Video Coordinator Colson Steps Down To Become Assistant At Rice
May 04, 2015 | Women's Basketball
HOUSTON- Former Texas A&M women's basketball video coordinator Sydney Colson has stepped down from her position to become a women's basketball assistant coach at Rice.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for Sydney to go back to her hometown and advance her coaching career," said Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair. "She will work for a great head coach in Tina Langley, and will do special things at Rice. We wish Sydney the best of luck moving forward."
Colson, the starting point guard of Texas A&M's 2011 National Championship team, had been on the bench for the Aggies since January 2014, and served as video coordinator for the 2014-15 season. Since returning to the bench, the Aggies went 33-15.
Colson has been a part of A&M's three most successful NCAA Tournament runs, helping the Aggies to the 2008 Elite Eight and 2011 National Championship as a player, and was on the bench as a graduate assistant for A&M's run to the Elite Eight in 2014.
As a player, Colson had her best season during her senior year, the 2010-11 National Championship season. She led the conference and ranked in the top 10 nationally with 6.1 assists per game. She finished the season with 221 assists, which ranks third on A&M's single-season assists chart. She still ranks fifth all-time at A&M in career assists (504) and fourth in career steals (255). She was an honorable mention All-America and all-conference selection her senior year.
Colson, a Houston, Texas native, finished her four-year career with 853 points, 504 assists and 255 steals over 138 games. She posted over 100 assists in each of her final three seasons, which were her three seasons as the Aggies' starting point guard. While playing at A&M, her teams went an astounding 115-29.
Since graduating, Colson played for the New York Liberty in the WNBA, and played professionally in Poland.
