Colorado State University Athletics
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4/12/2023 12:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Colorado State signs 6-3 forward from Howard College
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State women's basketball program and head coach Ryun Williams is excited to announce the addition of Ann Mary Zachariah to the 2023-24 roster. Zachariah is a 6-3 forward transfer from Howard College.
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"Ann Mary has a very versatile skill set," said Williams. "At 6-3, she has impressive perimeter skills and her ability to shoot it will make her a very tough match up. Ann Mary played in arguably the best JC league in the country for very well respected, Howard College and we are excited that she will have three years as a Colorado State Ram!
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Zachariah played 29 games for the Howard College Hawks – a Junior College in Big Spring, Texas. In her first collegiate season she averaged 15.4 points per game while shooting 40.2 percent and pulling down 10.4 rebounds per contest. In her collegiate debut, she scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and added six steals and eight rebounds. She also recorded nine games with 20+ points, including a career high 37 on 14-for-22 shooting. While in the paint she tallied 17 games with double-figure rebounds, including a career-high 15 in five different games and a double-figure streak of five-consecutive games last season.
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With her dominating performances on the court, she was named the WJCAC Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year and to the All-Conference Team. During the season she was named the WJCAC Player of the Week twice – once after her career-high 37 points and again after a week of averaging 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds.
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Zachariah hails from Kerola, India and played prep hoops at Kansas State Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kansas. Her parents were also international basketball players – Zachariah Thomas and Jeena Zachariah. Ann Mary was also part of the 2018 FIBA U18 women's team in India playing in the Asian Championship Division B where she averaged 13.4 mins/game.
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Zachariah participated in three NBA-led basketball development programs before playing state side. In 2018 she participated in Basketball Without Borders Asia and in the following year participated in the third NBA Academy Women's Program camp in India as well as a participant in the NCAA's Next Generation program at the Women's Final Four in Tampa. The NBA Academy Women's Program is a series of basketball development camps for top female athletes from outside the U.S. at the league's academies.
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"Ann Mary has a very versatile skill set," said Williams. "At 6-3, she has impressive perimeter skills and her ability to shoot it will make her a very tough match up. Ann Mary played in arguably the best JC league in the country for very well respected, Howard College and we are excited that she will have three years as a Colorado State Ram!
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Zachariah played 29 games for the Howard College Hawks – a Junior College in Big Spring, Texas. In her first collegiate season she averaged 15.4 points per game while shooting 40.2 percent and pulling down 10.4 rebounds per contest. In her collegiate debut, she scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and added six steals and eight rebounds. She also recorded nine games with 20+ points, including a career high 37 on 14-for-22 shooting. While in the paint she tallied 17 games with double-figure rebounds, including a career-high 15 in five different games and a double-figure streak of five-consecutive games last season.
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With her dominating performances on the court, she was named the WJCAC Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year and to the All-Conference Team. During the season she was named the WJCAC Player of the Week twice – once after her career-high 37 points and again after a week of averaging 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds.
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Zachariah hails from Kerola, India and played prep hoops at Kansas State Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kansas. Her parents were also international basketball players – Zachariah Thomas and Jeena Zachariah. Ann Mary was also part of the 2018 FIBA U18 women's team in India playing in the Asian Championship Division B where she averaged 13.4 mins/game.
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Zachariah participated in three NBA-led basketball development programs before playing state side. In 2018 she participated in Basketball Without Borders Asia and in the following year participated in the third NBA Academy Women's Program camp in India as well as a participant in the NCAA's Next Generation program at the Women's Final Four in Tampa. The NBA Academy Women's Program is a series of basketball development camps for top female athletes from outside the U.S. at the league's academies.
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