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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

12 Eliza Hollingsworth

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Melbourne, Australia
  • Highschool St. Leonard's College

Biography

HONORS
ALL-WCC SECOND TEAM (2023-24)

GRAD YEAR (2023-24): 
Named to the All-WCC Second Team… Was one of three players to start all 36 games this season for the Zags… Played a career-high 975 minutes this year, averaging a career-high 27.1 minutes per game… Finished the season with impressive shooting statistics, maintaining a field goal percentage of 44.6%, three point percentage of 37.3%, and free throw percentage of 85.3%... Made 136 field goals and 41 three pointers this season, both of which were career-highs… Grabbed 256 total rebounds, 87 offensive rebounds, and 7.1 rebounds per game, all of which were career-highs and the second-most on the team… Also finished with the second-most blocks on the team, with 24, and set a career-high with 33 steals on the season… Scored a career-high 371 total points and 10.3 points per game this year, including a career-high 22 points against Liberty… Finished the season with six double-doubles on the year, started by earning her first collegiate double-double against Toledo with 10 points and 11 rebounds… Had a career-high 14 rebounds and three blocks against Eastern Washington… Dished five assists and scored 13 points in Gonzaga’s Round of 32 game against Utah… Finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds against South Dakota State… Grabbed at least eight rebounds in 17 games this year…

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): Performed and started 27 games this season for Gonzaga…Averaged 5.1 rebounds and 8.6 points per game, which are both career-highs…Finished the year shooting 38.2 percent from three, which is the third-best percentage on the team…Grabbed the second-most offensive and total rebounds this season for Gonzaga, ending with 54 offensive and 138 total rebounds on the year…Tallied a career-high in total minutes, with 682, and minutes per game, with 25.3, this season

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Game-by-game statistics...Appeared in 32 games this season for the Zags, logging 364 total minutes this season...In Gonzaga’s game against Utah, Eliza grabbed a career-high seven rebounds and tied a season-high 23 minutes played...Improved her points and rebounds per game averages while shooting 37.6 percent from the field and 34.1 percent from the three point line... Saw action in both NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament games.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2020-21): Game-by-game statistics...Sat out the first half of the season due to injury…saw action in 10 games in her debut season, scoring 24 points to average 2.4 points per game…added 1.0 rebounds per contest…netted a season-high eight points against Pepperdine on Feb. 25, finishing 3-of-4 from the floor and 1-of-2 from long range…was 10-of-15 from the floor on the season to shoot 66.6 percent…was also 3-of-6 from beyond-the-arc to shoot 50.0 percent.

FRESHMAN (2019-20): Redshirted.

AUSTRALIA: Attended St. Leonard’s College in Melbourne, Australia…was also a scholarship holder at the Mentone Grammar School in Melbourne and Radford College in Canberra…completed Year 12 ATAR with high distinction…played for Basketball Victoria, completing the National Intensity Program in 2016 followed by the National Performance Program in 2017…was also a scholarship holder at the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence, graduating in 2018…averaged 4.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per contest… also played for Vic Metro out of Victoria for three seasons…represented Vic Metro at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Australian Championships…helped Vic Metro to gold medal finishes in 2016 and 2018 with a bronze in 2017…averaged 11.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game shooting 44.0 percent from the floor and 91.9 percent from the charity strip during Vic Metro’s 2018 gold medal run…played junior basketball with the Victorian Junior Basketball League for the Knox Raiders, Melbourne Tigers and Sandringham, winning a Victorian Championship.


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM: Represented Australia on both the U16 and U17 national teams…helped Australia to a gold medal at the Asian Championships in Bengaluru, India…led Australia to a bronze medal finish at the Under 17s World Championships in Minsk, Belarus in 2018.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Brad and Kas…has one brother, Austin…major is undecided…chose Gonzaga because “I am excited to develop my game under some of the most experienced and disciplined coaches on the west coast and to challenge myself against elite level athletes day in and day out.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019-20Freshman

    Forward
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2020-21Redshirt Freshman

    Forward
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    Forward
    6'3"
    12
  • 12

    2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'3"
    12
  • 12

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'3"
    12