Truman State University Athletics

Truman
2016-17: Turned himself into quite the force down low as he joined Dwight Sistrunk Jr. as the only two players on the team to start and play in all 32 of the team's games ... finished first in total rebounds with 205, first in rebounds per game with 6.4, third in total points with 405, and third in points per game with 12.7 ... not only was he first on the team in field goal percentage for both 2015-16 (54.5 percent) and 2016-17 (53.5 percent), but his career mark of 53.8 percent is fifth-best in program history ... the big man also finished in eighth for blocks in a career with 72 ... joined Sistrunk Jr. as the only two players in school history to go perfect from the field in a game while making at least eight shots when he was 8-of-8 against Central Christian on New Year's Eve ... among the best the GLVC has to offer, Erickson was eighth in total rebounds (205), eighth in total blocks (31), 10th in defensive rebounds per game (4.8), 10th in free throw attempts (133), and 11th in free throws made (98) ... earned GLVC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 20 after a stretch in which he averaged 22.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game while shooting a blistering 53.1 percent from the field (17-of-32) ... prior to his redshirt-senior season, Erickson had never registered a double-double in his career before doing so five times in 2016-17 ... the most impressive of those five efforts and arguably the best effort of his career came on Feb. 18 during his Senior Day against Rockhurst inside Pershing Arena ... that game, Erickson had career highs in both points (25) and rebounds (16) while going 9-of-17 from the field and 7-for-10 at the charity stripe ... that day was just a small part of a monster month of February for the Overland Park, Kan. native ... during February of 2017 (eight games), Erickson averaged 18.5 points, 6.9 boards, 1.4 blocks, 1.1 assists, and one steal per contest ... scored in double-figures 11 times in the first 21 games of the season before doing so in 11-straight games to end the season ... blocked six shots on Feb. 11 at Wisconsin-Parkside and that mark is tied for third in school history ... named Second-Team All-GLVC.

2015-16: Played in 25 of the team's 30 games with 22 starts and a total of 495 minutes or 19.8 per contest ... third on the team in scoring average at 11.4 points per game and one of five Bulldogs to average in double figures ... second on the team to Billy Daniel's 23 blocks with 21 ... averaged 3.7 rebounds per game and shot over 54 percent (54.5) from the field with 116 makes in his 213 attempts ... scored 20+ points in two games against Upper Iowa on Nov. 21 (21 points) and Saint Joseph's (21) ... his season high for rebounds was seven and he did that a couple times against Ohio Valley on Dec. 19 and McKendree on Jan. 7 ... tallied three stuffs against both Cameron on Nov. 28 and Maryville on Jan. 23 ... reached double figures for points in 11 of his first 14 games played to put his average up to 12.8 before reaching that feat only five times in his last 11 games ... the most minutes he saw on the court were 28 in that Maryville contest and that's when he had 18 points, four rebounds and three blocks with a 7-of-13 shooting performance (53.8 percent) and was 4-for-5 at the free throw line.

2014-15: Played in 29 of team's 30 games, making 10 starts during his redshirt-sophomore campaign ... averaged 14.5 minutes, 6.0 points, and 3.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 54.6% from the floor ... scored a career-best 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting at Quincy in regular season finale on Feb. 26 ... had six double-figure scoring efforts ... averaged 10.0 points per game during five-game stretch in December ... grabbed six rebounds in five different games, including in conference tournament quarterfinal against Quincy on March 1 ... blocked 14 shots and swiped 17 passes ... led team with 44 offensive rebounds.

2013-14: Saw action in 15 games as a redshirt freshman, coming off the bench to average 7.1 minutes per game ... averaged 2.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game, while shooting 48% from the field ... hit a pair of three-pointers and went 5-of-7 from the foul line ... grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and blocked six shots ... played a season-high 17 minutes against McKendree on Jan. 11, scoring nine points and adding four rebounds and four blocks ... hit 3-of-4 shots from the floor against Illinois Springfield on Jan. 9, including a three-pointer ... finished the year with 10 assists to just seven turnovers.

2012-13: Redshirted ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

High School
Erickson helped guide Blue Valley North to a third-place finish in the Kansas 6A state tournament as a senior, averaging 6.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He shot 52% from the field and was an honorable mention all-EKL pick. Erickson also played soccer and was a goalkeeper.