Shakyla Hill

Shakyla Denise Hill (born December 14, 1996) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for Grambling State where she became the first woman to record two quadruple-double's over her career. She later went on to play professionally in Serbia where she recorded the first quadruple-double in the ZLS's history.[1][2]

Shakyla Hill
Personal information
Born (1996-12-14) December 14, 1996
Jacksonville, Arkansas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
High schoolHall High School
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
CollegeGrambling State (2015–2019)
WNBA draft2019: undrafted
PositionPoint guard
Number2
Career history
2019–2020ŽKK Kraljevo
2022Bashkimi Prizren
Career highlights and awards
  • Serbian Cup winner (2020)
  • Kosovo Cup (2022)
  • WABA League Defensive Player of Year (2020)
  • WABA League Defensive All-First Team (2020)
  • WABA League Defensive First Team (2020)
  • ZLS steals leader (2020)

College career

Hill played for Grambling State University from 2015 to 2019. On January 4, 2018, she recorded a quadruple-double, the first one in the NCAA for 25 years, with 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals.[3] On February 3, 2019, she posted the second quadruple-double of her career with 21 points, 16 rebounds, 13 assists, and 10 steals in a victory against over Arkansas-Pine Bluf.[4]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2019 WNBA draft, Hill signed with Serbian club ŽKK Kraljevo of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia (ZLS) and the regional WABA League in September 2019.[5] On January 26, 2020, she posted another quadruple-double, the first in ZLS history, with 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against KZK Partizan.[6] In March 2020, she helped Kraljevo win the Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup.[7] Kraljevo had a 17–1 record when the rest of the 2019–20 ZLS season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.[8] In the ZLS league, she averaged 13.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 5.7 steals per game. In the WABA League, she averaged 14.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 4.2 steals per game.[9]

In January 2022, Hill joined Bashkimi Prizren of the Kosovo Women's Basketball Superleague.[10] In February, she won the Kosovo Cup.[11]

Statistics

College statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Grambling 31 401 57.4% 40.0% 64.5% 5.8 3.0 2.8 0.1 12.9
2016–17 Grambling 34 511 48.2% 27.6% 62.7% 7.8 4.2 3.0 0.1 15.0
2017–18 Grambling 33 556 45.9% 22.4% 69.8% 7.5 5.7 4.8 0.3 16.8
2018–19 Grambling 32 605 42.3% 24.3% 69.4% 7.6 6.3 4.6 0.3 18.9
Career 130 2073 47.3% 25.7% 67.1% 7.2 4.8 3.8 0.2 15.9

Source[12]

References
  1. Randall C. Williams (September 10, 2019). "Former Grambling basketball star Shakyla Hill signs to play in Serbia". Andscape. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. "Grambling's Shakyla Hill Gets Second Career Quadruple-Double". Sports Illustrated. February 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. "Grambling State's Shakyla Hill records fourth Division I women's quadruple-double". ESPN. January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. "Shakyla Hill of Grambling State records another quadruple-double". ESPN. February 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  5. Cory Diaz (September 5, 2019). "Former Grambling star Shakyla Hill signs pro deal, denounces HBCU perception". The News-Star. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  6. Erick Taylor (April 13, 2020). "Hill finds success in Serbia". Arkansas Online. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  7. "KRALJEVO ISPISALO ISTORIJU Košarkašice iz grada na Ibru osvojile Kup Milan Ciga Vasojević". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). March 15, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  8. "Vanredno stanje – prekid takmičenja KSS". lige.kss.rs (in Serbian). March 27, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  9. "ZKK Kraljevo basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  10. "Shakyla Hill (ex Kraljevo) joins Bashkimi". Eurobasket.com. January 26, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  11. Ethan Sands (February 17, 2022). "Former Grambling State basketball star Shakyla Hill has a new professional home in Kosovo". Monroe News-Star. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  12. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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