Biography
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SENIOR (2017-18) – All-Mountain West selection … MW Player of the Week (12/18) … CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII second team selection … Played and started in all 36 games during her final season … Logged over 1,000 minutes on the floor, averaging 28.2 minutes per game … Posted career numbers in nearly every statistical category including points (511), rebounds (310), assists (48), field goal percentage (51.4) and free throw percentage (78.0) … Ranked 11th in the Mountain West in points per game (14.2) and was third in rebounding per game (8.6) … Produced a career-high 12 double-doubles, including a stretch of three in a row from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 … Recorded six 20-point games, which included a career-best 24 points in the win over Stanislaus State (12/12) where she also grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds … Scored in double figures in 31 of the team’s 36 games and ended the season with 15 consecutive games in double figures … Blocked 19 shots on the year and had 22 steals … Her field goal percentage of 51.4 ranked third in the conference … Also ranked second in the league in offensive rebounds per game (3.4) … Ended her career as just the sixth player in program history to accumulate over 900 points and 700 rebounds in their career … Fell just 28 points shy of reaching 1,000 in her career … Ranks fifth in career rebounds (737) … Played in 125 games, which is third most in program history … For her career she averaged 7.8 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game, dished out 124 assists, had 75 blocks, 72 steals and connected on 47.2 percent of her shots … Letter winner.
JUNIOR (2016-17) – Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and part of the All-MW academic team … Appeared in all 30 games during her junior year with 18 starts … Ended the season with six consecutive starts … Logged nearly 600 minutes on the floor to average 19.7 minutes per game … Played a career-high 42 minutes in a triple overtime win over Hawai’I (12/18) … Scored 168 points on the year, averaging 5.6 points per game and scored in all but three games … Eclipsed 400 points for her career during the season … Had three games in double figures with 10 at Pepperdine (11/20), 11 against Navy (11/25) and a season-high 14 against San Diego State … Posted a double-double with 10 and 10 at Pepperdine (11/20) … Made 7-of-10 from the free throw line vs. Utah State (2/1), setting career highs for both … Set a career high with five assists twice during the season, vs. UC Irvine (12/1) and in the season opener against Long Beach State (11/11) … Connected on 41.7 percent (68-of-163) of her shots from the field and 69.6 percent (32-of-46) from the free throw line … Attempted one three-pointer in the regular season finale at Colorado State (3/3) … Pulled down 168 rebounds (71 off, 97 def), which ranked third on the team (5.6 rpg) … Finished the season ranked third on the team with a career-high 41 assists … Blocked 17 shots and had 20 steals … Letter winner.
SOPHOMORE (2015-16) – Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and part of the All-MW academic team … Appeared in all 30 games during her second season, making 21 starts … Ended the year by starting in nine games in a row … Averaged 7.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game (second best on the team) … Logged 721 minutes on the floor to average 24.0 minutes per game … Shot 46.3 percent (88-of-190) from the field and 72.9 percent (43-of-59) from the free throw line … Collected a total of 219 points, 177 rebounds (81 off, 96 def), 23 assists, 25 blocks (second best on the team) and 23 steals … Played a season-high 39 minutes during the home finale against Boise State (3/1) … Scored in double figures in nine games and posted two double-doubles … Her first double-double came at home vs. San Jose State (2/17) where she pulled down a season-best 18 rebounds and added 11 points … Her second double-double came during the home finale vs. Boise State (3/1) with a season-high 17 points and 13 rebounds … Scored at least two points and grabbed at least two rebounds in all but one game … Played at least 10 minutes in all 30 games … Blocked a season-best three shots against Fresno State (1/6) and collected four steals in the next game against Air Force (1/9) … During the last seven games of the season she averaged a double-double (10.4 ppg, 10.3 rpg) and scored in double figures in four of the seven … Letter winner.
FRESHMAN (2014-15) – Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and part of the All-MW academic team … Made two starts during her 29 appearances as a freshman … Logged 291 minutes on the floor to average 10.0 minutes per game … Got her first career start and played a season-high 24 minutes at Wyoming (2/18) … Scored 74 points on the year (2.6 ppg) and collected 82 rebounds (2.8 rpg) … Shot 38 percent (30-of-79) from the field, made 1-of-2 from the three-point line, and shot 68.4 percent (13-of-19) from the foul line … Dished out 12 assists, posted 14 blocks and had seven steals for the year … Sunk her lone three-pointer at home against Colorado State (1/14) … Pulled down a rebound in all 29 games in which she appeared, including a season-high eight in a win over Utah State (2/11) … Scored a season-best nine points at New Mexico (2/14) on 3-of-4 shooting from both the field and the foul line … Letter winner.
HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Los Lunas High School in Los Lunas, N.M. and played under her father Marty Zeller … Two-time All-Metro Player of the Year … Two-time Defensive Player of the Year, twice named the MVP of the state basketball tournament, two-time District 6 AAAA Player of the Year, All-State first team honors in three seasons, named second team All-State as a freshman, multiple tournament MVP awards throughout her four years … Helped lead her team to a district and state championship in the 2012-13 season and a district title in her senior year … Five-sport student-athlete in basketball (2010-14), cross country (2011), tennis (2012), volleyball (2012), and track (2014) … Named to the All-Metro first team and All-State second team in volleyball … Captured a district title in volleyball and a district championship in track … Was a member of the marching band, concert band, student government, National Honor Society, president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, finished fourth in class rank and received a four-year academic letter, maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average throughout high school.
PERSONAL – Daughter of Marty and Gael Zeller … Has three siblings, older brothers Roman and Weston and younger brother Zanen … Father Marty played basketball at New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) and Baylor, and brother Weston played basketball at NMMI … Journalism major … Lists her sports hero as her dad and coach, Marty … Most memorable game of her career is winning the New Mexico state championship … In her spare time she enjoys playing the piano and flute, reading and writing, crochet, singing, listening to and studying music lyrics, and relaxing and spending time with her family … Played club/AAU basketball for Grants Hot Shots, coached by her father, NM Select, coached by Tom Poulin and NM/Texas Heat, coached by Robert Sanchez … Also recruited by a number of schools including Texas Tech, Arizona State, Princeton, Oregon, Colorado, Pepperdine, New Mexico, Fresno State, UNLV, among many others … Quote on why she chose Nevada, “The university’s campus is exactly how I pictured my dream college ever since I was a little girl, and having the opportunity to be a part of one of the top journalism programs in the country is icing on the cake!”
