The Slysz File

2012-13 Basketball: Played in 14 games and started in six … Averaged 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game … Had six assists and three steals … Made 36.7% (11-30) from the floor and was 100% (5-5) from the free throw line ...  Averaged 14.1 minutes per contest … Tallied six points with two rebounds in a 63-55 loss at Clark (12/4) … Recorded six points and three rebounds in a 58-52 loss to Coast Guard (1/12) …

2012 Field Hockey: Played in 17 games, including 16 starts … Led the team in defensive saves with five … Had one goal for two points … Recorded 11 shots, including seven on goal … Posted a defensive save in a 1-0 win at Regis (9/1) … Scored a goal in a 3-0 victory over Simmons (10/10) … Recorded a defensive save in a 3-2 loss at Wellesley in the NEWMAC Quarterfinals (10/31) … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference …

2011-12 Basketball: Played in nine games … Averaged 2.0 points and 1.4 rebounds per game … Had three assists and two steals … Averaged 10.3 minutes per contest … Tallied seven points with four rebounds in a 66-57 loss at Springfield (1/18) … Recorded six points in a 59-45 loss to Wellesley (1/21) …

Before Mount Holyoke: Played three years of field hockey … Captain … All-League … Team won two Western Mass Championship titles … Four-year member of the basketball team … Captain … All-League … Team were Western Mass finalists in 2009 … Member of the softball team all four years … Captain … Two-time All-Western Mass …

Personal: Biology major … Plays on the Mount Holyoke field hockey team … Member of the Mount Holyoke Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … Serves on SAAC Health & Safety subcommittee … Member of MHC Alcohol and Drug Awareness Committee … Daughter of Patti and David Slysz … Sister, Stephanie is a member of the Class of 2014 at Mount Holyoke.

Getting to Know Allison

• Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - I mainly didn't want to come here because my sister comes here, but the more I visited her last year, the more I realized that I could see myself here and that I liked it.
• What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - I like how everyone is extremely friendly and nice and that I get a great sense of community here.
• Favorite Sports Movie - All of them
• Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - An Exclusive Boston Celtics Practice/Meet and Greet
• Favorite Pro Sports Team - Boston Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins
• Favorite TV Show - Castle, 90210, CSI, Criminal Minds
• Favorite Athlete(s) - Wes Welker, Rajon Rondo, Jacoby Ellsbury
• Childhood Idol - Lynn-Anne Kokoski
• Hobbies - Playing Softball, Playing trumpet
• Best Concert You Ever Attended - Taylor Swift
• Magazine Cover You'd Like to Be On - Sports Illustrated 
• Biggest Fear - Injury 
• Most Famous Person Ever Met - Phil Mickelson 
• Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Pat Summit 
• Most Prized Possession - My family 
• Place You'd Like to Visit - Greece 
• First Memory of Your Sport - Recreational Basketball 
• Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Making the team 
• Pre-Game Rituals - Staying quiet and focusing 
• Best Advice From a Coach - Good Luck, Have Fun, Play Well 
• If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Save it 
• Career Aspirations - Hopefully it will have sports involved in it somehow