REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-2021)
- Unanimously named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, winning the honor in back-to-back full seasons.
- Named to The American All-Conference Team, was part of a record four Knights named to the squad in a single season.
- Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Singles Championships, becoming the first Knight in program history to earn bids to the singles draw in multiple years.
- Went 13-2 in singles and 15-4 in doubles during the dual match season. Went 0-1 in the NCAA Singles Championships, falling to Virginia's No. 9 Natasha Subhash in three sets.
- Climbed as high as No. 17 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings, a program and personal best for Zeleva. Finished the season ranked No. 31 after beginning the season at No. 67.
- Began the season ranked No. 60 in the Oracle/ITA doubles rankings with Ksenia Kuznetsova and finished the season at No. 53.
- Saw time at the top two singles positions but was primarily the team's No. 1 singles player, going 10-2 at the top spot and 3-0 at the no. 2 position.
- Went 8-2 in singles against ranked opponents during the dual match season.
- Won 13 straight matches to finish out the dual match season after losing her opening two matches in January. Did not lose in a dual match since Jan. 25.
- Saw time at all three spots in doubles but primarily played either No. 1 or No. 2 with Kuznetsova, going 14-4 with her.
- Ended the season as the winningest tandem in program history along with Kuznetsova, earning 37 wins together.
- Went 2-0 in singles in the AAC tournament, picking up wins in the semifinals and finals.
- Went 1-1 in doubles in the AAC tournament, picking up a win in the quartefinals against South Florida's top duo.
- Went 1-0 in singles in the NCAA Tournament, beating No. 49 Kelly Chen at the top spot in the lineup 6-4, 6-2.
- Went 2-1 in doubles in the NCAA Tournament, including a win over Duke's No. 9 ranked pair of Chole Beck and Karolina Berankova at the second spot in the Sweet 16.
- Named to dean's list in fall 2020 and spring 2021
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019-2020)*
- Compiled a 15-8 record in singles and 9-6 in doubles across the entire campaign.
- Earned an 8-2 record in dual match play, going 2-0 at the top singles spot and 6-2 at the No. 2 position
- Went 6-3 in doubles with two different partners. Played primarily with Ksenia Kuznetsova, piecing together a 5-2 record.
- Finished the season on a three match winning streak in singles.
- Participated in the Oracle ITA Masters, the first major tournament of the tournament season.
- Ranked as high as No. 29 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings. Finished the season at No. 91.
- Ranked as high as No. 7 in the Oracle/ITA doubles rankings with partner Kuznetsova. Finished the season at No. 47.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018-2019)
- Zeleva was the first player in program history to appear in both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in the same season.
- Made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Doubles Championships with partner Ksenia Kuznetsova.
- Named to the All-Conference team.
- Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
- Collected a total singles record of 18-7 in singles play, all at the No. 1 position.
- Posted a 15-6 doubles record with partner Ksenia Kuznetsova.
- Zeleva was victorious in her first nine singles matches and first eight doubles matches.
- Earned a 10-7 record against ranked singles players and a 4-5 mark against ranked doubles teams.
- Went 2-0 in singles in the AAC tournament, picking up wins over two ranked opponents from Tulsa and USF.
- Went 1-1 in doubles in the AAC tournament with partner Ksenia Kuznetsova as the pair topped USF's No. 1 duo by a score of 6-1 in the AAC Championship match.
- Zeleva's performance in the AAC tournament earned her the Most Outstanding Player award.
- Went 1-1 in the NCAA tournament, defeating No. 11 FSU's Carla Touly to clinch the match and send the Knights to the sweet 16.
- Went 2-1 in doubles in the NCAA tournament, winning against Alabama's top pair and No. 21 Oparenovic/Salas from FSU. UCF's top pair came back from a 1-5 deficit to win 7-5.
- Zeleva and Kuznetsova were an at-large berth in the NCAA Doubles Championship and won their first round match against St. Mary's No. 32 Mariia Kozyreva/Hind Abdelouahid 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 10-6.
- Ranked as high as No. 27 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings during the spring season.
- Ranked as high as No. 16 in the Oracle/ITA doubles rankings during the spring season.
PREP
- Defeated #1 ranked junior in WTA Top 250
- Won doubles in the 2017 $15,000 Montemor-O-Novo
- Won doubles in the 2016 $10,000 Prokuplje
- Azerbaijan 2016 runner-up
- Kasakhstan 2018 runner-up
- Highest Junior Ranking: #28
FUN FACTS:
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies
Favorite player: Roger Federer
Favorite Grand Slam: Wimbledon
Favorite hobby: Cooking, snowboarding and hanging out with friends
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite show to binge: Misfits
Favorite movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite off day activity: Going to the beach
Go-to karaoke song: Gasolina by Daddy Yankee
Pets: A Maltese
*Season shortened by COVID-19 outbreak