Shakyla Denise Hill (born December 14, 1996) is an American

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player. She played

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for Grambling State where she became the first woman to record two

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'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.

College career

Hill played for

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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. 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.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Hill signed with Serbian club ŽKK Kraljevo of the

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(ZLS) and the regional

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in September 2019. 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. In March 2020, she helped Kraljevo win the

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. Kraljevo had a 17–1 record when the rest of the 2019–20 ZLS season was canceled due to the

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. 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. In January 2022, Hill joined

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of the Kosovo Women's Basketball Superleague. In February, she won the

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Statistics

College statistics

Source

References

External links

Grambling State Tigers bioProfile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Shakyla 1996 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Serbia American women's basketball players Basketball players from Arkansas Grambling State Tigers women's basketball players Point guards Sportspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women