2006-07 (JUNIOR) Earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors after averaging 16.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game ... Started all 34 contests and scored in double figures in 30 games ... Netted 28 points and eight rebounds in first career game, versus top-ranked Maryland, and followed that with the first of three double-doubles during the season with 19 points and 10 boards against South Dakota State ... Scored 26 points with 10 rebounds versus Chattanooga and 21 points, including 15 in the second half, in a victory at eighth-ranked Georgia ... Also posted 27 points with eight boards, including 10-of-12 free throws, against Old Dominion ... Registered 20-plus points in three straight games in February, scoring 27 against South Alabama, 25 at Louisiana-Monroe and 24 at Western Kentucky ... Added 15 points and 11 rebounds versus Denver in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Championships and netted 20 points in the championship game against Louisiana-Lafayette ... Scored 23 points versus Gonzaga in the opening contest of the NCAA Tournament.
BEFORE MIDDLE TENNESSEE Spent one semester at Western Kentucky (Fall 2003) before returning home and then heading to Southeastern Illinois College.
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE Named Second Team NJCAA All-American as a freshman, averaging 20.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game ... Finished ninth nationally in both scoring and rebounding, 10th in steals, 46th in free throw percentage (.775) and 50th in field goal percentage (.539) ... Garnered Kodak All-American and First Team NJCAA All-America honors as a sophomore, averaging 20.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 4.0 steals per game ... Led SIC to a 33-3 record and a fifth-place finish at the NJCAA Tournament ... Ended the year ranked 15th nationally in scoring, 30th in rebounding, 12th in steals and 40th in assists.
HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 19.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior at Meadowcreek HS 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.
PERSONAL: Amber Shirell Holt ... Born June 7, 1985 ... Daughter of Cassandra Holt ... Has two brothers, Cortez and DeMarkus Dennis ... Majoring in Business.
