2008-09 Basketball - W Roster
Roster
Rita Kollo
- Position:
- Guard/Foward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Budapest, Hungary
QUICK QUACK
Joins Oregon after spending one season (2006-07) at Oklahoma State, playing in 21 games with eight starts...will redshirt the 2007-08 season due to NCAA transfer requirements.
BEFORE OREGON
As a junior at Oklahoma State, Kollo averaged 3.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 14.7 minutes per game...she spent the two years prior to her stint with the Cowgirls at Colby Community College in Kansas, posting six school records, including most points in a career (1,410), most career field goals (561), best two-year scoring average (20.4), most points in a season (776), best single-season scoring average (21.0) and most field goals made in a season (313)...was a 2006 first-team Kodak/WBCA All-American, and in addition was a second-team NJCAA All-American...in 2006 she was named the Region VI Tournament MVP, and for two consecutive years was a first team all-region selection and Jayhawk West Conference MVP...as a freshman led the conference in scoring and rebounding.
INTERNATIONAL
Spent the summer of 2007 playing for Hungary in the U-21 FIBA World Championships, helping lead the team to a seventh place finish...averaged 9.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in eight games, reaching double figures four times, and scoring 21 points in 32 minutes against Australia...in 2006 was named to the all-tournament team at the OSTCHEM U-20 European Championships after helping Hungary to the title game, averaging 13.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game...at the U-19 World Championships in 2005, she scored 22 points with nine rebounds in a victory over the United States.
PERSONAL
Born Feb. 21, 1989...parents are Kollo Pal and Papp Ibolya...plans to major in Economics and minor in Marketing.
FUN FACTS
Nickname...Ritimiti
Favorite sports figure...Bujdoso Nora
Favorite sports team...my national team
Favorite off-day activity...being with my parents and friends
Favorite spot on campus...Mac Court
TV show I would most want to appear on and why... "How I Met Your Mother" because it’s my fav!
If I were President I would...be really into basketball
If I had a vanity license plate it would read...IBIPACI
Most people would be surprised to learn that...I can sing, haha, cause I can’t!!!
Ten years from now I will be...alive, hopefully!
What is the weirdest habit one of your teammates has...Mic’s banana intolerance
Place I most want to visit...I want to see the whole world!
My fantasy career...besides being a pro player, I want to be a designer
Toughest team I have ever played...USA
If I could have any superpower it would be...magic
My ideal day...any day just being happy and healthy with my parents
Reason I came to Oregon...because Oregon rocks!
Best Oregon basketball memory...it will happen this season
Teammate that belongs on American Idol...Ellie
Teammate that belongs on So You Think You Can Dance...Micaela
