| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | April 9, 1982 Bucaramanga, Colombia | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Colombian | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||
| High school | Coronado (Lubbock, Texas) | |||||||||||||
| College | Purdue (2000–2004) | |||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23rd overall | |||||||||||||
| Selected by the Detroit Shock | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | |||||||||||||
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Erika Yaneth Valek (born April 9, 1982) [1] is a former college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Born in Bucaramanga, Colombia to Janeth and Juan Carlos Valek, she played for Lubbock Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored six points. [2]
Valek, a point guard, won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best women's college basketball player under 5'8" in 2004. [3] She was also named to the 2003 All-Big Ten team and the 2003 NCAA East Regional all-tournament team. [1]
Source [4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | Purdue | 33 | 212 | 41.4 | 38.8 | 68.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
| 2001-02 | Purdue | 30 | 228 | 40.5 | 37.8 | 79.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| 2002-03 | Purdue | 35 | 490 | 44.0 | 39.6 | 82.8 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| 2003-04 | Purdue | 33 | 289 | 41.2 | 36.5 | 76.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 8.8 |
| Career | Purdue | 131 | 1219 | 42.2 | 38.3 | 78.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
She was drafted in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock and was traded with college teammate Shereka Wright and Sheila Lambert for Chandi Jones in a draft day deal to the Phoenix Mercury. [5] Valek, however, was cut by the Mercury before the regular season and did not play for the team. [6]
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