COLLEGE: Was named a First Team All-American by CBSSports.com, voted Third Team All-American by the Associated Press, Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and to the 10-member US Basketball Writers Association All-America team as a senior…Led the nation in scoring during her senior season, averaging 27.4 points per game…Finished the season with 930 points, the fifth most ever scored by any player in one season in NCAA history…Set numerous Middle Tennessee single season scoring records as a senior, including total points with 930…Holt also set single-season marks for scoring average (27.4), field goals (352), FG attempts (680), free throws (206), FT attempts (261) and 30-point scoring games (14)…Was one of two players in the nation to score 40 or more points in a game twice during the 2007-08 season, with 41 points against LSU on Dec. 28 and 44 points at Louisiana-Monroe on Jan. 24…Her 44 points is a MTSU program record, breaking a 21-year-old mark held previously by Kim Webb…Also scored 30 or more points in 14 contests as a senior…In her two years at MTSU, scored 1,497 points, good for ninth on the all-time list, and her average of 22.0 points per game also tops the Blue Raider annals…Prior to attending Middle Tennessee, spent two years at Southeastern Illinois College, where she was named Second Team NJCAA All-America as a freshman and Kodak All-American and First Team NJCAA All-America as a sophomore…Led SIC to a 33-3 record and a fifth-place finish at the NJCAA Tournament as a sophomore…Spent one semester at Western Kentucky before heading to SIC.

Amber Shirell Holt...Born June 7, 1985...Daughter of Cassandra Holt...Has two brothers, Cortez and DeMarkus Dennis...Majoring in Business…A native of Duluth, Ga….Averaged 19.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior at Meadowcreek High School while leading the Lady Mustangs to a 20-7 record...First Team All-State performer as a junior, helping MHS to a 24-6 overall record and a runner-up finish in the 2002 Class AAAAA State Tournament.

Selected by the Sun in the first round (9th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.