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2018-19 Women's Basketball

35 Kara Holinski

  • Position G
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Marian
  • Hometown Livonia, Mich.
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Points30vs. Salem State (Dec. 30, 2016) 
Rebounds11vs. Wellesley (Jan. 14, 2017)
Assists7vs. Coast Guard (Feb. 16, 2019)
Steals5vs. Framingham State (Dec. 11, 2018)
Blocks2Multiple times 

 

2018-19: D3hoops.com All-Northeast Region Fourth Team … NEWMAC All-Conference First Team … NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Google Cloud Academic All-District … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team … NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (11/13) … NEWBA Honor Roll (11/13, 2/25) … set the MIT records for made three-point field goals in a season (65), three-point attempts in a season (165), career three-point field goal percentage (.417), made career three-point field goals (231), and career three-point attempts (554) … graduates ranked third in career points (1,340) and career field goal percentage (.452), sixth in career scoring average (12.5), and 10th in career assists (233) … played in 29 games, started 28 … ranked second in the NEWMAC in minutes and three-point field goals, third in three-point field goal percentage and assist-turnover ratio, fourth in assists, fifth in steals, sixth in minutes per game, and eighth in points … reached double-digits in scoring in 19 games … posted 21 points and six rebounds at Springfield (1/12) … tallied 20 points, four rebounds, and four assists at Endicott (11/11) … registered 18 points, seven rebounds, and three assists against Emerson (1/10) … totaled seven rebounds and seven assists at Coast Guard (2/16) … produced 15 points versus Emerson in the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC Tournament (2/19) … recorded 11 points, six assists, and three steals at Babson in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Tournament (2/21) … notched 10 points, five rebounds, and three assists at Springfield in the NEWMAC Championship (2/23) … contributed four steals and four assists against No. 12/14 Saint Joseph’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/1). [SEASON STATISTICS]

2017-18: D3hooops.com All-Northeast Region Fourth Team … NEWBA All-Region Third Team … NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team … NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … CoSIDA Academic All-District … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team …NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (11/20) … NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (12/18) … NEWBA Honor Roll (2/26) … Tufts University Tip-Off All-Tournament Team … started all 28 games … ranked second in the NEWMAC in minutes and made three-point field goals, third in minutes per game, fourth in three-point field goal percentage, and seventh in points … reached double-digits in scoring in 18 games … posted 25 points at Smith in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals (2/24) … totaled 24 points, five rebounds, and two steals against Framingham State (12/12) … registered 22 points, five rebounds, four assists, and two blocks versus Staten Island (12/29) … notched 17 points and eight rebounds at Wheaton (1/11) … recorded 12 points and four assists against Marymount in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/2). [SEASON STATISTICS]

2016-17: CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team … D3hoops.com Northeast All-Region Fourth Team … NEWMAC All-Conference First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team … NEWBA Player of the Week Honor (12/12, 1/2, 1/16) … Curry College Tipoff All-Tournament Team … Salem State Holiday Tournament MVP … broke the MIT record for made three-point field goals in a season (60) … tied the MIT record for made three-point field goals in a game with seven against Wheaton (1/21) … started all 26 games … paced the NEWMAC in three-point field goals, ranked second in minutes, third in three-point field goal percentage and minutes per game, and sixth in point and points per game … reached double-digits in scoring in 20 games … tallied 30 points, eight rebounds, and five assists at Salem State (12/30) … registered 18 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, and three steals against Wellesley (1/14) … posted 21 points, eight rebounds, and three steals versus Wheaton (12/7). [SEASON STATISTICS]

2015-16: D3hoops.com Northeast Region Rookie of the Year … NEWMAC Rookie of the Year … NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team … NEWBA Rookie of the Year … NYU Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team … NEWMAC Player of the Week (11/30, 12/14/, 1/18) … NEWBA Honor Roll (1/18) … set the MIT record for season three-point field goal percentage (.476) … played and started 24 games … ranked fourth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage … paced the NEWMAC in three-point field goal percentage, ranked third in minutes per game and field goal percentage, fifth in points per game, and seventh in minutes and points … reached double-digits in scoring in 17 games … scored 23 points against nationally-ranked No. 5/7 NYU (11/21) and Wellesley (11/28) … generated 19 points, five rebounds, and four assists in her intercollegiate debut versus Johnson State (11/17) … posted 17 points and nine rebounds at Emerson (1/6). [SEASON STATISTICS]

Off the Court at MIT: Majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in political science … interned at the Shell Technology Centre Bangalore working with the Computational Chemists of Excellence … completed an internship in the 3M Infection Prevention Division of Healthcare doing research and development … was also an intern at Myovant Sciences … researched HIV drug delivery in the MIT Langer Laboratory … also worked in the Stephanopoulos Lab looking at metabolism applied to carbon fixation … DanceTroupe … member of the Student Advisory Council of the Environmental Solutions Initiative … Amphibious Achievement … iHouse … Senior Ball Committee vice chair … McCormick resident peer mentor … Student Ambassadors Program.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Marian High School … two-year captain … BCAM all-state … all-league … All-Catholic … two-time all-scholastic … three-time all-academic team … two-time Class A state champions … four-year varsity letterwinner … also earned a varsity letter for cross country … valedictorian … National Honor Society president … Spanish Honor Society … First Honor Roll … National Merit Commended Student.

Club/AAU: Michigan Shock.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2015-16First Year

    G
    5'9"
    35
  • 35

    2016-17Sophomore

    G
    5'9"
    35
  • 35

    2017-18Junior

    G
    5'9"
    35
  • 35

    2018-19Senior

    G
    5'9"
    35