2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
2024-25 (Junior): Transferred to UNCW after two seasons at Belmont ... Started in 31 of 32 games for the Seahawks ... Averaged 6.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 25.7 minutes per game ... Led the team with 43 three-pointers ... Shot 41.9% from the field and 35% from three-point range ... Led the Coastal Athletic Association in 3-point percentage for conference games, shooting 43.5% in 18 league games ... Scored in double figures 11 times ... 12 games with at least two 3-point field goals made ... Shot 80% at the free-throw line on 30 attempts ... 10 points, five rebounds and three steals in a season-high 37 minutes in the 78-74 overtime win at Presbyterian (Nov. 14, 2024) ... Recorded a career-high 17 points and six rebounds in 31 minutes in the win vs. Winthrop (Nov. 20, 2024) ... Matched career-high with 17 points, shooting 4-of-5 from 3-point range vs. Towson (Jan. 5, 2025) ... Tallied 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc at Campbell (Jan. 17, 2025) ... Scored 10 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the charity stripe in the 66-50 win at Hampton (Jan. 26, 2025) ... Three straight double-digit scoring efforts (Feb. 14, 2025 vs. Elon, Feb. 16, 2025 vs. College of Charleston and Feb. 23, 2025 at Towson) ... Totaled 11 points in the win vs. Hampton (March 6, 2025) ... Matched season-high with four triples, scoring 12 points in the regular season finale at North Carolina A&T (March 8, 2025).
2023-24 (Sophomore) at Belmont: Played in 27 games, averaging 6.8 minutes per contest ... Averaged 1.3 points ... Totaled 35 points, 21 rebounds, 11 steals, seven assists and two blocks ... Went 13-for-36 (36.1 percent) from the field and was 7-for-23 (30.4 percent) from deep ... Came up with a pair of steals in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal win over UIC (March 15, 2024) … Hit a 3-pointer and came up with a pair of steals in over 11 minutes of action in the home win over Evansville (March 3, 2024) ... Brought down a career-high five rebounds and earned an assist, steal and block in 19 minutes of action at Evansville (Jan. 12, 2024) ... Erupted for a career-high 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting, including 4-for-5 from beyond the arc, and snagged two rebounds in the home rout of Bradley (Jan. 6, 2024) ... Tallied three assists in 8:20 of action in the win at Kennesaw State (Dec. 17, 2023).
2022-23 (Freshman) at Belmont: Appeared in 32 games as a true freshman ... Averaged 4.1 minutes ... Scored 18 points and collected 21 rebounds ... Knocked down six of her eight free-throw attempts ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener versus Chattanooga (Nov. 9, 2022), hitting a three-pointer ... Scored four points in 10 minutes of action versus Evansville (Feb. 10, 2023) ... Played a season-high 13 minutes against Southern Illinois (Jan. 22, 2023) ... Pulled down four rebounds and went 3-for-4 at the foul line at Middle Tennessee (Nov. 16, 2022).
High School: A standout at Shelby High School where she was an all-state selection ... Averaged 23.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 58 percent from the floor as a senior ... Named 2021-22 Southern Piedmont Conference Player of the Year ... Selected to both the North Carolina Coaches Association 2022 Carolinas Classic All-Star Game and the East-West All-Star Game ... Earned 2022 N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game MVP honors after scoring 18 points inside Greensboro Coliseum ... Scored over 1,500 points during her varsity career ... A Charlotte Observer Preps Miss Basketball watch list member as a senior ... Averaged 22 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and nearly 3.0 steals per game as a junior en route to leading Shelby to the 2020-21 North Carolina Class 2A state title ... Scored a then school-record 41 points in a game ... Competed for FBC Carolina Elite in AAU ball ... Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN ... Also lettered in volleyball.
Personal: Full Name: Emma Kate Hollifield ... Daughter of Ryan and Tina Hollifield ... Majoring in exercise science and her future goal is to become a physician’s assistant ... Has a younger sister Ally, who plays basketball at Western Carolina, and a younger brother, Tee ... Her Father played basketball and football at Appalachian State ... Her uncle, Andy, played football at Appalachian State ... Her uncle, Aubrey, played football at Wake Forest … Her cousin, Dax, was a star linebacker at Virginia Tech and is currently a jackman in the NASCAR Cup Series ... Her cousin, Jack, plays football and is currently a lineman for Tulane.
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Historical Player Information
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2024-25Junior
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5'10"
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2025-26Senior
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5'10"
