CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
All-CAA Team |
2024-25 |
For Stars Network Athlete Watchlist |
Spring 2025 |
Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team |
2024-25 |
CRCA Scholar Athlete |
2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll |
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
Villanova Career: All-CAA Team selection … Two-time CRCA Scholar Athlete and named to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team once… Served primarily been coxswain for the 3V8 and V4 in her first two years before moving to the V8 in her junior campaign … Has competed in 23 events.
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2024-25: All-CAA Team selection and named to the For Stars Network Athlete Watchlist for the Spring of 2025 … Competed in all six events on the year for 15 races … Coxswain with the fours for one race before spending the rest of the season with the V8 … Had two fourth-place finishes at the Head of the Schuylkill in the Championship 4s (14:05.249) and the Championship 8s (13:02.174) … Picked up a trio of wins against Lehigh’s V8 at the Bucknell Invite to close the fall with the fastest showing in the head-to-head being a 3:01.27 … Crossed sixth in the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup in 6:48.45 … V8 saw a weekend-best time of 6:42.493 in the third round of the Lake Wheeler Invite … V8 finished fourth in the Grand Final in 6:59.222 at the CAA Championship.
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2023-24: Competed in eight races on the year, mostly with the Eights … Part of a 3V4 that finished 11
th at the Navy Day Regatta … Finished third with the Novice 8s at the Bucknell Invite (7:12.69) … Picked up a sixth-place Petite Final showing with the 2V8 (7:20.62) at Doc Hosea … Coxswain for the V8 through the final three events of the season, grabbing two fourth-place Grand Final showings at the Mason Invite (7:05.3) and the CAA Championship (7:04.546) … Won the head-to-head V8 race against Stockton (7:09.63).
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2022-23: Coxswain in nine races at eight events … Helped the JV8 to an 11
th place showing at the Navy Day Regatta, crossing in 14:13.80 … Led two shells at the Head of the Schuylkill, pushing a Championship 4s group to a 39
th place finish (16:09.206) and a Club Championship 8s team to a 29
th place finish (14:18.018) … Saw with the 3V8 group that finished fifth at Doc Hosea in 7:42.18 … Led the V4 team that was third in the Petite Final at the Knecht Cup with a time of 8:25.05 … Finished fifth in the V4 Grand Final (8:25.5) at the Mason Invite … Had a pair of second-place finishes in head-to-head races with UConn (7:10.85) and Bucknell (7:19.37) … Directed the V4 to a sixth-place showing at the CAA Championships, crossing in 9:20.324.
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2021-22: Made her collegiate debut with the Third Varsity Eight in a head-to-head with UConn as the coxswain, helping the team to a third-place showing in 8:17.81.
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Bayard Rustin High School: Played midfielder for lacrosse and point guard for basketball while also earning two varsity letters in soccer at center mid and track and field as a mid-distance runner … Member of the National Honor Society, French National Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society.
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Personal: Born 10/08/2002 in Annapolis, Md. … Daughter of Gena and Christian Zajac … Has a twin brother, Brandon … Enjoys singing and playing piano and ukulele … Nursing major.