Artesia HS: Voted her team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior after averaging 26 points a game… Averaged 15 points her junior year and 10 as a sophomore… Spent three years on the basketball team and four on the track and field team… Finished fifth in the state in track and field…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when she scored 39 points against Alhambra High and was the Most Valuable Player of a tournament… Would like to transfer to the University of North Carolina… Her father played baseball in high school and she also had two siblings compete in sports at the collegiate level… Likes to sleep in her spare time… Nicknamed “Nikki”… Has five siblings – Shaniko (32), Jason (29), James (28), Angel (25) and Joshua (16)… Is the daughter of Harold and Shirley Perkins… Born in Torrance, CA on April 17, 1991…..