2024-25 CSC All-District Teams
NEWARK, NJ–Alejandra Zuniga,
Enya Maguire and
Aria Myers of the NJIT women's basketball team were named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team, the organization announced.
The award honors student-athletes for their work on the court and in the classroom as they must be a key part of their team's on-the-court success, while also carrying a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA.
Alejandra Zuniga
Zuniga, a junior from Madrid, Spain, is a two-time CSC All-District team selection. She was named to the Dean's List five times, posting a 3.677 GPA, majoring in Communications.
A three-time America East All-Conference selection, ranks third in the league in scoring (16.0ppg), third in assists (3.4), fifth in free throw percentage (65.0%) and fifth in field goal percentage (44.0%).
The guard from Madrid, Spain, scored in double-digits in 23 games this season, including 13 games with 20 or more points. She scored a season-best 29 points vs. UMass Lowell on January 11, 2025. Zuniga dished out at least one assist in 28 out of 29 games with a career-high seven assists at LIU (Dec. 30, 2024).
She scored her 1,000 career point on December 8, 2024 against Monmouth, becoming the 13th player in program history to score 1,000 career points. Zuniga has combined for 1,278 career points which ranks fifth all-time at NJIT.
Zuniga was selected to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 16, 2025.
Enya Maguire
Maguire, a graduate student from Belfast, Ireland, posted a 3.625 GPA and is pursuing her MBA in Business Administration.
The 5-foot-5 guard joined the Highlanders in Fall 2024 after playing four seasons at Houston Christian. Maguire played in 100 games, scoring 585 career points, 195 rebounds, 156 assists, 130 three-pointers and 84 steals. Maguire graduated with a bachelor of arts in Kinesiology Sport Management degree in May 2024.
In a Highlanders uniform this season, Maguire scored a season-best 17 points at UAlbany (3.1.25), pulled down eight rebounds at Maine (3.6.25) and grabbed five steals against UMBC (2.22.25).
Maguire led the America East Conference in three-point field goals per game (2.0) and ranked fourth in three-point field goal percentage (35.5).
Aria Myers
Myers, a graduate student from nearby Cedar Grove, NJ, is a three-time CSC All-District team selection.
She graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2024 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and was named to the Dean's List six times. Myers is pursuing her MS in Biomedical Engineering and holds a 3.833 GPA.
For her career as a Highlander, Myers played in 132 games (ranks second all-time), scoring 658 career points, 306 career rebounds and 85 assists.