Troy University Athletics
2013 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Marija Zelenovic
- Position:
- OH/RS
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Novi Sad, Serbia
- High School:
- Jovan Jovanovic
- Prev School:
- Lee University
Conference Yearly Honors
Preseason All-Sun Belt (2014)
Conference Weekly Honors
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (10/14/2013)
All-Tournament Honors
Big Orange Bash All-Tournament (2014)
Sun Belt Championships All-Tournament (2013)
Clemson Classic All-Tournament (2013)
Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic All-Tournament (2013)
In the Troy Record Book (as of end of playing career)
6th - Career points/set - 3.57
7th - Career kills/set - 3.02
2nd โ Single-season attack attempts โ 1354 (2013)
3rd โ Single-season kills โ 454 (2013)
4th โ Single-season points โ 532.5 (2013)
10thย โ Single-season kills/set โ 3.52 (2013)
Senior (2014): Saw action in 29 matches with 28 starts, playing in 109 sets despite battling injury most of the season โฆ Ranked third on the team with 265 kills and a 2.43 kills/set average โฆ Posted a .182 attack percentage โฆ Posted double-digit kills in 11 matches, including in eight Sun Belt matches โฆ
Set a career-high with 24 kills vs UT Arlington (10/19) โฆ Also set the Troy Sun Belt-era record for kills in a four-set match with the 24 kills vs UTA โฆ Posted season and career-high .481 attack percentage in season opener vs Austin Peay (8/29) with 16 kills and three errors on 27 attempts โฆ Ranked third on the team with 226 digs and a 2.07 digs/set average โฆ Posted double-digit digs in nine matches and recorded a double-double in six matches โฆ Recorded season-high 21 digs vs Appalachian State (9/21) โฆ Also ranked third on the team with 71 total blocks and a 0.65 blocks/set average โฆ Posted 5.0-plus blocks in five matches โฆ Also recorded 13 service aces โฆ Was named to the Big Orange Bash All-Tournament team โฆ Finish career sixth in Troyโs Division I history (1993-present) with a 3.57 points/set and seventh with 3.02 kills/set โฆ Finished two-year career with 719 kills, 501 digs, 152 total blocks, 46 service aces and 16 double-doubles
Junior (2013): Saw action in all 34 of Troyโs matches with 32 starts, playing in 129 sets โฆ Recorded a team-high 454 kills and 3.52 kills/set average, the fourth best average in the Sun Belt โฆ Hit .182 on the season โฆ The 454 kills were the third most in a single-season in Troyโs Division I history, the second most in the rally-scoring era โฆ Posted double-digit kills in 25 of 34 matches, including 20-plus in five matches โฆ Posted a season-high 22 kills twice โฆ Recorded 275 digs and a 2.13 digs/set average โฆ Had double-digit digs in 11 matches with 10 double-doubles โฆ Posted a season-high 23 digs against Texas State (10/27) โฆ Also posted a team-high 33 service aces, with 16 of them coming in the final seven matches of the season โฆ Was named to the Sun Belt Championships All-Tournament team after posting 36 kills, 19 digs, 7.0 total blocks and five service aces in Troyโs two matches, including a quarterfinal win over No. 1 seed WKU โฆ Was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after posting 31 kills and just four errors in Troyโs wins over Georgia State (10/11) and UL Monroe (10/13)
Prior to Troy: Played for two seasons at NAIA volleyball power Lee University โฆ Named an NAIA All-American as a freshman and a sophomore โฆ Helped the perennial Top 25 program to a combined 64-14 record in two seasons โฆ Led the Flames to two NAIA Volleyball National Championships appearances, including a semifinal appearance as a freshmanโฆ Helped the Flames to two Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament Championships โฆ Named to the All-SSAC first team in both her freshman and sophomore season โฆ Named the SSAC Freshman of the Year in 2011 โฆ Recorded 346 kills and hit .330 as a freshman โฆ Recorded 402 kills and hit .265 as a sophomore
High School: Played for four years at Gymnasium Jovan Jovanovicย Zmaj in Novi Sad, Serbia
Personal: Full name is Marija Zelenovic โฆ Born on January 1, 1992 โฆ Daughter of Milena Zelenovic โฆ Has one sister, Jelena, and one brother, Borisa โฆ Sister, Jelena, was a member of the rowing team at USC and also a member of the Serbian National Rowing Team โฆ Majoring in business
