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Gianna Zajac

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High School Bayard Rustin
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Biography

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.
 
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.
 
2023-24: Competed in eight races on the year, mostly with the Eights … Part of a 3V4 that finished 11th 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).
 
2022-23: Coxswain in nine races at eight events … Helped the JV8 to an 11th 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 39th place finish (16:09.206) and a Club Championship 8s team to a 29th 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior