2008-09 Women's Basketball Roster

5 Brittany Hollins

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Columbia
  • Hometown Columbia, S.C.

Biography

OVERVIEW:

Four-year starter at guard... CAA All-Defensive Team for four straight years..Third-team All-CAA in 2007-08 and on...A three-year team captain... Played in 119 games in four years with 108 starts, both tied for second most... Played 119 consecutive games, never missing one, and has started 118 of the last 119 since becoming a starter on 1-8-06, her 11th game as a freshman.
Owns school career record for steals (332) and has three of top four steals seasons in school history (98, 82 and 80)...Finished 6th All-time in CAA history in steals...Scored 1,229 points (10.3 career) and became 18th player to reach 1,000 in State history...Had 429 career assists to rank 6th all-time in school history.
Scored in double-figures in 71 games with three double-doubles...Had 429 career rebounds (three games with 10), 73 career blocked shots and 54 career three-point baskets...Extremely versatile, she has started games at three different positions in her career at State.
Signed with the program during the 2004 early signing period as part of the largest November recruiting class in program history... Contributed right away as a freshman in 2005-06, leading all rookies in scoring average (9.0 ppg) and was named to All-CAA Rookie team...Has excellent speed and quickness... Anticipates well... Very athletic player... Loves to compete... Possesses outstanding leaping ability... Plays both the point and wing positions

2008-09:
Earned CAA All-Defensive team honors for a fourth consecutive year to be only the second in CAA history to do so...Became just fourth player in CAA history to post totals of 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals.

Led team with 72 steals and was third in the CAA and 58th in the NCAA...Had seven steals in the school-record 30-steal game vs. Presbyterian (12/2).

Was second on team in assists (62) and fifth in rebounds (123), while scoring in double figures in 13 games as a senior as she started all 30...Her 21 blocked shots were second most on team.

Scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at UAB in Blazer Invitational Tournament (12/16). She was named to the Georgia State Invitational All-Tournament team with 14 points and six rebounds in the championship game.

Was a key force in school’s first-ever win over Old Dominion (1/29) with 15 points, seven steals and six rebounds...Led team with 18 points at VCU (2/29).


2007-08:

Was honored four times at CAA Banquet in being named Third-team All-CAA, as CAA All-Defensive team member, CAA All-Academic second team and as Dean Ehlers Leadership Award recipient for Georgia State...Led the team in four key categories and ranked in the CAA top 10 in all those as well.
Led the CAA in minutes played (37.57, 1,127 minutes, No. 8 NCAA) as she started all 30 games...Third in the CAA in assists (4.57, 137, No. 57 NCAA)....Third in the CAA in steals (2.73, 82, No. 38 NCAA)....The 82 steals were third most in a season in school history...10th in the CAA in scoring (13.2, 395)....Started all 30 games and had 26 double-figure scoring games...Played 40 or more minutes in 10 games, including all 45 in the overtime game vs. Towson.
Broke the school career record for steals with her 248th vs. VCU on Feb. 17...Had a streak of 18 consecutive games in double-figure scoring (games 7 through 23)...Had double-double game of 11 points and 10 rebounds at Northeastern (2/24)...Scored career-best 25 points vs. Old Dominion (1/6) with six steals...Also had two games of 20 points (2/14 vs. George Mason and 1-27 vs. Northeastern)...Scored last eight points of game, including a three-point basket with 4.8 seconds, to lead team to upset win over Towson (2/3)...Had season-high nine assists at North Carolina (11/19) to go with 14 points.
Shot .717 from the free throw line to lead the team...Her 145 rebounds (4.8) were third-most on the team...Her 15 blocked shots tied for second-most on the team...Her 28 three-point baskets were second-most on the team as she had two games with three three-point baskets (1/17 vs. W&M and 3/2 at Towson)...Her season-best FG percentage was 7-of-11 (.636) in the win over Gardner-Webb...Started season by making 14 of 15 free throws over first eight games..
Named to Carolina First Classic and Georgia State Invitational all-tournament teams...Started 15 games at point guard, 10 games at two-guard and five games at three-guard.

2006-07:

Member of the CAA All-Defensive team for the second consecutive season... Played in all 30 games, earning 29 starts... Finished third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game... Finished second in total assists with 157 (5.2 apg) and led the team in steals (98) for a 3.3 spg average... Set the school single-season record for steals (98)... Totaled 3.6 rebounds per contest... Logged 36.9 minutes per outing... Connected from the floor at a 40.5 percent (125-of-309) clip... Made six 3-pointers... Shot 70.6 percent (48-of-68) from the free throw line... Had 18 blocked shots.
Ranked third in the CAA and 28th nationally in assists per game (5.2)... Led the CAA and finished fifth in the nation in steals per contest (3.3)... Was sixth in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.29)... Appeared in 18 league games with 17 starts... Was third on the team in scoring average at 9.9 ppg and totaled 3.3 boards per outing against conference opponents... Averaged 5.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game versus league foes... Led or tied for the team lead in scoring twice, assists 11 times and steals 19 times... Recorded two doubles-doubles in points and assists..
Scored in double figures 18 times, including a career-high 22 points against Savannah State (12/9/06), making 11-of-19 fields goals (57.9 percent)... Made at least one field goal in every game... Registered a career-high 11 assists and added 10 points and five steals versus North Florida (12/19/06)... Had eight points and 10 assists against Towson (2/11/07)... Dropped 13 points, seven steals, seven assists and six rebounds at Jacksonville State (11/25/06)... Tallied 16 points, five assists and two steals versus Northeastern (1/4/07)...Dished out eight assists and collected 10 points at George Mason (1/14/07)... Posted 15 points, five rebounds, six steals and seven assists at Towson (2/1/07)... Earned 13 points and nine assists at Norfolk State (11/21/06) and 11 points and nine assists against Mississippi Valley State (12/29/06)... Totaled four or more assists 22 times and three or more steals 18 times... Selected to the Georgia State University all-tournament team.

2005-06:

Named to the CAA All-Rookie team... Member of the CAA All-Defensive team... Started final 19 straight games and appeared in all 29... Ranked second on the squad in minutes per game (28.3)... Third leading scorer at 9.0 points per contest... Averaged 4.3 rebounds per game..
Finished the season with a team-leading 80 steals, which was the second highest total in school history... 2.76 steals per game average ranked second in the CAA and 28th nationally... Finished second on the squad in assists (73) and had 19 blocked shots, tying for 15th in the CAA in blocked shots per game (0.66)... Shot 34.8 percent from the floor, 19.4 percent from 3-point range and 50.0 percent from the free throw line... Averaged 10.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.2 assists against the 18 CAA opponents.
Totaled a league best 3.22 steals per conference contest... Led or tied for the team lead in scoring three times and four times in rebounding... Scored in double figures 14 times, including a season-best 18 points, and added a season-high 10 assists and eight rebounds in a season-best 40 minutes against William & Mary (3/8/06) in the first round of the CAA Tournament... Earned first career double-double in first collegiate start versus UNC Wilmington (1/8/06), posting 10 points and a season-best 10 rebounds... Had first double-digit scoring game (10 pts) at Middle Tennessee (12/8/05)... Registered 16 points and eight rebounds against Hofstra (1/22/06)... Totaled 11 points and nine rebounds at William & Mary (2/17/06)... Dropped nine points, six rebounds, three assists and a school-record nine steals at Virginia Commonwealth (1/13/06)..
Received the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters for outstanding work in the classroom.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Accomplished two-sport star for the Lady Capitals, earning varsity letters in basketball and volleyball... Selected the Class 2A 2005 basketball Player of the Year for the state of South Carolina... Earned all-state, all-region and all-area honors for four consecutive seasons... Averaged 21.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.1 steals and 4.8 assists as a senior... Chipped in 10 points in the second half and finished with 16 for the North team in the annual South Carolina North-South Senior All-Star game...Led the Lady Capitals to Class 2A state championship appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the state semifinals in 2005... Columbia won region titles in each of her four seasons... Scored 12 points in the second half and finished with 16 points, five steals, six assists and eight rebounds in helping the Lady Capitals to the 2004 Class 2A state championship and a 25-2 season... Averaged 18.8 points and 9.1 steals for Columbia which finished 25-3 in 2002-03... Also excelled in volleyball, garnering Class 2A state volleyball Player of the Year honors as a senior and recognized as All-State in 2002 and again in 2004... Received all-area honors in volleyball for three seasons and all-region accolades for four... Selected all-state in track and field as a freshman... Earned team Most Valuable Player awards in basketball and volleyball.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Brittany Nicole Hollins... Born May 31, 1987... Parents are Deborah and Robert Hollins... Has an older sister, Domonique, and a younger sister, Shenekqua... Father, Robert, and cousin, Shon, played basketball and ran track... Has an aunt, Missy, who played basketball... Member of her high school honor roll... Selected a Columbia High School scholar-athlete... Fan of Michael Jordan and the WNBA’s Tamika Catchings... Chose Georgia State over Jacksonville, Radford, Texas Christian, Fordham, South Carolina, Georgia Southern, Winthrop and N.C. State... Favorite teams are the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets... Aspires to play in the WNBA and then work in sports medicine... Enjoys reading and listening to music... Majoring in kinesiology and health.


HOLLINS' GEORGIA STATE STATISTICS

Season

G/GS

Min./Avg.

FG-A/FG%

3FG-A/3FG%

FT-A/FT%

O-D

TRb/Avg.

Asts.

Blks.

Stls.

Pts./Avg.

2005-06

29/19

822/28.3

117-336/.348

7-36/.194

20-40/.500

59-65

124/4.3

73

19

80

261/9.0

2006-07

30/29

1107/36.9

125-309/.405

6-28/.214

48-68/.706

39-68

107/3.6

157

18

98

304/10.1

2007-08

30/30

1127/37.6

162-442/.367

28-131/.214

43-60/.717

42-103

145/4.8

137

15

82

395/13.2

2008-09

30/30

852/28.4

117-301/.389

13-57/.228

22-32/.688

42-81

123/4.1

62

21

72

269/9.0

Career

119/108

3908/32.8

521-1388/.375

54-252/.214

133-200.665

182-317

499/4.2

429

73

332

1229/10.3


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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2006-07Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2007-08Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    5
  • 5

    2008-09Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    5