Amber Shirell Holt (born June 7, 1985) is an American professional women's basketball player most recently with the Tulsa Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Early life Holt was born in Norcross, Georgia. She is the daughter of Cassandra Holt. Holt is joined by her two brothers, Cortez and DeMarkus Dennis.
High school career Holt attended Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, Georgia. Holt averaged 19.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior 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.
College career Holt went to Southeastern Illinois College. 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 ... 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 transferred to Middle Tennessee State University. As a senior during the 2007–2008 season, she was the top scoring player in Division I.John Altavilla. "Shots Falling For Sun Rookies", Hartford Courant, June 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
Career statistics
WNBA Regular season
| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Connecticut |34||34||21.0||40.7||32.9||77.8||3.1||1.9||0.4||0.1||0.9||6.5 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Connecticut |23||7||16.5||32.5||26.0||83.0||3.2||1.9||0.4||0.1||0.6||6.0 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Tulsa |33||9||21.1||40.8||31.4||80.2||3.1||1.8||0.9||0.2||1.1||8.7 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Tulsa |26||24||25.6||30.2||21.4||90.5||3.1||2.4||0.7||0.1||1.3||6.7 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Tulsa |24||18||19.0||42.5||34.7||56.3||1.9||1.2||0.5||0.0||0.7||5.8 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams |140||92||20.8||37.5||29.3||80.6||2.9||1.8||0.6||0.1||0.9||6.9
Playoffs
| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Connecticut |3||1||18.3||18.8||16.7||100.0||4.0||1.3||0.3 ||0.0||0.7||3.7 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 1 teams |3||1||18.3||18.8||16.7||100.0||4.0||1.3||0.3 ||0.0||0.7||3.7
College Source
+ Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game TO Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Middle Tennessee 34 567 .465 .294 .769 6.3 1.9 2.7 0.4 16.7
2007–08 Middle Tennessee 34 930 .518 .278 .789 8.1 3.2 2.4 0.3 *27.4
Career 68 1,497 .497 .285 .781 7.2 2.5 2.5 0.4 22.0
WNBA career In the 2008 WNBA draft, Holt was picked by the Connecticut Sun in the first round, 9th overall.
WUBA Career In 2020 Holt played with the Southern Lady Generals winning the Eurobasket.com player of the year award leading them to the WUBA Championship.
Overseas career She played with Sopron in Hungary during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.
See also List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders
References
External links Amber Holt Playerfile Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders bio