Nicholls State University

2011-12 Season (Senior): Played in 24 games... averaged 1.4 points (33)… scored a season-high six points against North Texas (Dec. 20), connecting on two 3-pointers… shot .440 from the field (11-25)… shot .409 from 3-point range (9-22)… was 2 of 4 from the free throw line… had 14 rebounds… recorded six assists and nine steals.

2010-11 Season (Junior): Played in 20 games… scored 23 points on the year for a 1.2 average… scored a season-high six points on two different occasions, with the last coming against Lamar (Feb. 12)… shot 30.4 percent from the floor (7-23) and 37.5 percent behind the arc (6-16)… hit two 3-pointers in two games… recorded 12 rebounds on the year… had three assists and six steals.

2009-10 Season (Sophomore): Started five of the 27 games played… averaged 2.1 points per game … Finished with one double-digit performance, coming at Stephen F. Austin (Jan. 6) with 11… averaged  1.0 rebound per game… recorded a personal best eight rebounds versus Centenary (Dec.  9)…had a 31.0 field goal percentage… made a season-high four field goals at Stephen F. Austin (Jan. 16)… had a 25.0 shooting percentage from behind the arc… connected on a career best 3-of-5 3-pointers at Stephen F. Austin (Jan. 6)… had 11 steals on the season with a season best of two coming three times… had 11 assists with a season-high of two coming against UTSA (Jan. 13)… played 20-plus minutes in nine games with a career best 33 coming against UT-Arlington (Mar. 3).

2008-09 Season (Freshman): Played in all 27 games for the Colonels, while earning a starting role in 10 of them… finished with a 3.8 points per game average… had a 1.1 rebounds average… notched 19 steals to complement her 17 assists… shot 31.3 percent (41-of-131) from the floor, and shot 12.1 percent (7-of-58) from three-point range… was 53.8 percent (14-of-26) from the free throw line… had a career best of 12 points at McNeese State (Feb. 28), while also notching a career high of four steals in the same game… Grabbed a season high of four rebounds at Central Arkansas (Jan. 21)… had a best three assists versus New Orleans (Dec. 22)… registered a block in a game twice during the season with the last coming against Texas State (Feb. 21).

At Scotlandville: A two-time all-district first team selection in both her junior and senior seasons... played in the Louisiana All-Star game in 2007-08... was voted by her coach and team mates as the Most Outstanding Offensive Player her junior season… part of the 1600 meter relay state championship team in 2006 in track… track team won state title in 2006… was class valedictorian… member of the Beta Club.

Personal: Portia Lashael Washington was born on June 13, 1990 in Baton Rouge, La… daughter of Faye Henry and James Washington… has two brothers: Rudolph Henry and Desmond Young… majoring in computer information services.