Awards and Honors
Dean's List: S23
Athletic Director's Honor Roll: F22, F23, S24
Career Recap: Austin Peay
2023-2024 (Graduate)
Appeared in 32 games, making seven starts… Averaged 13.4 minutes per game... Had 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game... Had a season-high 12 points against Chicago State, Nov. 25... Picked up a season-high eight rebounds at Lipscomb, Feb. 17... Had 17 blocks, with two three block games against Kansas City, Nov. 24, and at Stetson, March 9... Her career-high three assists came against Trevecca, Nov. 6
2022-23 (Senior)
Appeared in 24 games, making 20 starts, including in each of her final 16 games of the season… Scored in double figures five times, all coming in ASUN Conference play… Scored six points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in her first game as a Gov against Cumberland, Nov. 7… Reached double figures for the first time in her APSU career against Bellarmine, Feb. 2, sparking a streak of four-straight games with at least 10 points… Scored a season-high 14 points and grabbed six rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting from the field against North Florida, Feb. 9.
Career Recap: St. Jospeh’s (PA)
Appeared in 56 games across her three-year career at St. Joseph’s… Averaged 7.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game 2021-22, while also averaging 52.8 percent from the field and 70.8 percent from the charity stripe… Led the Hawks in offensive and defensive rebounds in her first two seasons and totaled 100-career offensive rebounds after her career at SJU.
Career Recap: Life Center Academy
Averaged 13.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 8.0 blocks per game during her prep career at Life Center Academy under head coach Hilton Clarke… Recorded over 1000 points and rebounds during her high school career.
Personal
Gabriella Zapata-Smalls is the daughter of Ivette and Fred Smalls… Has three siblings: Fred, Elijah and Elisa… Born Jan. 11… Was a member of the 2021 and 2023 Puerto Rico Women's Basketball National Team at the Centrobasket Women's Championship alongside former Governor Nina De Leon Negron and APSU alumna Arielle Gonzalez-Varner.
