Junior Hoops Star Stella Ziogas Goes Off in Holiday Girl’s Tourney Win for New Rochelle HS


Class of 2026 Stella Ziogas of New Rochelle High School (N.Y.) and Team Lightning Melious AAU put on a show, she scored 30 points, made seven steals, dished out seven assists, grabbed five rebounds and rejected two shots.

The 5-foot-6 junior point guard’s stellar performance, which also included drilling six from deep, helped guide her team to the 2024-25 North Rockland Rich Korn Holiday Girl’s basketball Tournament title.

Ziogas is a special player, as she also drained 14 points, handed out 10 assists, pulled down five boards and made two steals, in the Huguenots’ last game before the tournament, a win over Newburgh Free Academy (N.Y.).

Ziogas holds offers from Division I Rider, McNeese State, Sacred Heart, FDU, Weber State, Nichols State, Chicago State, among interest from other schools, according to her AAU coach, Dan Melious.

— Jerry Del Priore

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