Emilee Skinner
| No. 5 – Duke Blue Devils | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 12, 2007 Providence, Utah, U. S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Ridgeline (Millville, Utah) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | UConn (2025–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Emilee Skinner (born March 12, 2007) is an American college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
High school career
Skinner attended Ridgeline High School in Millville, Utah. She earned Class 4A All-State honors for all four years of her high school career, winning three straight Class 4A championships.[1] As a senior, Skinner averaged 26.3 points, 10.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.7 steals and 1.5 blocks.[1] She reached 2,313 career points, which is the fourth-highest total in Utah history.[2] Skinner was named a McDonald’s All-American in 2025.[1] As the nation's No. 4 recruit in the class of 2025, she committed to play college basketball at Duke.[3][4]
College career
Freshman season
Skinner made her debut for Duke against Norfolk State, playing 13 minutes off the bench and had four points, three rebounds, five assists, one block and steal.[5] In the following game versus West Virginia, she played in 21 minutes, scoring two points, four rebounds and one steal.[6] Skinner missed the next five games with a lower-body injury, before returning against Virginia Tech, where she had seven points, seven rebounds and one steal.[7][6] On February 9, 2026, head coach Kara Lawson announced that she would miss the rest of the season.[8]
National team career
On May 26, 2024, Skinner was named to the United States under-17 national team for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.[9] She averaged 6.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in six games, as Team USA won the gold medal.[10][11]
Skinner was added to the United States under-19 national team on June 20, 2025, for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[12] In seven games, she averaged 5.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals, as she and team USA earned the gold medal.[13]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2025–26 | Duke | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |
References
- ^ a b c "Emilee Skinner - 2025-26 - Women's Basketball". Duke University. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "Emilee Skinner: All-American, committed Duke recruit, and proud Riverhawk". ccsdut.org. Archived from the original on May 31, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "2025 SportsCenter NEXT 100 - ESPN". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 23, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "High school girls basketball: Ridgeline's Emilee Skinner commits to Duke". Deseret News. October 4, 2024. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ Zhang, Ura (November 13, 2025). "Skinner, Roberson debut as No. 15 Duke women's basketball dismantles Norfolk State 83-32". The Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ a b "Emilee Skinner 2025-26 Game Log". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ Nguyen, Lena (December 15, 2025). "Point-Counterpoint: Is Duke women's basketball in trouble after rough start to 2025-26 season?". The Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ Snyder, Anna (February 9, 2026). "Duke women's basketball loses Emilee Skinner, Jadyn Donovan for rest of season". The Fayetteville Observer. Archived from the original on February 11, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "2024 USA Basketball Women's U17 National Team Announced". USA Basketball. May 26, 2024. Archived from the original on October 13, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "USA continue to dominate with sixth FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup title". fiba.basketball. July 22, 2024. Archived from the original on July 13, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "Emilee Skinner". USA Basketball. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "2025 USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team Announced". USA Basketball. June 20, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "Emilee Skinner (USA) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball". fiba.basketball. March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.