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. As a senior, Skinner averaged 26.3 points, 10.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.7 steals and 1.5 blocks. She reached 2,313 career points, which is the fourth-highest total in Utah history. Skinner was named a McDonald's All-American in 2025. As the nation's No. 4 recruit in the class of 2025, she committed to play college basketball at Duke.
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. In the following game versus West Virginia, she played in 21 minutes, scoring two points, four rebounds and one steal. 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. On February 9, 2026, head coach Kara Lawson announced that she would miss the rest of the season.
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. She averaged 6.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in six games, as Team USA won the gold medal.
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. 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.
Career statistics
College
| 2025–26 | style="text-align:left;"| Duke | 3 || 0 || 16.0 || 25.0 || 0.0 || 50.0 || 4.7 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 3 || 0 || 16.0 || 25.0 || 0.0 || 50.0 || 4.7 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 |- class="sortbottom"
References
External links Duke Blue Devils bio USA Basketball bio