest Oregon Conference in 2020 and 2021; 2nd team All-NWOC in 2019. ... McDonald's All-American nominee. ... Voted Player of the Year, 1st team All-League and 1st team All-Defense in the 28.5 Gold League in Phoenix. ... Four-year letterwinner in track, placing 4th in the shot put and 14th in the discus as a senior at the 2021 Class 5A Oregon state meet.

Personal: Emilia Grace Jajoie Bishop. ... Communications major.  Minors in Journalism, Entrepreneurship.

Reason she chose SPU: "I loved the culture. Everyone seemed to care, love, and enjoy each other. I liked that it was close to home, but a brand-new environment that I have never experienced. I felt like I could thrive not just as an athlete, but as a student, friend, and human."

Fun facts: Has been playing basketball since age 5, and competitively since the 5rh grade. ... Also has  played soccer. ... If not for basketball, would focus on track, specifically the shot put. ... Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "Starving Games." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" by Steve Harvey. ... Favorite junk food is Gummy Bears. ... Favorite healthy food is honeycrisp apples. ... Favorite TV program is Game of Thrones. ... Favorite team is the Portland Trail Blazers. ... Favorite athlete is former San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan. ... Her dream car is a Volkswagen bus, a Range Rover, or a Jeep Wrangler. ... Loves to shop for fun T-shirts. ... Favorite basketball memory is from the 2019 state tournament when some seniors filled a water jug with a sports drink and then, when their coaches came into the locker room for a postgame talk, soaked them it. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Wonder Woman because "not only is she strong, resilient and powerful, but she is caring, compassionate, and loyal." ... Her friends call her Emi or Em. ... In 10 years, plans to be going on walks, cuddling and playing with her golden retriever, and living out God's plans for her life. ... Wants to drive through all 50 states, backpack through Europe.  ... Was named Broadcaster of the Year for her work with the Wilsonville Broadcast Network while in high school.


CAREER STATISTICS
Year  GP-GS  Min   FG     Pct    3-pt   Pct    FT     Pct.   Reb   Avg   PF  Ast  TO  Blk  Stl  Pts  Avg
22-23  5-0    28   5-9    .556   0-0   .000    2-2   1.000     9   1.8    4    1    5   2    0    12  2.4
23-24 23-0   220  24-46   .522   0-0   .000    9-21   .429    57   2.5   23    6   14   6   10    57  2.5
24-25 30-5   413  85-187  .455   0-2   .000   50-72   .694   139   4.6   47   11   39  12   10   220  7.3

TOTL  58-5   661 114-242  .471   0-2   .000   61-95   .642   205   3.5   74   18   58  20   20   289  5.0


     

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