2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Zelaya, Alexandra
Jersey Number 0
Alexandra Zelaya
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Goodyear, Ariz.
- High School:
- Millennium
Bio
Graduated in May of 2024 with a degree in Environmental Science and minors in Marine Science and Business Administration... Last name is pronounced zeh-LIE-uh ... Represented the team on UNC's Student-Athlete Advisory Council
2023-24: As a senior, played in 21 games and started on Senior Day, the home finale against Duke … Averaged 2.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game … Played a crucial 15:38 in the win over Oklahoma with a season-high six rebounds and two steals … Saw a season-high 18:03 of playing time in the overtime loss to Virginia Tech on 2/4. She finished with a season-high six points, going 2-3 from three-point range. It marked the first time in her career she had hit multiple threes in a game … Scored a career-high 12 points on 4-7 shooting from three-point range in the Feb. 22 win over No. 6 NC State. She played a career-high 22:13 off the bench … Went 2-3 from long range in the Senior Day win over Duke on March 3 ... For the season, went 12-34 from three-point range with nine of her makes in ACC play
2022-23: As a junior, started three games and appeared in 26 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... Season-high six points on 2-3 shooting in the home game against Virginia (2/2) ... Tied her career highs in rebounds (7) and added three assists and two blocks against South Carolina State ... Career-high five assists and two steals against Boston College (2/12) ... Played a career-high 31 minutes in the overtime game at NC State on Feb. 16
2021-22: As a sophomore, came off the bench to play in 28 of 32 games ... Averaged 1.8 points and 2.1 rebounds ... Scored a career-high 10 points in the final game of the season, the Sweet 16 battle vs. eventual-NCAA Champion South Carolina ... She was 4-6 from the field and 2-2 from the line in a season-high 21 minutes of play at the Greensboro Coliseum ... Also played 21 minutes in the win at Duke on Jan. 27, scoring a then-season-high seven points ... Career high for rebounds was six on three occasions ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21: As a freshman, came off the bench to provide post depth in 13 games ... Averaged 6.4 minutes per appearance ... Against Florida State on Feb. 4, went 3-3 including a three-pointer in 5:41 of playing time. Her seven points in that game equaled her career high and marked a career high in ACC play ... Played a season-high 22 minutes against Radford ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
Before UNC: Graduate of Millennium High School ... 2020 5A State Champion in her junior and senior years ... As a senior, named 5A Conference Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year and All-Arizona ... Four-star recruit ranked No. 97 overall in her class and 22 at her position ... Team co-captain ... All-conference first team in her junior and senior years ... As a junior, was 5A Region Offensive Player of the Year and All-Arizona ... 6A All-Conference second team and All-Region first team in her freshman and sophomore years ... With her club team, was named to the 2019 Adidas All-USA Team and was an Adidas All-American in 2017 and 2018
More on Zelaya: Daughter of Rey and Tala Zelaya ... Has an older sister, Adriana, and a younger sister, Avalyn ... Her father played basketball at Oregon Tech and her sister Adriana played at Monmouth ... Adriana went on to study at UNC's Adams School of Dentistry ... Favorite pastimes are watching Netflix, sleeping, making art (painting, sketching, drawing) and spending time outdoors ... Loves traveling and trying new foods and restaurants ... Favorite sports other than basketball are football and tennis to watch and volleyball to play ... Fun fact is that she loves riding horses when visiting family in Montana ... Athlete she admires most is Michael Jordan ... After graduating from UNC, plans to go to graduate school and play basketball overseas ... Dream job is to be a marine/environmental scientist
2023-24: As a senior, played in 21 games and started on Senior Day, the home finale against Duke … Averaged 2.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game … Played a crucial 15:38 in the win over Oklahoma with a season-high six rebounds and two steals … Saw a season-high 18:03 of playing time in the overtime loss to Virginia Tech on 2/4. She finished with a season-high six points, going 2-3 from three-point range. It marked the first time in her career she had hit multiple threes in a game … Scored a career-high 12 points on 4-7 shooting from three-point range in the Feb. 22 win over No. 6 NC State. She played a career-high 22:13 off the bench … Went 2-3 from long range in the Senior Day win over Duke on March 3 ... For the season, went 12-34 from three-point range with nine of her makes in ACC play
2022-23: As a junior, started three games and appeared in 26 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Averaged 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... Season-high six points on 2-3 shooting in the home game against Virginia (2/2) ... Tied her career highs in rebounds (7) and added three assists and two blocks against South Carolina State ... Career-high five assists and two steals against Boston College (2/12) ... Played a career-high 31 minutes in the overtime game at NC State on Feb. 16
2021-22: As a sophomore, came off the bench to play in 28 of 32 games ... Averaged 1.8 points and 2.1 rebounds ... Scored a career-high 10 points in the final game of the season, the Sweet 16 battle vs. eventual-NCAA Champion South Carolina ... She was 4-6 from the field and 2-2 from the line in a season-high 21 minutes of play at the Greensboro Coliseum ... Also played 21 minutes in the win at Duke on Jan. 27, scoring a then-season-high seven points ... Career high for rebounds was six on three occasions ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21: As a freshman, came off the bench to provide post depth in 13 games ... Averaged 6.4 minutes per appearance ... Against Florida State on Feb. 4, went 3-3 including a three-pointer in 5:41 of playing time. Her seven points in that game equaled her career high and marked a career high in ACC play ... Played a season-high 22 minutes against Radford ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
Before UNC: Graduate of Millennium High School ... 2020 5A State Champion in her junior and senior years ... As a senior, named 5A Conference Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year and All-Arizona ... Four-star recruit ranked No. 97 overall in her class and 22 at her position ... Team co-captain ... All-conference first team in her junior and senior years ... As a junior, was 5A Region Offensive Player of the Year and All-Arizona ... 6A All-Conference second team and All-Region first team in her freshman and sophomore years ... With her club team, was named to the 2019 Adidas All-USA Team and was an Adidas All-American in 2017 and 2018
More on Zelaya: Daughter of Rey and Tala Zelaya ... Has an older sister, Adriana, and a younger sister, Avalyn ... Her father played basketball at Oregon Tech and her sister Adriana played at Monmouth ... Adriana went on to study at UNC's Adams School of Dentistry ... Favorite pastimes are watching Netflix, sleeping, making art (painting, sketching, drawing) and spending time outdoors ... Loves traveling and trying new foods and restaurants ... Favorite sports other than basketball are football and tennis to watch and volleyball to play ... Fun fact is that she loves riding horses when visiting family in Montana ... Athlete she admires most is Michael Jordan ... After graduating from UNC, plans to go to graduate school and play basketball overseas ... Dream job is to be a marine/environmental scientist
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