Mya Hollingshed

Personal: Graduated from Colorado with a degree in communications in the spring of 2021 … enjoys dancing to any type of music along with arts and crafts … hobbies also include telling jokes and laughing … describes herself as a light-hearted person who loves to lighten the mood … father, Leroy, played basketball at Grambling State … grandfather, Terry Sykes, played basketball at Grambling State and was a second-round selection in the 1978 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets.

Other Professional Experience: Selected with No. 8 overall pick by Las Vegas Aces in 2022 WNBA Draft, becoming first player in Colorado history to be taken in first round … played 21 games for Dynamo LR (Russia) during 2022-23 campaign … averaged 11.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest … notched three double-double efforts, including back-to-back performances against Rostov (Nov. 13, 2022) and Samara (Nov. 17, 2022) … authored four games with 10 or more rebounds and posted three 20-point showings.

International Experience: Represented Puerto Rico at 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup … ranked ninth in the tournament by averaging 13.0 points per game … also averaged 6.2 rebounds per outing … tallied 29 points with 12 rebounds against Korea in group stage … converted 11-of-16 field goal attempts, including 5-for-6 effort from three-point range, in 92-73 victory … also grabbed 12 rebounds against Canada in quarterfinal loss.

College Experience: Five-year letter winner at Colorado who started 110-of-141 games for the Buffaloes from 2017-22 … averaged 11.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per game during her career … averaged at least 10 points per game in four of her five seasons, including career-best 15.4 clip during 2020-21 campaign … one of six players in program history with 1,600 career points and 900 career rebounds … three-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection, including each of final two years … garnered Honorable Mention All-America distinction from WBCA as a senior and fifth-year player … led Colorado to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2013 as a fifth-year player while pacing the team in scoring (14.1 ppg) … finished career with 25 double-doubles, good for sixth in Colorado history … notched 87 career double-digit efforts, which rate ninth on Buffaloes’ all-time ledger … netted career-high 32 points in Colorado’s win over No. 1 Stanford on Jan. 17, 2021 … became 32nd member of Colorado’s 1,000-point club on Jan. 1, 2021, with 19-point performance against Washington … two-time recipient of Colorado’s Lisa Van Goor Rebounding Award.