Box Score LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Trinity University Women's Basketball landed five former Tigers on the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's 30th Anniversary team, the league announced Friday.
The SCAC named Monica Holguin (2013-17), Abby Holland (2016-20), Micah Weaver (2016-18), Anecia Richardson (2011-15) and Krista Prato Matthews (2005-09) to its ceremonial squad. The entire list of selections can be found in the SCAC Release. Portions of that release regarding Trinity's honorees are included here.
Back-to-back SCAC Player-of-the-Year in 2015-16 and 2016-17, Holguin is one of four two-time POTY honorees on the all-anniversary team. The 2016-17 D3hoops.com all-South Region Player-of-the-Year finished her career with 1,019 total points (96th in SCAC history), averaged 12.0 points per game and grabbed 317 total rebounds for an average of 3.7 per game. The guard also closed her career with 210 assists (2.5 APG) and 131 steals (1.5 SPG) and was twice named First Team all-SCAC. A two-time all-Region honoree, including First Team honors in 2016-17, she capped her career with Honorable Mention all-American (Women's DIII News) honors as a junior and Second Team all-American (D3hoops.com & Women's DIII News) honors as a senior.
Holland earned all-SCAC honors all four years of her career at Trinity, including First Team accolades in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. SCAC Player-of-the-Year in 2019-20, the forward finished eighth all-time in SCAC history with 1,690 points scored. Additionally, the forward is just the sixth student-athlete in SCAC Women's Basketball history to score at least 1,600 points and grab 600 career rebounds (641). Defensively, Holland is sixth all-time in both steals (279) and steals per game (2.58). A two-time D3hoops.com all-South Region honoree, including First Team recognition in 2019-20, Holland also earned all-American honors as a senior. She was named to the D3hoops.com Third Team and the WBCA Honorable Mention Team.
Weaver made the most of her two-year Tiger career, earning First Team all-SCAC honors in both, winning Newcomer-of-the-Year in 2016-17 and followed that season up by winning Player-of-the-Year in 2017-18. She hit the 1,000-point plateau on the number by averaging 17.5 points per game which is seventh best all-time in SCAC history. The guard is one of just five players in SCAC history to lead the league in scoring in back-to-back seasons and her 2017-18 season marked just the third time in league history a player has led the league in both points (527) and steals (72) in the same year. A two-time D3hoops.com all-South Region honoree, including First Team in 2017-18, Weaver was also a four-time all-American highlighted by her D3hoops.com Third Team selection as a senior.
A three-time all-SCAC performer during her career, Richardson was a First-Team honoree in both 2013-14 and 204-15. The SCAC Newcomer-of-the-Year in 2012-13 and Player-of-the-Year in 2013-14, the center is 22nd all-time on the league's scoring list with 1,412 points (14.4 PPG). In addition to scoring, she finished with 533 rebounds (5.4 RPG), 151 blocks (1.5 BPG), 93 steals (0.9 SPG) and 83 assists (0.8 APG). A career 58.4 percent shooter, third best in league history, Richardson is the only player in conference history to lead the SCAC in field goal percentage, three-straight seasons. Named the 2012-13 D3hoops.com all-South Region Rookie-of-the-Year, she was a Second Team recipient in 2013-14 and earned Women's DIII News Honorable Mention all-American honors in that same season after leading the league with 466 points on 62.4 percent shooting.
Another three-time all-SCAC performer, including First Team honors in 2007-08 and 2008-09, Prato Matthews is the third member of the all-anniversary team in the 1,000-point, 1,000 rebound club. She finished her career with 1,412 points (21st in SCAC history) and 1,009 rebounds (4th in SCAC history). The forward's 309 rebounds during her senior season still holds up as the fourth best single season in league history. She also led the SCAC twice in blocked shots (2006-07, 2007-08), one of just seven athletes in conference history to achieve that feat and finished her career third all-time with 216 total blocks. A two-time D3hoops.com all-South Region honoree, she capped her career off with a First Team selection as a senior in 2007-08.