Ainhoa Holzer Season 2022-23

2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Missed season due to injury sustained in final game of the of the 2021-22 Swiss Basketball League regular season

PREP
• Named 2022 Swiss Basketball League Sixth Woman of the Year and Most Improved Player
• Extensive European experience at the junior and national levels in Switzerland and the United States
• Named to the Swiss National Team in 2021-22 ahead of Women's EuroBasket 2023 qualifiers
• Represented Switzerland at the U16 European Championships in 2018, playing in eight games with 3.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game
• Called up for the U18 European Championships in 2019 and the U20 Swiss National Team in 2021 for the European Challengers
• Played 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons for BBC Les Portes du Soleil Troistorrents in the Swiss Basketball League
• Averaged 5.1 points, 2.4 assists per game with a 45.3% shooting clip during prep career in the Swiss Basketball League
• Tallied 6.7 points, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game in 2021-22 with a 54.4% shooting mark
• Guided her team to the championship game of the Patrick Bauman Cup and third place in the Swiss Basketball League in 2021-22
• Named the 2021 Rising Star of the Year by the Swiss Basketball League
• Played in 24 games for Troistorrents in 2020-21 with 4.8 points, 2.5 assists, 1.5 rebounds per game at a 54.1% shooting clip and reaching the semifinals of the Swiss Basketball League Championship
• Played four games for Helios VS Basket in 2020-21, averaging 3.5 points in four games, before moving to BBC Les Portes du Soleil Troistorrents
• Totaled 17.5 points, 5 assists per game in five outings with Martigny in the SBL Second Division
• Returned home to Switzerland due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reclassifying from 2021 to 2022
• Played one season at Christ the King in Middle Village, Queens, N.Y., in 2019
• Named an All-Star by The Tablet, CHSAA Rookie of the Year, NYC Rookie First Team, CHSAA AA All-Star Second Team in 2019 after averaging 12 points, 7 assists per game at Christ the King
• Took the Royals to a 26-4 record, a GCHSAA NY State Championship, New York City Championship, a Catholic AAA League title and a New York Federation AA championship
• Moved to New York for junior year of high school ahead of the 2018-19 season
• Joined Helios VS Basket in the Swiss Basketball League, as an amateur for 2017-19, playing for the U16 team for a season and being called up to the senior team on several occasions
• On the senior team, averaged 1.8 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists over 15 games at age 15 against an league average age of 26
• Played for hometown Martigny Basket's U17 squad, averaging 17.3 points and nine assists per game, reaching the finals of the Swiss National West Conference and winning a Valais State Championship in 2017-18
• Two-time Gold Honor Roll honoree at Lycee-College des Creusets  in Switzerland and at Christ the King in New York
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Accomplished jazz pianist

PERSONAL
• Full Name: Ainhoa Holzer
• Birthday: Nov. 2, 2002
• Intended Major: Physics or Astronomy
• Parents: Fabrice Holzer and Elena Plazaola
• Siblings: Brother – Iban, Sisters – Paula and Maitena