Alabama Signs Arkansas Pine-Bluff Transfer Zaay Green
4/16/2024 2:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The 2018 McDonalds All-American will join the Crimson Tide for the 2024-25 season
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team officially welcomed guard Zaay Green to the 2024-25 team head coach Kristy Curry announced Tuesday. As a 2018 McDonald's All-American starter, Green joins the Crimson Tide from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where she played in 55 games with the Lions after originally signing with Tennessee.
Zaay Green | Gr.
6-2 | Guard | Duncanville, Texas | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- A two-time First Team All-SWAC selection who played in 55 total games with the Lions
- Green comes to Alabama by way of UAPB, where she completed a Lions roster that posted a 12-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference record during the 2023-24 campaign
- She helped lead the Lions to a quarterfinals victory during the SWAC Tournament after having a career-high 32 points with eight assists
- Green ended the year with a team-high 484 points, averaging 16.7 points per game
- She also led the Lions in rebounds and assists, averaging 7.6 rebounds per game and 5.6 assists per game
- Green led UAPB in nine individual game-high categories, including field goals made with 11 at Oregon State (Nov. 6, 2023) and at Oregon (Nov. 8, 2023)
- Green started her collegiate career at Tennessee, where she spent two seasons (2018-19 and 2019-20) with the Lady Vols
- Was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and was awarded the Freshman of the Week honor twice
- She then transferred to Texas A&M for a season (2020-21) and won a regular season SEC Championship title with the Aggies
- Prior to her collegiate year, Green was tabbed as a five-star recruit, ranking No. 10 overall and was ranked as the second-best guard in the HoopGurlz ESPNW Top 100
- In 2018, Green started in both the 2018 McDonald's All-American game and in the Jordan Brand Classic and was named to the Naismith All-America Third Team and Max Preps All-America Fourth Team
Green's Accolades
- Two-time First Team All-SWAC (2022, 2024)
- Selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice (12/4/18 and 1/29/19)
- Participated in the 2018 USA Basketball U18 National Team Trials
- Participated in the 2016 USA Basketball U17 World Championship Team Trials
- Ranked No. 10 overall and the No. 2 guard in the HoopGurlz espnW Top 100
- Ranked No. 23 overall and the No. 3 guard in the 2018 Prospectsnation.com Elite 150
- McDonald's All-American (2018)
- Naismith All-America Third Team (2018)
- MaxPreps Fourth-Team All-American (2018)
- American Family Insurance ALL-USA Girls Basketball Third Team (2018)
- American Family Insurance ALL-USA Texas Girls Basketball Team (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Played in Jordan Brand Classic (2018)
- Started in the McDonald's All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic
- TABC 6A All-State (2017, 2018)
- 6A State Championship MVP (2016, 2017) as Duncanville won state titles
- Dallas Morning News Girls Newcomer of the Year (2015)
- Dallas Morning News Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2017)
- Dallas Morning News All-Area Team (2018)
- District 7-6A MVP (2018)
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