When Erin Wilson entered the transfer portal two years ago after a productive start to her career at Jacksonville University in Florida, she had reasons and she had goals for where she wanted to go next.
She also had a torn Achilles tendon, suffered eight games into her sophomore campaign in 2020-21.
In the end of a quick recruiting process, Wilson came to UTEP because no one else wanted her. More specifically, no one else wanted to work her through rehab, though a long road back to health and all the variables and uncertainties that implied. Not even for a sophomore averaging 15.