2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 15
Zoe Correal
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, Calif.
- High School:
- Salesian
Bio
- 2015-16 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- 2016-17 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- 2017-18 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- 2017-18 CU’s Crystal Ford-Adams Scholar Athlete Award Winner
2016-17 (Junior): Correal started 31 of 33 games at center as a junior, averaging 4.3 points and 4.2 rebounds. She shot a team-best 56.1 percent from the floor, making 64-of-114 field goals. She also made 14-of-17 (.824) free throws and totaled 142 points, 140 rebounds and 13 blocked shots. She scored in double figures five times and had double-digit rebound totals four times, recording three double-doubles. She led the Buffs to a win over No. 15/19 Kentucky on Nov. 19 with 10 points and seven rebounds. She recorded her first double-double on Nov. 22 in a win at North Dakota State, totaling 10 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots. She notched another double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Southeastern Louisiana, shooting 5-of-6 from the floor on Nov. 30. Correal just missed another double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds in a win at Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 17. She opened Pac-12 play on Dec. 30 with 11 rebounds. Correal put together the best performance of her career on Feb. 12 in a win at No. 24 California, outplaying All-America center Kristine Anigwe with career highs of 16 points and 15 rebounds, shooting 8-of-14 from the floor. She also helped limit Anigwe to just 15 points and five rebounds, both totals well under her season averages. Correal had 14 points and 14 rebounds in three WNIT games, including an eight-point performance in a second-round overtime win at South Dakota State on March 19.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Correal played in all 30 games as a sophomore and made a career-high 15 starts, six during non-conference play and nine against Pac-12 opponents. She made her first career start in the Buffs’ season opener against Loyola Marymount (11/14). Correal averaged a personal best 2.1 points and 3.2 rebounds while recording a career-high 18 blocks, second most on the team. She averaged 14.8 minutes on the floor and shot a solid .714 from the free throw line as the second-year Buff was one of five players to shoot better than 70 percent at the charity stripe. Correal recorded a season-high 10 rebounds against UMass (11/27) helping guide the Buffaloes to the Omni Hotels Classic Championship game.
2014-15 (Freshman): Appeared in 31 games averaging just under two points per game while grabbing two rebounds an outing. Her playing time grew as the season progressed. She played double-digit minutes in 14 games, with nine coming in the final 11 games of the season. Correal averaged 4.3 rebounds over the final three regular season games while hitting 56 percent from the field. On the season she shot a solid 55 percent, hitting on 24 of 44 attempts. Her first extended minutes came in the Omni Classic win over Missouri State (11/28) where she pulled down a personal-best eight rebounds. Correal made a solid Pac-12 debut. After playing just 10 minutes combined in the last four non-conference games, she scored six points on 3-of-6 from the field at No. 15/15 Stanford in the league season opener. Correal stepped in during crunch time against No. 11/11 Arizona State. After Jamee Swan went down with an injury, Correal responded with four points, four rebounds and a blocked shot in nine minutes against the Sun Devils. She had another solid game in the rematch, blocking a career-high three shots in a personal best 22 minutes against ASU (3/1). Correal scored a career-best seven points on 3-of-5 shooting with five rebounds on Senior Day against Oregon (2/22).
High School: Correal was a 2014 graduate of Salesian High School, located in the Bay Area suburb of Richmond, Calif. She helped the Pride to three straight NorCal championships, two in Division IV (2012, ‘13) and a third in the Open Division (2014). Correal’s Salesian teams enjoyed a record of 90-20 during that span. She averaged 11.2 points and 8.2 rebounds as a senior, earning All-Tri-Country Rock League and Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team honors, as Salesian finished 30-7, and the runner up in the 2014 CIF Open Division state championship. Correal was a second team Cal-Hi Sports Division IV All-State selection in 2013, averaging 9.4 points and 7.6 rebounds as the Pride finished 29-8 and captured their second straight NorCal Division IV title. She pitched in 3.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game on Salesian’s 2012 North Coast Section and NorCal Division IV championship squad. Correal was a two-time recipient of the state’s Sportsmanship Award. Rated as the No. 46 post player in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz, Correal also played for the CA Ballaz club program.
Academics: Correal majored in psychology with a minor in education. She earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention as a sophomore, junior and senior, and had a 3.314 GPA, the best on the team during her senior season.
Personal: Born Zoe Angelique Correal on August 11, 1996, in San Francisco, she is the daughter of Zef and Maia Correal. She has three younger sisters, Amara, Nia and Vega. She lists the birth of her youngest sister, Vega, born in March 2013, as one of the happiest days of her life. Her hobbies are basketball and writing. She enjoys writing short stories and poetry in her spare time. She has a distant Colorado connection, great uncle Joe Barry Caroll, a Denver East High School graduate who was the top pick in the 1980 NBA draft and a 10-year league veteran, mostly with the Golden State Warriors.