Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Adds Amber Holt for Upcoming Season
8/24/2006 9:57:00 AM | Women's Basketball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach Rick Insell announced the addition of Amber Holt, a two-time junior college All-American at Southeastern Illinois College, to the Blue Raider roster for the upcoming 2006-07 season.
"We feel like we already have a good basketball team but Amber is a great talent and makes us a better basketball team," Insell said. "She is a lot like Chrissy Givens in that she is a competitor who runs the court, rebounds, can score and can pass. She has some experience and played in some conditions and situations where she has collected some basketball savvy. We are just very excited to have her on board."
Holt, a 6-0, guard, is a native of Duluth, Ga., where she was a standout at Meadowcreek High School before enrolling at Southeastern Illinois. At SIC, she was a two-time All-America selection and led the Lady Falcons to consecutive top-eight finishes at the NJCAA Championship.
"It is going to make our league better," Insell said. "I think bringing in a quality player like Amber is going to help our league."
As a freshman, Holt was named second-team All-America by the NJCAA after averaging 20.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 3.6 steals for SIC. Among national leaders, she finished the season ranked No. 9 in both scoring and rebounding, as well as No. 10 in steals, No. 46 in free throw percentage (.775) and No. 50 in field goal percentage (.539).
As a sophomore, Holt was a Kodak All-American and a first-team All-America pick by the NJCAA. She averaged 20.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 4.0 steals while leading Southern Illinois to a 33-3 record and a fifth-place finish at the NJCAA Tournament. Nationally, she ranked No. 15 in scoring, No. 30 in rebounding, No. 12 in steals and No. 40 in assists.
Holt averaged 19.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior at Meadowcreek while leading the Lady Mustangs to a 20-7 record. Holt was a first-team All-State performer as a junior when she led Meadowcreek to a 24-6 record and a runner-up finish in the 2002 Class AAAAA State Tournament.
Middle Tennessee is coming off its third-straight Sun Belt Tournament title and third consecutive NCAA appearance. The Blue Raiders host defending National Champion Maryland on November 10 in the Murphy Center.
