2019-20 Women's Basketball
Malia Holt
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Bishop Manogue HS
- Hometown:
- Reno, NV
2019-20 -- Started in 24 of her 29 games in the backcourt ... played 30.1 minutes per game, averaging 3.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steal as a junior ... netted a season-high 12 points in the 62-43 home win over Sacramento State on Nov. 20 ... gathered a season-best 10 rebounds on Feb. 15 against Cal State Fullerton ... altogether for the year, had six games with at least 5 assists (including a season high of 7 vs. CSUN on Feb. 29, contributing to a 53-43 victory), as well as a trio of efforts with at least 3 steals ... Jan. 30 at CSF saw her post career-high performances for minutes (40) and free throws made & attempted (6-for-8) ... meanwhile, made her second consecutive Big West All-Academic Team along with earning Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically again ... heads into her senior year having played in 59 career games for Cal Poly.
2018-19 -- Averaged 3.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals as a sophomore while playing in 15 games (including five starting appearances) ... saw 19.6 minutes per game ... had a trio of 5-assist performances (including two career-high evenings of 8 apiece: on Nov. 6 & Nov. 11 vs. Academy of Art University and Sacramento State, respectively) ... scored a career-high 13 points in the 87-65 win over Art U, before establishing a career best in rebounds (12) in Sacramento ... played all 40 minutes at Fresno State on Nov. 14, scoring 10 points in the complete-game effort ... made the BWC All-Academic Team, in addition to earning commissioner’s highest honors.
2017-18 -- Played in 15 games as a true freshman backing up the Mustangs’ starting guards during her debut collegiate season ...went 4-for-8 shooting altogether, including 1-for-4 from 3-point range (connecting from behind the arc at Minnesota on Dec. 13) ... also made both of her free-throw attempts ... added seven rebounds to go with four assists, along with two steals ... season-high 4 points as well as her season-high 3 boards came in a 12-minute effort off the bench at Utah Valley on Dec. 19.
Prep -- As a senior at Bishop Manogue High School in Reno, helped lead the Miners to a third consecutive Northern Nevada championship, culminating a 26-3 season that included an 11-0 Sierra League title ... averaged 13.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.3 steals in 2016-17 as Manogue advanced to the overall state title game in Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, finishing No. 2 in the state ... in final three seasons combined, her squad went 70-11 overall, as well as 36-0 in league play, winning NIAA northern championships on the way to State Tournament appearances every year ... was a back-to-back all-league and all-region first-team honoree in 2016 and 2017, also winning Co-Sierra Player of the Year and Reno Gazette-Journal Player of the Year honors as a senior ... was also a National Honor Society, Academic All-State and Presidential Honors student, in addition to belonging to Sodality Club.
Personal -- Majors in Health ... her older sister Breezi also played for the Mustangs at guard ... chose Cal Poly because of the basketball program, the university’s proximity to the beach and her sister being a teammate.
