2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Taylor Newton
© Michael Mann Jr
Jon Pearl
David Katzenmaier

21 Eleyana Tafisi

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Jordan, Utah
  • High School Copper Hills
  • Prev School Utah Valley

Biography

SENIOR • 2024-25
Led the Mountaineers in the assists category, averaging 4.6 assists per game, totaling 114 assists on the year … Shot 80.6% from the charity stripe … Made a season high nine assists on two occasions … Shot 75.0% from the field against Arkansas State (Dec. 29) and Southern Miss. (Jan. 4) …  Made a career high three 3-point buckets in the Mountaineers’ victory over ULM (Feb. 5) … Matched with Elena Pericic as the team’s top scorer against Louisiana (Jan. 30) with 13 points … Matched Asjah Inniss as the team’s top rebounder with six rebounds against Troy (Jan. 9) Made 23 starts and played in 25 games during the 2024-25 campaign. 

PRIOR TO APP STATE
Competed at Utah Valley ... Ranked fifth in assists per game and ranked in the top-10 in steals per game in the WAC for the 2022-23 season ... Was named Academic All-WAC team
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a McDonald's All-American nominee ... Averaged 13.2 points and 4.6 assists per game her senior year
 
CLUB
Played on the Utah Thunder club team under the direction of Lonnie Zunguze. Also played for the Las Vegas Storm club team under the direction of Dedan Thomas
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Salome and Moe ... Has four brothers: MJ, AJ, Lalo, and Nuu ... Her younger brother plays football at a JUCO ... Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, reading, puzzles, and skating

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