Britt Hartshorn

Position:
Center
Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lamar, Colo.
High School:
Lamar

Barry on Hartshorn: ?Our offense is as good as Britt is. She is a tremendous passer out of the center spot and reads double-teams so well. I think Britt is one of the best passing centers in the country.?

2000-01 (Junior): Hartshorn became Colorado?s ninth best all-time rebounder last season, and currently has 564 boards to her credit. She is also just four points shy of 1,000 points, and should become Colorado?s 16th member of the 1,000 point club. Hartshorn had 22 games in double figures, as well as six double-doubles on the season. Grabbed the 10th double-double of her career and first of her season in CU?s 88-63 win over UCLA on Fox Sports Net. Had a season high 15 points and 10 boards in the effort, CU?s second double-double of the season. Quietly scored a season-high 22 and pulled down 10 boards in CU?s 98-62 defeat of No. 16 Florida on Dec. 22. Was 7 of 12 from the floor and 8 of 12 from the free throw line, in addition to getting three rejections in the game. Averaged a double-double (15 points, 10 boards) en route to all-tourney honors at the Masry and Vititoe Basketball Classic in San Diego. Was instrumental in the championship game, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 boards. Had the 15th double-double of her career against Kansas, scoring 14 points and 10 boards in CU?s win. Scored 17 points, had two blocks and three steals in 22 minutes to help defeat No. 20 Baylor 85-66. Had back-to-back double-doubles in the loss to Texas Tech and win over Kansas State, including a season high 12 boards vs. KSU. Hartshorn was also strong in CU?s Big 12 tournament play, scoring 17 points in both the win over Missouri and the loss to Oklahoma. Hartshorn led the Big 12 in blocks per game with 2.21, and was 22nd in scoring (11.8 ppg) 16th in rebounding (6.1) 4th in field goal percentage (.548), and 15th in defensive rebounds (4.16). For her work during the season, Hartshorn was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the league?s coaches, and was also named to the Kansas City Star?s All-Underrated Team. She was also named First Team Academic All-Big 12.

1999-2000 (Sophomore): Hartshorn played in, and started, 28 of Colorado?s 29 games and bettered five career marks in her second season under Ceal Barry?s direction. The agile center recorded seven double-doubles in the conference season, was Colorado?s second-leading scorer (379/13.5) and was second in total rebounds (376/6.6). She was eighth in the Big 12 in total boards, sitting at 12th in offensive boards (72), fourth in defensive boards (150) and ninth in field goal percentage at .505. She was fifth in the league in total double-doubles with nine. Two weeks after the start of practices, she was diagnosed with a meniscus tear on Oct. 24, had surgery the next day and returned to non-contact drills on Nov. 1. Three days later she suffered an unrelated right knee sprain and sat out of Colorado?s second exhibition game versus Texlen Trutnov. She earned her first regular season all-tournament distinction when she scored 31 points, grabbed 21 rebounds and rejected four shots in Colorado?s wins over Wright State and Western Michigan in CU?s Coors Classic. She missed the first game of her career against Loyola Marymount (Dec. 30) with a badly sprained left ankle, and returned three days later at Stanford, responding with 10 boards and seven points. Her freshman-to-sophomore year improvement was evident when she reached her rebound total from 1998-99 just 11 games into the season and bettered her freshman-year scoring mark eight games into the conference campaign. She quietly bettered the Big 12 Tournament single game and tournament blocked shots record when she rejected six shots against both Missouri and Texas Tech, for a tournament-best 12. She also connected on 31 points, including 13-of-17 from the charity stripe, and 15 rebounds in CU?s first-round win over Missouri and quarterfinal loss to Texas Tech. Hartshorn?s 56 blocked shots her sophomore year are second all-time on CU?s second-year player list and her 93 career rejections are fifth all-time at CU.

1998-99 (Freshman): The Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year had no problem holding up her end of the honor. She was CU?s second leading scorer (8.7) with 14 starts in 29 games, the 1998-99 season marked the first time that two freshmen (Lappe) led a one-two punch in scoring since the 1979-80 season when freshman Deb Descano averaged 16.7 points and classmate Betsy Bailey, 12.0. In CU?s upset win over Stanford during the preseason, the frosh scored 24 points. Hartshorn was named the Big 12 Rookie of the Week on Jan. 25 when against nationally-ranked Kansas and Nebraska she averaged 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots in the CU sweep. With a career high eight blocked shots against then-No. 23 Nebraska, she broke a 19-year old CU single game record, previously 7, held by Lisa Van Goor against Eastern Washington on Feb. 25, 1980. It was also a Big 12 individual season high. She averaged 1.3 rejections a game, which was fifth in the league and improved those numbers to 1.63 during the conference season, good for third. Hartshorn drew double teams from opponent defenses and took 91 free throws in addition to her 205 field goal attempts. Against nationally-ranked opponents she averaged 10.0 points, 5.3 boards and 2.2 blocked shots in 27.2 minutes. During league action Hartshorn was 19th in rebounds, pulling down 5.6 a game. After one season she was CU?s 13th all-time shot blocker with 37 rejections, third on the all-time freshman list. At the end of the season she took home the Chairman of the Boards Award after leading the team in rebounding (5.3).

High School: On the national scene her senior year Hartshorn was named a preseason second-team Street & Smith?s All-American, recognized in the publication as one of the top-10 high school players in the nation and was the 21st ranked prep player in the country as listed in the premier issue of the Women?s Basketball Journal. She would support those accolades throughout the season as she was a Naismith Player of the Year finalist (one of 10), a second-team Street & Smith?s and Parade All-American and named to USA Today?s third-team all-America list. She led Lamar to four consecutive 4A state titles and was the state tournament MVP each year. A four-time all-Pikes Peak League, and all-state pick following her freshman (21-4), sophomore (23-2), junior (25-0) and senior (25-0) campaigns while averaging double doubles (17.9 points, 12.2 rebounds) throughout her career and named All-Colorado in 1996, ?97 and ?98. Hartshorn left the Lamar program as its school record holder in single game points scored, career points and rebounds (1,218) and the state?s career blocked shots leader (452) as well as all-time rebounder. In May of ?98 she was the winner of the Rocky Mountain News? Steinmark Athlete of the Year Award, presented annually to the top student-athlete in the state. She received the honor just 10 years after current Colorado assistant coach Jen (Tubergen) Warden received it as an athlete at Denver Christian in 1988. Hartshorn was also a four year letterwinner in volleyball at the middle blocker position where she was a four-time all-Pikes Peak League selection and an all-state pick her junior and senior seasons as well as the state tournament?s MVP in 1997. Hartshorn chose Colorado over Georgia, Stanford and Tennessee.

Off the Court: Born Dec. 14, 1979, Hartshorn is majoring in speech, language and hearing science at Colorado, and is considering a career as a sign language interpreter. Her older brother Tyson works as a computer engineer in Colorado Springs. Her other brother Cody recently graduated from LSU and is now attending medical school at the CU Health Sciences Center in Denver. Her mother Beth works as an artist for Simpich Character Dolls in Manitou Springs, and her father John owns a financial advising company in Lamar. She is the proud aunt of one niece and one nephew.