Quanitra Hollingsworth #9 Center

Background

INTERNATIONAL: Spent the 2009-2010 offseason playing for TEO Vilnius in Lithuania win both the LMKL and the BWBL (Baltic) playoffs in April...averaged 15.3 ppg and 8.0 rpg while shooting 62.6% in 30 Domestic League contests... Also played in the EuroLeague, registering 10.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg in 10 games while hitting 51.8% from the field... Spent the 2010-2011 offseason playing for TTT Riga and SEAT Lami..averaging 18.4 ppg for TTT Riga and 15.6 ppg for SEAT Lami.

AS A COLLEGIAN: Senior Year..Ended her VCU career averaging 14.2 ppg and 9.7 rpg... Finished fourth in the CAA in scoring, third in rebounding and second in field-goal accuracy (51.8 percent)... Recognized as the CAA Defensive Player of the Year... Saw her collegiate career come to an end after she led VCU to a 26-7 record and a 2009 NCAA Tournament appearance… Ended her senior season as VCU's all-time leading rebounder (1,114) and is second in scoring (1,523)... Junior Year: Named Second Team All-CAA... Averaged 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game..Set a school-record with her 31st career double-double (17 points, 14 rebounds) against Boston University on Dec. 28... Became the 17th player in VCU history to score at least 1,000 points on Jan. 17 at Old Dominion, doing so on the same night as teammate Krystal Vaughn... Sophomore Year: Named Second Team All- CAA and Second Team All- State by Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID)... Invited to USA Basketball U19 Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo: Recorded 11 double-doubles... Led VCU and finished second in the league in rebounds per game (9.4) and field goal percentage (.532)... Field goal percentage was second best in Rams history... Freshmen Year: Named Freshman All-American by Women’s Basketball News Service... Won VCU’s first CAA Rookie of the Year award... Also named Third Team All-CAA and to the CAA All-Defensive Team... Started all 28 games and led Rams with averages of 14.7 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks, while shooting .515 from the field...Ranked eighth nationally in rebounding, 21st in blocked shots and 48th in field goal percentage... Ranked 10th among the nation’s freshmen in shooting, second in rebounds, third in blocked shots and fourth in double-doubles... Was the youngest player in the country during the season.