Monmouth University Athletics

2019-20 MAAC All-Academic Team
2019-20 MAAC All-Tournament Team
2018-19 MAAC All-Academic Team
2017-18 MAAC All-Academic Team
 
SENIOR (2019-20): Played in 29 games, including four starts… Averaged 1.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per contest… Played an average of 10.5 minutes per game… Added 10 assists, six steals, and three blocks… Scored four points and grabbed six rebounds in the season opener against Bucknell (Nov. 9)… Registered four points and three rebounds in a start at #20 Arizona (Dec. 2)… Scored a career-high 14 points, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line, and also matched a career high with six rebounds in a win at Iona (Feb. 11)… Scored seven points to go along with four rebounds against Rider on Senior Day (Mar. 7)

JUNIOR (2018-19): Played in 23 games… Averaged 0.9 points and 1.1 rebounds per game… Made a three-pointer at ECU (Nov. 9)… Scored four points (2-3 FG) in seven minutes against Saint Peter’s (Feb. 19)… Totaled a season-high eight points at Saint Peter’s (Mar. 2), going 3-6 from the floor and 2-3 from long range… Grabbed a season-high three rebounds at Sacred Heart (Nov. 25) and against Saint Peter’s… Added five assists, two steals, and a block on the season

SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Played in 28 games, including six starts... Averaged 2.4 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game... Made 10 three-pointers during the season... Scored eight points, including two triples at Navy (Nov. 30)... Made her first career start at Robert Morris (Dec. 3)... Registered six points with three rebounds at Fairfield (Jan. 5)... Played a career-high 25 minutes in the win at Iona (Jan. 13)... Dropped a career-high 10 points to go along with four rebounds against Quinnipiac (Jan. 18), going 4-of-8 from the floor... Scored nine points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds at Iona (Jan. 22)... Added seven points and five rebounds in just nine minutes at Canisius (Feb. 16)

FRESHMAN (2016-17): Missed the first 12 games of the season due to injury, but played in the final 19 games… Made collegiate debut on January 4 against Fairfield… Scored the first eight points of her career at Siena (Jan. 12), going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc… Scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds during the season… Hit a three-pointer against Canisius (Jan. 15) and Manhattan twice (Feb. 16, Feb. 24)… Pulled down a season-high three rebounds in the second of three games against Manhattan… Played double digit minutes on six occasions

BEFORE MONMOUTH: Earned All-Division Honorable Mention as a senior at Millennium High School in Goodyear, Ariz. ... Led Millennium to a State Division I Runner-Up finish and 28 wins as a junior and was named All-Section... Also led the Tigers to the State Division I Quarterfinals and a 23-7 record as a senior, averaging 10.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game… Led Millennium to an undefeated record in section and advanced further into the state playoffs than any other team in school history as a junior... Zelaya was named to the USJN All-Star Team and the PBR Super 64 All-Star Team in 2015 while playing for Team Bibby Girlz.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Tala and Rey Zelaya… Born in Denver… A biology major with a concentration in molecular physiology… Has two younger sisters, Alexandra and Ava Lyn… A survivor of pancreatic cancer at age nine whose career ambition is to be a molecular biologist, researching to find a cure for the disease.

ZELAYA'S CAREER HIGHS:
Points    14 at Iona (2/11/20)
Rebounds    6, three times, last at Iona (2/11/20)
Assists    3 at Robert Morris (12/3/17)
Blocks    2 vs Quinnipiac (1/18/18)
Steals    1, thirteen times, last vs Rider (3/7/20)
Minutes    25 at Iona (1/13/18)