The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Weathersby, Zakyia
Jersey Number 55
Zakyia Weathersby
- Class:
- Junior
- Prev School:
- Jones College
- Hometown:
- Collins, Miss.
- High School:
- Collins
Bio
2020-21 (Senior)
- Named to the Conference USA All-Second Team
- Started all 23 games for the Blazers, averaging a double-double (12.3 rebounds/13.7 points)
- Posted 14 double-doubles, the most in Conference USA
- Set two new career-highs at Old Dominion on Feb. 19 with 21 rebounds and 12 made field goals
- Named C-USA Player of the Week on Feb. 22, the first weekly honor of her career
- Led the conference in rebounds (282), field goal percentage (58.2%), defensive rebounds (194) and was second in offensive rebounds (Avg/3.38)
- Had four 20-rebound performances and a league-high 16 10-rebound games
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Junior)
- Tallied six blocks against Samford (Dec. 3) the second-best mark on UAB single-game history
- Played in a career high 28 minutes against Colorado (Dec. 20)
- Recorded her first career double-double with 30 points and 12 rebounds against Tuskegee (Dec. 30), both career best marks
- Made first career start at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 20)
- Scored in double-figures eight times including the only 30-point performance on the team of the season
- Led the Blazers in rebounds on four occasions
- First on the team in field goal percentage (66.1%)
- Tied for most blocks on the team (31), recording 3+ blocks three times
- Averaged 7.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game
Jones College
-Second team All-MACJC South Division
-Averaged 10.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game
-Career highlights include 24 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks against Three Rivers in the 2019 season
-Helped lead Jones College to State, Regional and District championships in 2019
High School
-Played at Collins High School in Collins, Miss. under head coach Carla Holder
-Honors student and the salutatorian for her class at Collins High School in Mississippi
Personal
-Daughter of Clancy Weathersby
-Has four brothers, Jeramiah, Dontarius, Dontavius, Xzaviah, and one sister, Shaffaria
-Born on Oct. 23, 1998
-Earned her degree in psychology in May 2021, pursuing master’s in community health
- Named to the Conference USA All-Second Team
- Started all 23 games for the Blazers, averaging a double-double (12.3 rebounds/13.7 points)
- Posted 14 double-doubles, the most in Conference USA
- Set two new career-highs at Old Dominion on Feb. 19 with 21 rebounds and 12 made field goals
- Named C-USA Player of the Week on Feb. 22, the first weekly honor of her career
- Led the conference in rebounds (282), field goal percentage (58.2%), defensive rebounds (194) and was second in offensive rebounds (Avg/3.38)
- Had four 20-rebound performances and a league-high 16 10-rebound games
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Junior)
- Tallied six blocks against Samford (Dec. 3) the second-best mark on UAB single-game history
- Played in a career high 28 minutes against Colorado (Dec. 20)
- Recorded her first career double-double with 30 points and 12 rebounds against Tuskegee (Dec. 30), both career best marks
- Made first career start at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 20)
- Scored in double-figures eight times including the only 30-point performance on the team of the season
- Led the Blazers in rebounds on four occasions
- First on the team in field goal percentage (66.1%)
- Tied for most blocks on the team (31), recording 3+ blocks three times
- Averaged 7.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game
Jones College
-Second team All-MACJC South Division
-Averaged 10.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game
-Career highlights include 24 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks against Three Rivers in the 2019 season
-Helped lead Jones College to State, Regional and District championships in 2019
High School
-Played at Collins High School in Collins, Miss. under head coach Carla Holder
-Honors student and the salutatorian for her class at Collins High School in Mississippi
Personal
-Daughter of Clancy Weathersby
-Has four brothers, Jeramiah, Dontarius, Dontavius, Xzaviah, and one sister, Shaffaria
-Born on Oct. 23, 1998
-Earned her degree in psychology in May 2021, pursuing master’s in community health
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