Career Stats after 2019-20 Season
CAREER
• Two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, only the second player in league history to accomplish the feat
• Finished career more than 25 Purdue records
• Purdue career record holder for blocks, defensive rebounds and double-doubles
• Blocks record is also more than any player in men’s program history
• Other Purdue records include blocks in a road game, blocks in a Big Ten Tournament game, blocked shots as a senior, junior, sophomore and freshman, blocks per game as a senior, junior, sophomore and freshman, single-game field-goal percentage, rebounds in a season as a junior and sophomore, rebounds per game as a junior and a sophomore, double-doubles as a junior and a sophomore
• Climbed to 15th in program history with 1,533 career points, 21st in points per game with 11.3, 11th in double-figure games with 86, 13th in field goals made with 615, 12th in field goal percentage at 49.8%, 14th in free throws made with 302, first in rebounding with 1,079, first in defensive rebounds with 781, sixth in offensive rebounds with 302, second in rebounds per game with 7.9, first in blocked shots with 350 and first in double-doubles with 30
• Three-time All-Big Ten Selection
• Three-time Big Ten All-Defensive Team selection, the third player in program history to earn the mark three times and the first to earn it three years in a row
• 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
• 2020 Lisa Leslie Award Finalist
• 2020 Wade Trophy Watch List
• 2020 First Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media
• 2020 Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• 2019 AP Honorable Mention All-America
• 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist
• 2019 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
• 2019 Second Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous pick for the Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• 2018 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
• 2018 Second Team All-Big Ten by the media and coaches
• Recorded 13 career double-doubles against Big Ten opposition
• Notched 11 games with 20 points
• Topped 10 rebounds in 40 games
• Recorded at least three blocks in 73 career games, five blocks in 18 games
• Led the team in scoring 22 times, rebounds in 75 games, assists in four games, steals in 32 games, blocks in 108 games
• Along with Dominique Oden was the second senior class in program history with a pair of 1,500-point scorers
• Just the second player in Big Ten history with 1,500-points, 1,000-rebounds and 300 blocks, joining Jessica Davenport from 2004-07 at Ohio State
• First player in program history to eclipse 1,000 rebounds
•16th player in program history to reach 1,500 points in a career
• Set the Big Ten Tournament record with 30 rejections
• Just the third player in program history to lead the team in rejections for four seasons, joining Camille Cooper (1998-2001) and Christa LaCroix (1985-1988)
2019-20 / AS A SENIOR
• 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
• 2020 Lisa Leslie Award Finalist
• 2020 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List
• 2020 Wade Trophy Watch List
• 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List
• 2020 First Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media
• 2020 Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Appeared in all 32 games, starting 30
• Led the team in scoring with 13.5 points, 8.4 rebounds per game, and blocks with 96
• Reached double figures in scoring in 25 games, with five outings over 20 points
• Named Big Ten Player of the Week on Jan. 26 after averaging 23 points and 10.5 rebounds against Nebraska and Penn State, while shooting 76.9% from the field
• Set the senior record for blocks in a season with 96 rejections and blocked shots per game with three
• Ranked 13th in the Big Ten with 13.5 points per game, sixth in rebounds per game with 8.4, seventh in field-goal percentage at 47.2%, 15th in free-throw percentage at 67.9%, second in blocked shots with three per game, and first in defensive rebounds with 6.4 per game
• Averaged 24 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games off the bench
• Set a career high with nine blocks against No. 5 South Carolina, the second most in a game in program history and the most by a Purdue senior in a game
• Tallied 17 games with at least three blocks, including six with five or more
• Became just the fifth player in Big Ten history to amass 300 blocks against Gonzaga on Dec. 1
• Nabbed 1,000th career rebound against Michigan State on Jan. 30
• Posted eight double-doubles, breaking Stacy Lovelace’s record of 27 on Feb. 13 against Wisconsin
• Joined the 1,500-point club against Ohio State in the season finale on Feb. 29
• Set a season high with 25 points at Nebraska on Jan. 22
• Matched career high in assists with five against Illinois on Jan. 16
• Notched four games with a career-high three steals – at Northwester on Jan. 12, vs. Indiana on Feb. 3, vs. Ohio State on Feb. 29 and vs. Maryland on March 6
• Rejected 13 shots at the Big Ten Tournament, second most in a single tournament in league history
• Named All-Tournament at the Gulf Coast Showcase
• Received the Tom Reiter Award and Outstanding Defensive Player Award at the postseason banquet
• Preseason All-Big Ten by coaches and media
• Ranked the No. 24 player in the nation by ESPNW
2018-19 / AS A JUNIOR
• 2019 AP Honorable Mention All-America
• 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist
• 2019 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
• One-of-4 players in conference history to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons
• Named Second Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous pick for the Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Became the 34th 1,000-point scorer in program history on Feb. 10 at Nebraska and the 17th individual to hit the mark during her junior season
• One-of-20 players in program history to reach 1,000 points in under 100 games, hitting the mark in her 96th career contest
• Ranked 27th in program history with 1,102 career points
• Scored in double figures in 29-of-34 games in 2018-19, tied for 13th-most in Purdue’s single-season history, and her 61 career games in double figures is tied for 24th all-time for the Boilermakers
• Averaged a career-high 13.1 points per game, good for 16th in the Big Ten, and improved her career scoring average to 10.6 per game, ranked 25th all-time at Purdue
• Posted a season-high 23 points on two occasions, hitting the mark vs. Purdue Fort Wayne and Albany
• Converted 49.1 percent from the floor, good for seventh in the Big Ten, and moved her career field goal percentage to 50.9 percent, which ranks ninth in Boilermaker history
• Set Purdue’s single-game field goal percentage record against Purdue Fort Wayne on Nov. 18, hitting 10-of-10 from the field, becoming the 11th player in Big Ten Conference history to go at least 10-for-10 in a game
• Has made 447 career field goals, good for 23rd all-time at Purdue
• Pulled down a career-high 320 rebounds, third-most in a season in Purdue history, and ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 9.4
• Her 9.4 rebounds per game were the sixth-best season average all-time for the Boilermakers and the best ever for a Purdue junior, and her career average of 7.8 per game is No. 2 all-time
• Her 98 offensive rebounds matched the No. 5 season total in Purdue history, while her 22 defensive boards rank fifth all-time as well
• She is the first Purdue junior to surpass 700 career rebounds, finishing her third season with 811, already good for sixth in Boilermaker history and 157 shy of the program record (968, Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton)
• Broke the Boilermakers’ career blocked shots record in three seasons, finishing 2018-19 with 284 rejections
• Finished second in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten with 104 blocked shots, while her 3.06 blocks per game average is second in program history and was third-best in the NCAA in 2018-19
• Her 104 blocks are the third-most in a season by a Boilermaker
• One-of-two players in Big Ten history to post at least two seasons with 300 points, 300 rebounds and 100 blocked shots (Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota)
• Set a Purdue junior record with 13 double-doubles, tied for second-most in a season in program history
• Her 22 career double-doubles rank fourth all-time at Purdue and are five shy of the career record of 27, set by Stacey Lovelace from 1993-to-96
• Nearly had a triple-double at Ohio, finishing with 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots, tied for third-most blocks in a game in program history
• Also came close to a triple-double with 15 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks vs. Michigan
• Named the Boilermakers’ most outstanding defensive player at the postseason banquet
• 2018 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the third player in Purdue history to earn the award following Kelly Komara (2002) and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (2007)
• Just the third sophomore in conference history to earn top defensive honors, following Tanisha Wright (Penn State
• 2003) and Shavelle Little (Ohio State 2008)
• Named second team All-Big Ten by the media and coaches
• Has the most rebounds (491) and blocked shots (180) of any player in program history over their first two seasons
• Posted the Boilermakers's sophomore rebounding record, amassing 304 boards this season and snapping the mark set by Stacey Lovelace in 1993-94
• Also broke Cathey Tyree's sophomore rebounding average record, securing 8.9 rebounds per game
• Her rebounding total tied for fourth on Purdue's single-season record list, and she is the fifth player in program history to grab 300 rebounds in a season
• One of three NCAA Division I players to collect at least 300 points, 300 rebounds and 100 blocked shots
• Tied for fifth in the nation with 105 blocks and ranked eighth in the country at 3.09 blocks per game
• Her 105 blocks are second on Purdue's single-season record list, and are the most in program history by a sophomore
• Already ranked fourth all-time at Purdue with 180 career blocked shots
• Fastest player in program history to 100 career blocks, needing 45 games to become the 12th player in program history to hit the mark, and just the second to do it as a sophomore, following Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
• Has a team-best and Purdue sophomore season record nine double-doubles on the year, also tied for seventh-most in a season all-time at Purdue
• Posted a pair of 20-point, 10-rebound games, tallying 22 and 11 vs. Miami (Ohio) and 20 and 13 vs. UT Martin
• Scored the 11th-most points of any sophomore in program history with 398
• Shot 51.9 percent from the field in 2017-18, and her 52.1 career field goal percentage is tied for seventh-best in program history
• Saw a 21.6% improvement at the free throw line from her freshman year, hitting 76.7% at the stripe
• Scored a career-high 27 points vs. Penn State, converting 12-of-14 from the field and 3-of-3 at the free throw line
• Had 13 games with double-digit rebounding totals, including a career-high 18 rebounds vs. Indiana
• Blocked a career-high seven shots on two occasions this season, first vs. Lamar (11/18) and again at Rutgers (12/28), tied for fourth-most in a single game at Purdue and becoming the third Boilermaker to block seven shots in a game twice (Camille Cooper and Wisdom-Hylton)
• Received the Boilermakers' Perseverance Award and the Defensive Award at the postseason banquet
2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in all 36 games in her first season, including 14 starts, one-of-four players on the team to play in every game
• Scored a career-best 19 points in a win over Nebraska, hitting eight-of-11 from the field
• Grabbed a season-most 14 rebounds at Rutgers, good for the ninth-most by a Purdue freshman all-time and most in a single-game by a rookie since 2001
• Averaged 12.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in the NCAA Tournament, hitting 63.2 percent from the floor
• Matched the Boilermakers' Big Ten Tournament single-game record with five blocks vs. Illinois in the second round
• Set a Purdue freshman record with 75 blocked shots, good for third-most in a season by a Boilermaker
• Led the Big Ten in blocks, good for 21st most in the NCAA and second-most by a freshman nationally
• Already 17th in school history in blocks
• Connected on 52.4 percent from the floor, including 54 percent in conference play, good for seventh overall on the season and sixth in Big Ten action
• One-of-three players in program history to have at least four games with five blocks or more in one season (Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (6) - 2006-07, Michele VanGorp (4) - 1995-96)
• Secured 187 rebounds, good for fifth-most all-time by a Purdue freshman
• The Boilermakers were 10-4 with Harris in the starting lineup
• Earned Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors after wins at Rutgers and vs. Iowa
• Received Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved honors at the Boilermakers' postseason banquet
HIGH SCHOOL
• Has earned four varsity letters at Ben Davis (2013-14) and Lawrence North (2015-16) High Schools
• Guided Lawrence North to conference and sectional championships in 2015-16, averaging 12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks per game
• Named AP Second Team All-State in 2016
• Led her team to the Indiana High School 4A State semifinals in 2015, grabbing 12 boards in the semifinal loss
• Averaged 9.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game in 2014-15, shooting 61 percent from the field
• Named to the All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference team 2014-16
• Earned a spot on the 2016 First Team All-Indianapolis Area Superteam
• Averaged 10.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game at Ben Davis as a sophomore
• Named to the honor roll at Ben Davis in 2013, in addition to having perfect attendance
• Coached by Christopher Griffin (Lawrence North) and Joe Lentz (Ben Davis)
NOTEWORTHY
• Named a five-star recruit and the No. 20 overall player (No. 6 forward) in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Ranked No. 61 overall by JumpOffPlus/Prospectnation.com
• Plays AAU with the Indy Lady Gym Rats, where she has won several tournaments
• Other outstanding team performances include the 2015 Nike National runners-up, the 2014 AAU National Championship runners-up and the 2012 AAU National Champions
• Nominated for the 2016 McDonald's All-America game
• Member of the 2016 Indiana All-Stars team
PERSONAL
• Full name: Ae'Rianna N. Harris
• Major: Studio Arts & Technology
• Birthday: Sept. 16, 1998
• City Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Parents: LaJuan and Erica Harris
• Siblings: Brothers, Xavier and Gerin, Sisters, Jazlyn and Yesenia