Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard…Member of the basketball team in high school…Was the first female MSU athlete named to the Bowerman Trophy Watch List during the 2015 outdoor season... Born Erica Marsha Bougard in Memphis, Tennessee...Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard...Erica’s aunt Karen Bougard ran cross country at Jackson State University...At Byhalia HS, posted a personal best long jump (20’2) and was a member of the basketball team...Bougard wore rainbow-colored spikes while competing in the heptathlon high jump at the 2019 World Championships in Doha...She is one of several publicly “out” athletes in the sport and is an active LGBTQ+ advocate.