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PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

12 Maria Benitez-Zayas

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Highschool Lake Mary HS
  • Prev School Palm Beach State College

Biography

Bio Dividers - Honors & Awards

  • 3x SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll - Spring 2021, 2022, 2023
  • 3x President's List (4.0 GPA) - Fall 2020-Spring 2021, Spring 2022
  • 2x Provost's List (3.5-3.99 GPA) - Fall 2021, Spring 2023
  • All-SSC second team - 2020-21
  • All-SSC newcomer team - 2020-21
  • PBA Newcomer of the Year - 2020-21
  • 2020-21 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
Personal
Born August 14...comes to PBA after playing two years at Palm Beach State...hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico...has two siblings, Shantal and Jose...majoring in Exercise Science...favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 16:3...favorite athlete is Trae Young...chose PBA because it was a good fit academically, spiritually and athletically.

2022-23 (Graduate)
Started all 26 of the games she appeared in for the Sailfish during the season... scored 9.2 points per game and reached double figures 13 times on the year including in all of the final five games... scored a season-high 20 points in PBA's win at Florida Tech on Feb. 11... led the team with 4.2 assists per game with a season-high of eight on three different occasions.

2021-22 (Senior) 
Started 24 of the 27 games she appeared in for the Sailfish during the season... the point guard averaged 6.2 ppg and led the team in assists with 77... scored double-figures six times during the season including a season-high of 15 points against Tampa (2/26/22)... recorded 35 steals and 75 rebounds on the year.

2020-21 (Junior) - Season Shortened due to Covid-19
Started all 11 games for the Sailfish on the season... averaged 27.8 minutes per game... led the team with 30 assists on the season and in ppg, averaging 10.4 per game... scored a season-high 22 points against Barry (3/10/21)... scored in double figures five time on the season.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Played in 31 games, including 22 starts for Palm Beach State...averaged 7.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game...scored a season-high 20 points against St. Petersburg College on Dec. 31...had a season-high seven assists against Broward College on Jan. 18...grabbed a season-high six rebounds in games against Hillsborough (Nov. 22), ASA Miami (Feb. 1) and College of Central Florida (Mar. 5).

2018-19 (Freshman)
Started in all 29 games in which she appeared...averaged 6.9 points per game, 2.8 assists per game and 2.0 rebounds per game...scored a season-high 16 points against College of Central Florida (Dec. 18)...tallied a season-high seven assists against Florida State-Jacksonville (Nov. 3) and Indian River State (Feb. 16)...notched six rebounds against Tallahassee CC on Dec. 10.

High School
Played at Lake Mary HS under coach Rick Weyers...earned first team all-conference honors her senior season...awarded the South Carolina Invitational Most Valuable Player award during her senior season...helped lead her team to a South Carolina Invitational championship and district championship.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2020-21Junior

    Guard
    5'3"
    12
  • 12

    2021-22Senior

    Guard
    5'3"
    12
  • 12

    2022-23Graduate Student

    Guard
    5'3"
    12