2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Lemmilä, Elsa
Jersey Number 12
Elsa Lemmilä
- Height:
- 6-6
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Espoo, Finland
- High School:
- Tapiolan Honka Club
Bio
Career Honors at Ohio State
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2025)
- Played in 32 games
- Averaged 4.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 0.8 assists and 0.7 steals per game in 15.3 minutes per game
- Led the team with 60 blocks, ranking fourth in the Big Ten with 1.9 blocks per game
- Ranked third on the team in rebounding (4.8 rpg), third in field goal percentage (.505)
- Recorded a double-double with a career-high 21 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Ohio (11/20)
- Scored in double figures three times this season – 21 at Ohio (11/20), 11 against Utah State (11/29), 11 against Northwestern (1/5)
- Recorded a career-high five blocks twice – at Ohio (11/20) and against Michigan State (2/26)
- Made her first collegiate three-pointer against Purdue (2/23)
- Tallied a career-high four assists against Iowa (2/17)
- Recorded a career-high three steals against Washington (2/2)
- Had a block in 25 games this season and five or more rebounds in 16 games this season
- Played club ball for Tapiolan Honka in Espoo, Finland
- Averaged 15.8 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 blocks in 27.9 minutes per game last season while shooting 54.7 percent from the field
- Appeared in 27 games with 16 double-doubles and had a double-double in 10 of her final 11 games of the season in 2023-24
- Played with Finland in the U18 European Championship, averaging 12.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks across six games in 2023
- Led the league in blocks, averaging 2.44 blocks per game, in 2022-23
- Named as Rookie of the Year in 2021-22
- Was the league’s blocks leader, averaging 2.91 blocks per game, in 2021-22
- Has an older sister, Stella
- Daughter of Jocelyn and Jari Lemmilä
- Majoring in environmental engineering
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