Troy University Athletics
2021-22 Basketball (W) Roster
Roster
Za'Nautica Downs
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Moultrie, Ga.
- Prev School:
- UNC-Wilmington
Honors
All-CCA Third Team (2020-21)
CCA Sixth Women of the Year (2020-21)
NJCAA National Player of the Year Finalist
Junior (2021-22)
Saw action in 31 games, making a start… Averaged 5.5 points and 1.6 rebounds… Totaled 170 points, 50 rebounds, 24 assists, 17 steals and six blocks to help lead Troy to the Sun Belt regular season title… Knocked down 16 shots from distance… Shot an impressive 76.7 percent from the charity stripe (46-of-60)… Tallied six double-digit scoring contests, including four straight (Dec. 19 – Jan. 13)… Recorded a season-high 17 points at Tulane on 5-of-12 shooting… Went a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line against Tulane
UNCW (2020-21)
Third-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association ... Named CAA Sixth Women of the Year ... Ranked ninth in the CAA with 14.6 scoring average ... Fourth in the CAA with .809 free throw percentage ... Knocked down 35.0 percent of her three-point field goal attempts, good for sixth in the CAA ... Also ranked sixth in the CAA by averaging 1.8 steals per game ... Recorded 12 double-digit scoring games, including four games with 20 or more points ... Led the Seahawks to a road win at South Carolina State with a season-high 32 points ... Tallied 23 points at Delaware on Jan. 23, including a 13-for-16 showing at the foul line ... Helped the Seahawks to a win over Towson in the regular season finale with 20-points, including 5-for-10 from beyond the arc ... Registered a season-high seven steals against Campbell, which was tied for the most by a player in the CAA
Florida Southwestern State (2018-20)
Two-year letter winner who finished her career ranked second in school history with 1,057 career points ... Set a school record with 146 career three-pointers ... Two-time First-Team All-Suncoast Conference selection ... honored as 2019-20 Suncoast Conference Player of the Year ... Named Second-Team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore ... finalist for 2020 World Exposure NJCAA National Player of the Year ... named to Florida Southwestern State All-Decade Team ... set school record by scoring 41 points in a game ... Was teammates with current Trojan Tina Stephens during the 2018-19 season
Colquitt County High School
Three-year letter winner who finished her career as program’s second-leading scorer with 1,966 points ... Set a school record by scoring 640 points during junior season ... Two-time selection as GHSAA 1A-7A Region Offensive Player of the Year ... Named GACA Region 1A-7A Player of the Year in 2018 ... Led Colquitt County to the 2016-17 regional championship
Personal
• Daughter of Felicia Sanders
• Full name: Za’Nautic Dre’Cole Downs
• Majoring in Criminology
