2024-25 (Graduate): Transferred to UNCW after playing four seasons at North Carolina ... Started in all 32 games ... Led the Seahawks with, 12.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a team-high 28.6 minutes per game ... Named Coastal Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year ... Selected to the All-CAA first team ... Member of the league's all-defensive team ... Finished seventh in the NCAA with 81 blocks, eighth in blocks per game (2.53) and 13th in defensive rebounds per game (7.6) ... Led the CAA in blocks, blocks per game, double-doubles (11), defensive rebounds per game and rebounds per game ... One of five players to be recognized as USBWA National Player of the Week following two dominant double-double performances in wins vs. Hofstra on Jan. 31, 2025 (22 points, 13 rebounds) and vs. Stony Brook on Feb. 2, 2025 (career-high 26 points, 14 rebounds) ... Also earned CAA Player of the Week for those performances ... Broke UNCW's 25-year single-season blocks record vs. Hampton (March 6, 2025), finishing with 18 points, 12 rebounds, and six blocks ... Finished eighth in program history in blocks ... Converted a team-best 81.3% from the free-throw line ... Shot 40.6% from the field ... Went 34.2% from 3-point distance and made 38 triples, the third-most on the team ... Scored in double figures 23 times, including 15 consecutive conference games ... 13 double-digit rebounding games on the season ... 11 games with 15 or more points ... Eight games with four or more blocks ... Tallied 16 points and a career-high 19 rebounds with five blocks in the 56-40 win against UMass Lowell in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Nov. 29, 2024) ... 10 points and 10 rebounds against William & Mary (Jan. 24, 2025) ... Recorded 15 points and 13 rebounds in the 66-50 win at Hampton (Jan. 26) ... Poured in 23 points in UNCW's 72-63 win at Towson (Feb. 23, 2025) ... 10 points, nine rebounds and a career-high eight blocks vs. North Carolina A&T (Feb. 28, 2025) ... Scored 13 points with 11 rebounds on Senior Day vs. College of Charleston (March 2, 2025) ... Ended collegiate career with an 11-point, 10-rebound performance in CAA Second Round game against Delaware (March 13, 2025).
2023-24 (Senior) at North Carolina: 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, finishing with a season-high six points (2-for-3 from three-point range), marking 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, playing 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 (Junior) at North Carolina:Â 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, shooting 2-for-3Â in the home game against Virginia (Feb. 2, 2023) ... Tied her career-highs in rebounds (seven) and added three assists and two blocks against South Carolina State ... Career-high five assists and two steals against Boston College (Feb. 12, 2023) ... Played a career-high 31 minutes in the overtime game at NC State on Feb. 16, 2023.
2021-22 (Sophomore) at North Carolina: 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, shooting 4-of-6 from the field and 2-for-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 seven points ... Career-high six rebounds on three occasions ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Freshman) at North Carolina: 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-for-3 including a three-pointer in 5:41 of playing time scoring 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.
High School:Â Graduate of Millennium High School ... 2020 Arizona 5A State Champion in her junior and senior year ... 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 year ... 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 year ... With her club team, Zelaya was named to the 2019 Adidas All-USA team and was an Adidas All-American in 2017 and 2018.
Personal: Full Name: Alexandra Rae 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 and 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 ... Graduated from North Carolina with a bachelor's degree in environmental science with a concentration in water and climate and a minor in marine biology ... Pursuing master's degree in marine biology at UNCW ... Wants to play professionally overseas ... Dream job is to be a marine/environmental scientist.
