Annika Holopainen

2016-17 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Emerged as one of the Lady Monarchs' top players midway through the season ... Averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in the last 14 games of the season (all starts) after averaging just 1.2 points in the first 17 games of the season as a non-starter ... Recorded the only two double-doubles of her career in the final three games of the season ... Scored 11 points with 10 rebounds on Senior Day against UTSA and then tallied 16 points and 11 boards in the C-USA quarterfinal loss to Southern Miss ... The 11 rebounds vs. Southern Miss, in her final game of her career, was a career-high ... Also had a career-high four assists on Senior Day against UTSA ... Scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting, includin 2-for-2 from beyond the arc, at WKU ... Posted eight games of double-digit scoring, including six in the last seven games of the year. 

2015-16 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Made an appearance in all 34 games, making nine starts ... Averaged 5.4 points and 2.1 rebounds ... Scored in double-figures eight times this year ... Scored a season-high 17 points in the win over Loyola (12.2) and then tied it on 7-of-9 shooting against Howard (12.15) ... Led the team in scoring with 10 points against South Dakota State (11.28) ... Made her first three of the season against Maryland (11.26), as she went 2-for-4 ... Named the ‘Player of the Game’ after scoring nine points, pulling in five rebounds and corralling three steals vs Wagner (11.15) ... Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2014-15 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 29 games during the 2014-15 season, averaging 3.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per contest ... At LA Tech (2.22), Holopainen drilled a three-pointer with just three seconds left in the contest to lift the Lady Monarchs over the Lady Techsters by a score of 72-71 in a televised game ... For the game, Holopainen led the way for Old Dominion, netting a season-high of 26 points on 10-15 shooting, drilling six of nine three-point attempts, while hauling down a season-high of five rebounds ... For the season, Holopainen compiled 86 points, 39 rebounds, nine assists and seven steals … Scored in each of the last 10 ballgames.

2013-14 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Was named to the 2014 C-USA Academic Honor Roll and was one of just two Lady Monarchs to attain the prestigious Academic Medal … Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules.

AT PORTLAND: Named to the West Coast Conference (WCC) All-Freshman Team in 2012-13 at the University of Portland ... Second leading scorer for the Pilots, averaging 9.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest ... Shot 41.5 percent from the field (115-for-277) ... Shot 36.1 percent from three-point range (35-for-97) ... Earned honorable mention for the All-WCC Team ... Improved her numbers in league with 10.9 points per contest and shot 38.3 percent from three-point range and 44.7 percent overall from the field.

PREP: Member of the Finland's senior national team .... Played with Finland’s U-16 and U-18 national teams … Averaged 17.8 points and 7.0 rebounds at the 2011 European Championships as the U-18’s finished fourth ... Helped lead her team to the Nordic team title in both 2009 and 2010 … Registered 30 points and eight boards during the Nordic Title game, and she was named to the tournament all-star team in both 2010 and 2011 ... U-16’s finished second at the European Championships in 2008 ... Played club basketball for both Tapiolan Honka and the Espoo Team ... Tapiolan Honka U-19 team finished second at the 2011 Finnish Championship ... Espoo Team won the 2011 Finnish Cup after capturing the Women’s League Bronze Medal in 2010 and 2011 ... Named Women’s League Rookie of the Year in 2011.

PERSONAL: Born in Espoo, Finland … Daughter of Christina and Jukka Holopainen ... Majoring in communications with a minor in marketing.