Women's Basketball
Collins, Skylar
Skylar Collins
- Title:
- Director of Scouting/Video Coordinator
- Phone:
- 325-0198
Mississippi State added another national championship-winning talent to its women’s basketball staff prior to the 2013-14 season with the addition of former Texas A&M standout Skylar Collins as the program’s video coordinator.
Collins, who enters her fourth season in Starkville, is responsible for breaking down game and practice film, as well as video exchange for Vic Schaefer’s squad.
Collins’ joining the Hail State Hoops staff signifies a return to the collegiate ranks for the Cedar Hills, Texas, native following a stint playing professional basketball for Sport Clube do Recife in Brazil.
The jump to the professional level came a year after Collins capped a stellar collegiate career that saw her help Texas A&M to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including a pair of Sweet Sixteen appearances and the national title in 2011.
During her career, Collins possessed the ability to stretch defenses with her dangerous outside shooting touch. Over her four years with the Aggies, Collins was a 43.5-percent shooter from the field, including a sizzling 44.2-percent from 3-point range.
She saved the best for last, though, as she tallied a 48-percent clip from the floor and a team-best 50-percent rate beyond the arc her senior year.
Collins capped her career by going 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line to tally 10 points and a pair of steals against No. 5 Maryland in the NCAA Sweet 16.
That impressive showing in the “Big Dance” came after she scored a career-best 15 points against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Semifinals.
The outstanding swan song helped Collins earn the team’s 6th Man Award and a second-straight Miss Hustle Award.
In addition to excelling on the court, she was also a standout in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big 12 Second Team accolades.
Collins was rated the No. 44 overall prospect and sixth-best shooting guard in the Class of 2008 by All-Star Girls Basketball Report.
Collins, who enters her fourth season in Starkville, is responsible for breaking down game and practice film, as well as video exchange for Vic Schaefer’s squad.
Collins’ joining the Hail State Hoops staff signifies a return to the collegiate ranks for the Cedar Hills, Texas, native following a stint playing professional basketball for Sport Clube do Recife in Brazil.
The jump to the professional level came a year after Collins capped a stellar collegiate career that saw her help Texas A&M to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including a pair of Sweet Sixteen appearances and the national title in 2011.
During her career, Collins possessed the ability to stretch defenses with her dangerous outside shooting touch. Over her four years with the Aggies, Collins was a 43.5-percent shooter from the field, including a sizzling 44.2-percent from 3-point range.
She saved the best for last, though, as she tallied a 48-percent clip from the floor and a team-best 50-percent rate beyond the arc her senior year.
Collins capped her career by going 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line to tally 10 points and a pair of steals against No. 5 Maryland in the NCAA Sweet 16.
That impressive showing in the “Big Dance” came after she scored a career-best 15 points against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Semifinals.
The outstanding swan song helped Collins earn the team’s 6th Man Award and a second-straight Miss Hustle Award.
In addition to excelling on the court, she was also a standout in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big 12 Second Team accolades.
Collins was rated the No. 44 overall prospect and sixth-best shooting guard in the Class of 2008 by All-Star Girls Basketball Report.
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