Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame
Sarah (Wilkerson) Erps
- Induction:
- 2023
- Class:
- 2000
Women’s Basketball: 1997-2000
Sarah (Wilkerson) Erps’ induction into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame completed the enshrinement of the trio of players who established the standard of excellence for the women’s basketball program.
Erps, along with her twin sister Sharon (Wilkerson) Emory, a 2019 inductee, and Elena [Kisseleva] Bengds, an inaugural class member in 2009, helped turn a fledgling women’s basketball program that was 5-22 prior to their arrival into a team that won four straight Big South titles during her career and made Liberty's first four trips to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
At the time of her induction, Erps was one of four players in program history to earn all-conference honors all four years of their playing career and one of three Lady Flames to make four all-tournament team appearances. She still held the program’s all-time record for career assists (526) and three-point shooting percentage (39.7) more than two decades following her playing days.
Known for her ability to find an open teammate and dish off the assist, Erps still found her own way to the basket to finish her career with 1,331 points scored. The native of Princeton, W.Va., also ranked inside the top 10 in career free throws (345), steals (271), minutes played (3,379) and three-point field goals (104).
Sarah (Wilkerson) Erps’ induction into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame completed the enshrinement of the trio of players who established the standard of excellence for the women’s basketball program.
Erps, along with her twin sister Sharon (Wilkerson) Emory, a 2019 inductee, and Elena [Kisseleva] Bengds, an inaugural class member in 2009, helped turn a fledgling women’s basketball program that was 5-22 prior to their arrival into a team that won four straight Big South titles during her career and made Liberty's first four trips to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
At the time of her induction, Erps was one of four players in program history to earn all-conference honors all four years of their playing career and one of three Lady Flames to make four all-tournament team appearances. She still held the program’s all-time record for career assists (526) and three-point shooting percentage (39.7) more than two decades following her playing days.
Known for her ability to find an open teammate and dish off the assist, Erps still found her own way to the basket to finish her career with 1,331 points scored. The native of Princeton, W.Va., also ranked inside the top 10 in career free throws (345), steals (271), minutes played (3,379) and three-point field goals (104).
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