2014-15 Women's Basketball

11 Sarah Halejian

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Ramapo H.S.
  • Hometown Wyckoff, N.J.

Biography

CAREER: Served as team captain for the 2014-15 season, the 37th captain in program history ... Averaged 14.9 points and 4.3 assists per game in her senior season, both team-highs...Recipient of the team''s Karen Yarasavage Award in her final season...Finished 10th on Yale''s all-time scoring list with 1,226 career points...All-Ivy League First Team selection in 2012-13 and 2013-14 ... Named the 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Rookie of the Year from Yale since Melissa Colborne (2006-07) and fourth Yale Rookie of the Year overall, joining Colborne, Mary Kalich (1991-92) and Katy Grubbs (1995-96) ... In four seasons at Yale, Halejian appeared in 96 games with 90 starts... Scored in double figures in 71 games and at least 20 points eight times ... Averaged 28.3 minutes per game ... Became the 19th player at Yale to score 1,000 career points when she scored 18 against Princeton on Feb. 28, 2013 ... Shot .376 from the field, .283 from three-point range and .703 from the foul line ... Has grabbed 3.0 rebounds per game ... Has compiled 287 career assists, 159 steals and 32 blocked shots.

Career Highs  

  • Points: 29, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • FG Made: 12, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • FG Attempts: 22, twice last vs. Harvard, 2/8/14
  • 3-Point FG Made: 4, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • 3-Point FG Attempts: 8, twice last vs. Princeton, 2/28/14
  • Free Throws Made: 11, vs. Monmouth, 12/2/14
  • Free Throw Attempts: 14, vs. Monmouth, 12/2/14
  • Rebounds: 10, at Brown, 1/25/13
  • Assists: 9, twice last at AK Anchorage, 11/25/14
  • Steals: 7, vs. Bryant, 12/4/13
  • Blocked Shots: 2, three times last at Penn, 2/14/14
  • Minutes: 35, three times last vs. Columbia, 2/21/14

2014-15 Season: Served as team captain, the 37th captain in the 42-year history of Yale women''s basketball...Won team''s Karen Yarasavage Award at the end of the season...Led the Bulldogs with 14.9 points and 4.3 assists...Ranked in the top five in the Ivy League in points and assists...Suffered season-ending knee injury on Dec. 30 at Oklahoma...Started in 12 games for the Elis, averaging 30.4 minutes per game...Scored in double-figures in 11 of 12 games, including 19-point performances against Washington (11/23) and Boston University (12/6)...Named to the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll on five occasions...Scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a win over Monmouth on Dec. 2...Dished out six assists to go with 17 points and five rebounds against Bucknell on Dec. 19...Shot 36.6-percent from the field and 68.6-percent from the free throw line.

2014-15 Season-Highs  

  • Points: 19, twice last vs. Boston Univ., 12/6/14 
  • FG Made: 8, at Washington, 11/23/14
  • FG Attempts: 18, at UMass-Lowell, 12/8/14
  • 3-Point FG Made: 1, 3x last at Bucknell, 12/19/14
  • 3-Point FG Attempts: 5, at Oklahoma, 12/30/14
  • Free Throws Made: 11, vs. Monmouth, 12/2/14
  • Free Throw Attempts: 14, vs. Monmouth, 12/2/14
  • Rebounds: 8, vs. Monmouth, 12/2/14
  • Assists: 9, at AK Anchorage, 11/25/14
  • Steals: 4, vs. Holy Cross, 11/18/14
  • Blocked Shots: 2, vs. St. John''s, 11/15/14
  • Minutes: 34, twice last vs. Boise State, 11/26/14

2013-14 Season: All-Ivy League First Team selection ... Led the Bulldogs with 15.5 points per game, which ranked third in the Ivy League ... Led the Ivy League with 3.6 assists per game and 2.4 steals per game ... Ranked second in assist-turnover ratio at 1.5 ... Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week on three occasions, Dec. 2, Dec. 16 and Feb. 24 ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll seven times ... Named to the CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy League All-Conference Second Team ... Scored a season-high 27 points in a one-point loss to Georgetown on Dec. 10 ... Matched her season-high with 27 points in a one-point loss to Harvard on Feb. 8 ... Scored 26 points with six assists and four steals in a win over Cornell on Feb. 21 ... Finished the season with six games of at least 20 points ... Dished out a season-high seven assists with 17 points, five rebounds and three steals at Princeton on Feb. 15 ... Had nine games of five or more assists ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in win over UMass Lowell on Nov. 12 to go with 20 points, four assists and three steals ... Finished the season with a team-high 102 assists and 66 steals, along with grabbing 3.3 rebounds per game and 13 blocked shots.

2013-14 Season-Highs

  • Points: 27, twice last vs. Harvard, 2/8/14
  • FG Made: 11, vs. Georgetown, 12/10/13
  • FG Attempts: 22, twice last vs. Harvard, 2/8/14
  • 3-Point FG Made: 3, three times last vs. Columbia, 2/22/14
  • 3-Point FG Attempts: 8, twice last vs. Princeton, 2/28/14
  • Free Throws Made: 8, vs. Cornell, 2/21/14
  • Free Throw Attempts: 10, vs. Cornell, 2/21/14
  • Rebounds: 8, vs. UMass Lowell, 11/12/13
  • Assists: 7, at Princeton, 2/15/14
  • Steals: 7, vs. Bryant, 12/4/13
  • Blocked Shots: 2, at Penn, 2/14/14
  • Minutes: 35, vs. Columbia, 2/21/14

2012-13 Season: All-Ivy League First Team selection ... Appeared in all 28 games with 28 starts ... Led Yale in scoring with 385 total points and an average of 13.8 points per game, which was fifth among Ivy League leaders ... Led the team in made field goals per game (5.3) ... Second on the team in field goal percentage (.413, 149-for-361), assists (81, 2.9 apg.), steals (37, 1.3 spg.), and blocks (11, 0.4 bpg.) ... Fifth on the team in rebounding (94, 3.4 rpg.) ... Led Yale in scoring in 11 games and was the leading rebounder in four games ... In Ivy League games only, led Yale in scoring (14.1 ppg., fifth among Ivy League leaders) and steals (1.1 spg.), and was second on the team in assists (2.4 apg.), and blocks (0.5 bpg.) ... Scored a career-high 29 points on 12-of-15 shooting, including a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range; the 29 points, 12 made field goals and 80.0 field-goal percentage are all the second-highest marks in Yale''s record books ... Scored in double figures in 26 games and at least 20 points twice ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Jan. 28, 2013 after recording her first career double-double with 21 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the win at Brown on Jan. 25, 2013 ... Fell one assist shy of a double-double with 15 points and nine assists in the loss at Georgetown on Dec. 28, 2012.

2012-13 Season Highs

  • Points: 29, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • FG Made: 12, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • FG Attempts: 19, vs. Brown, 1/19/13
  • 3-Point FG Made: 4, at Harvard, 2/23/13
  • 3-Point FG Attempts: 6, vs. Houston, 11/17/12
  • Free Throws Made: 8, vs. Princeton, 2/10/13
  • Free Throw Attempts: 10, vs. Princeton, 2/10/13
  • Rebounds: 10, at Brown, 1/25/13
  • Assists: 9, at Georgetown, 12/28/12
  • Steals: 4, vs. Columbia, 3/1/13
  • Blocked Shots: 2, vs. Harvard, 2/1/13
  • Minutes: 34, three times last vs. Cornell, 3/2/13

2011-12 Season: Named 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week six times during her freshman season, including the weeks of Dec. 19, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30, and Feb. 27 ... Appeared in all 28 games with 22 starts ... Closed her freshman season with an average of 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, finishing fourth on the team in scoring and assists and third in steals (39) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week six times during the season, including the weeks of Dec. 19, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30, and Feb. 27 ... Tallied a career-high 18 points on 5-of-10 shooting and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line in the win at Brown on Jan. 13, 2012 ... Recorded double figures in scoring in 10 games during the season, including seven straight games from Jan. 3 to Feb. 3 ... Tallied a career-high six rebounds at Columbia on Feb. 24 ... Dished out a career-high six assists at Dartmouth on Jan. 29 ... Grabbed a career-high six steals in her Yale debut against Holy Cross on Nov. 11.

2011-12 Season Highs

  • Points: 18, at Brown, 1/13/12
  • FG Made: 6, vs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 12/18/11
  • FG Attempts: 15, at Princeton, 2/4/12
  • 3-Point FG Made: 3, at Baylor, 11/22/11
  • 3-Point FG Attempts: 7, vs. Baruch, 1/8/12
  • Free Throws Made: 6, twice last at Brown, 1/13/12
  • Free Throw Attempts: 8, at Bucknell, 1/3/12
  • Rebounds: 6, at Columbia, 2/24/12
  • Assists: 6, at Dartmouth, 1/29/12
  • Steals: 6, vs. Holy Cross, 11/11/11
  • Blocked Shots: 2, vs. Texas-Pan American, 11/26/11
  • Minutes: 35, vs. Brown, 1/20/12

Off the Court:

  • Community Relations/Field Marketing Student Associate for the New York Knicks
  • Co-founder and member of the Yale Armenian Network
  • Squash Haven tutor for New Haven high school students

At Ramapo High School: A two-time North Jersey Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior ... Closed out high school career as Ramapo''s all-time leading scorer (1,839 points) ... averaged 19 points, six assists, five rebounds, and four steals per game in her senior season ... led Ramapo to back-to-back county championships in her sophomore and junior seasons ... first-team all-county and all-league and second-team all-state honors in her senior season ... ranked No. 7 in MSG Varsity Magazine''s list of Top 100 Players in New Jersey ... also played varsity soccer for four years.

Personal: Resident of Pierson College ... Daughter of Dr. Barry and Andrea Halejian ... Sarah has two older siblings, Alexis and Eric.

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Historical Player Information

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    2012-13Sophomore

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    2013-14Junior

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    2014-15Senior

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