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Men's Golf
vs The Invitational at The Honors Course
2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Sara Anastasieska
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
Bio
As a Graduate Student at Duke (2020-21):
Competed in four contests, while averaging 10.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals ... drained a season-high 23 points to go along with three steals, two blocks, two assists and two rebounds against Western Carolina ... hit a season-high 5-of-13 three-pointers versus the Catamounts ... season was cut short as Duke opted out of the 2020-21 campaign due to COVID-19, after only four contests. Â
As a Redshirt Senior at California-Berkeley (2019-20):
Saw action in 29 games, while starting 25 ... averaged 7.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists ... drained 27-of-96 from three-point land ... hit 82.1 percent from the charity stripe ... turned in a career-high 25 points on the road at No. 5 UConn with 25 points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal in 39 minutes ... hit 5-of-10 from downtown and 9-of-21 field goals ... collected 22 points versus Utah as she hit 4-of-10 from three-point land ... tallied 17 points against UC Riverside, after hitting 7-of-9 field goals and 3-of-4 three-pointers ... scored double-digits in eight contests ... started the first 25 games of the season ... drained two or more three-pointers in seven games.
As a Redshirt Junior at California-Berkeley (2018-19):
Missed the entire season due to injury (back).
As a Redshirt Sophomore at California-Berkeley (2017-18): Â
Appeared in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury… averaged 2.8 points per game in 7.9 minutes per game for the Bears … made her Golden Bear debut on November 17 against UConn, going 2-3 from beyond the arc … added a season-high four rebounds against Santa Clara to go with six points on 2-3 shooting from beyond the arc … matched her season-high again in Cal’s win over San Diego, scoring six points while going a perfect 3-3 from the floor …made her Pac-12 debut on December 31 against UCLA, going 2-2 from the foul line.
As a Sophomore at California-Berkeley (2016-17):
Sat out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules
As a Freshman at UTSA (2015-16):
Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … named to the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher … appeared in 25 of UTSA’s 29 contests and averaged 13.5 minutes per game … chipped in 4.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game … shot 66.7 percent at the free throw line … second on the Roadrunners squad with a 31.0 percent (13-42) clip from downtown … scored in double figures five times … went 7-9 with a team-best 19 points against UAB … also led all Roadrunner scorers in the regular-season finale against UTEP, scoring 14 points to help UTSA to its second win against a nationally ranked opponent in school history.
High School/AAU:
Selected to represent her Australian National teams, including the U19 (2015) and U17 (2014) teams … helped Australia qualify to the 2014 U17 World Championships after defeating New Zealand in three games at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships … toured the U.S. with her Australian National High Schools team, winning MVP awards of both the finals and Pflugerville Tournament after her team won the tourney (Dec. 2014) … named Most Valuable Player of her New South Wales squad at the U20 National Championships in February 2015 after starting every game and averaging 15.0 points per game and eight rebounds per game … claimed a U18 State Championships title with her Northern Suburbs Basketball Association squad (Aug. 2014) … went undefeated in the Waratah Metro Junior League in 2014 after starting all 18 games, averaging 15.0 points and 9.0 rebounds … averaged 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds through nine games at the U18 National Championships (April 2014) … selected to the Australian Development Camp squad by Australian Opals coach Brendan Joyce (Jan. 2014) … earned the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Sports Association’s prestigious Blue award for her achievement in basketball and academics – the lone recipient among all 60 Catholic Colleges in New South Wales (Feb. 2015) … a five-time recipient of the National Intensive Training Program Basketball Australia scholarship.
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Personal:
Full name is Sara Anastasieska ... born on Jan. 11, 1997 in Skopje, Macedonia ... daughter of Sasho and Jenny Anastasieski ... has one sister, Stefani (26) ... graduated from California - Berkeley in 2020 with a degree in sociology ... attending the Duke Fuqua School of Business in 2020-21.
Competed in four contests, while averaging 10.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals ... drained a season-high 23 points to go along with three steals, two blocks, two assists and two rebounds against Western Carolina ... hit a season-high 5-of-13 three-pointers versus the Catamounts ... season was cut short as Duke opted out of the 2020-21 campaign due to COVID-19, after only four contests. Â
As a Redshirt Senior at California-Berkeley (2019-20):
Saw action in 29 games, while starting 25 ... averaged 7.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists ... drained 27-of-96 from three-point land ... hit 82.1 percent from the charity stripe ... turned in a career-high 25 points on the road at No. 5 UConn with 25 points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal in 39 minutes ... hit 5-of-10 from downtown and 9-of-21 field goals ... collected 22 points versus Utah as she hit 4-of-10 from three-point land ... tallied 17 points against UC Riverside, after hitting 7-of-9 field goals and 3-of-4 three-pointers ... scored double-digits in eight contests ... started the first 25 games of the season ... drained two or more three-pointers in seven games.
As a Redshirt Junior at California-Berkeley (2018-19):
Missed the entire season due to injury (back).
As a Redshirt Sophomore at California-Berkeley (2017-18): Â
Appeared in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury… averaged 2.8 points per game in 7.9 minutes per game for the Bears … made her Golden Bear debut on November 17 against UConn, going 2-3 from beyond the arc … added a season-high four rebounds against Santa Clara to go with six points on 2-3 shooting from beyond the arc … matched her season-high again in Cal’s win over San Diego, scoring six points while going a perfect 3-3 from the floor …made her Pac-12 debut on December 31 against UCLA, going 2-2 from the foul line.
As a Sophomore at California-Berkeley (2016-17):
Sat out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules
As a Freshman at UTSA (2015-16):
Conference USA Academic Medal Winner … named to the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher … appeared in 25 of UTSA’s 29 contests and averaged 13.5 minutes per game … chipped in 4.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game … shot 66.7 percent at the free throw line … second on the Roadrunners squad with a 31.0 percent (13-42) clip from downtown … scored in double figures five times … went 7-9 with a team-best 19 points against UAB … also led all Roadrunner scorers in the regular-season finale against UTEP, scoring 14 points to help UTSA to its second win against a nationally ranked opponent in school history.
High School/AAU:
Selected to represent her Australian National teams, including the U19 (2015) and U17 (2014) teams … helped Australia qualify to the 2014 U17 World Championships after defeating New Zealand in three games at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships … toured the U.S. with her Australian National High Schools team, winning MVP awards of both the finals and Pflugerville Tournament after her team won the tourney (Dec. 2014) … named Most Valuable Player of her New South Wales squad at the U20 National Championships in February 2015 after starting every game and averaging 15.0 points per game and eight rebounds per game … claimed a U18 State Championships title with her Northern Suburbs Basketball Association squad (Aug. 2014) … went undefeated in the Waratah Metro Junior League in 2014 after starting all 18 games, averaging 15.0 points and 9.0 rebounds … averaged 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds through nine games at the U18 National Championships (April 2014) … selected to the Australian Development Camp squad by Australian Opals coach Brendan Joyce (Jan. 2014) … earned the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Sports Association’s prestigious Blue award for her achievement in basketball and academics – the lone recipient among all 60 Catholic Colleges in New South Wales (Feb. 2015) … a five-time recipient of the National Intensive Training Program Basketball Australia scholarship.
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Personal:
Full name is Sara Anastasieska ... born on Jan. 11, 1997 in Skopje, Macedonia ... daughter of Sasho and Jenny Anastasieski ... has one sister, Stefani (26) ... graduated from California - Berkeley in 2020 with a degree in sociology ... attending the Duke Fuqua School of Business in 2020-21.
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