1 - Sarah Halejian
Sarah Halejian
Height: 5-9
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Wyckoff, N.J.
High School: Ramapo H.S.
Position: G
Major: Psychology
Residential College: Pierson
gp 28
pts/g 15.5
fg % 36.4
3pt % 27.6
ft % 68.5
reb/g 3.2
a/g 3.6

CAREER: Named team captain for the 2014-15 season, the 37th captain in program history ... 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 three seasons at Yale, Halejian has appeared in 84 games with 78 starts, including a streak that is currently at 73 consecutive starts entering the 2014-15 season ... Has scored in double figures in 60 games and at least 20 points eight times ... Has averaged 28.0 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 ... Will enter her senior year 16th on the career scoring chart with 1,047 points, an average of 12.5 per game ... Has shot .377 from the field, .294 from three-point range and .708 from the foul line ... Has grabbed 3.0 rebounds per game ... Has compiled 235 career assists, 142 steals and 29 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: 8, twice last vs. Cornell, 2/21/14
  • Free Throw Attempts: 10, twice last vs. Cornell, 2/21/14
  • Rebounds: 10, at Brown, 1/25/13
  • Assists: 9, at Georgetown, 12/28/12
  • 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

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

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.

Recent Games
Feb 21 Cornell W, 60-52
Feb 22 Columbia W, 73-68
Feb 28 Princeton L, 85-63
Mar 1 Penn L, 62-48
Mar 7 at Harvard L, 69-65
Mar 8 at Dartmouth W, 57-41
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 28 14
Games started 28 14
Minutes 810 419
Minutes per game 28.9 29.9
FG 159-437 79-226
FG Pct 36.4 35.0
3PT 29-105 15-60
3PT Pct 27.6 25.0
FT 87-127 43-55
FT Pct 68.5 78.2
Off rebounds 22 9
Def rebounds 69 35
Total rebounds 91 44
Rebounds per game 3.2 3.1
Personal fouls 46 24
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 102 60
Turnovers 68 36
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 1.7
Steals 66 33
Blocks 13 6
Points 434 216
Points per game 15.5 15.4
Points per 40 min 21.4 20.6
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 at Monmouth W, 64-55 1 27 2-15 13.3 1-2 50.0 3-9 33.3 8
Nov 12 Mass.-Lowell W, 90-77 1 28 7-13 53.8 1-5 20.0 5-6 83.3 20
Nov 16 Sacred Heart L, 67-54 1 18 4-10 40.0 0-3 0.0 1-5 20.0 9
Nov 19 at Boston University W, 78-68 1 29 4-11 36.4 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 12
Nov 22 at Fordham L, 80-52 1 26 5-17 29.4 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 10
Nov 25 at Miami (Fla.) L, 91-67 1 29 8-18 44.4 2-6 33.3 4-4 100.0 22
Nov 27 at Furman L, 66-61 1 31 7-16 43.8 0-3 0.0 5-6 83.3 19
Dec 4 Bryant W, 72-61 1 29 5-12 41.7 1-3 33.3 4-6 66.7 15
Dec 7 Army L, 68-56 1 23 3-10 30.0 1-5 20.0 6-6 100.0 13
Dec 10 Georgetown L, 66-65 1 32 11-20 55.0 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 27
Dec 19 Saint Peter's W, 66-35 1 25 4-12 33.3 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 9
Dec 29 at Kansas L, 79-63 1 31 6-18 33.3 2-3 66.7 3-6 50.0 17
Jan 5 at Maine W, 86-85 1 30 7-17 41.2 2-3 66.7 4-6 66.7 20
Jan 7 at New Hampshire L, 58-53 1 33 7-22 31.8 1-4 25.0 2-4 50.0 17
Jan 17 at Brown W, 70-53 1 32 5-17 29.4 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 24 Brown W, 73-52 1 29 7-14 50.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 14
Jan 31 at Columbia W, 76-51 1 22 2-11 18.2 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 1 at Cornell L, 65-56 1 35 7-17 41.2 2-6 33.3 3-6 50.0 19
Feb 7 Dartmouth W, 86-52 1 26 5-11 45.5 1-3 33.3 5-7 71.4 16
Feb 8 Harvard L, 58-57 1 34 9-22 40.9 3-8 37.5 6-6 100.0 27
Feb 14 at Penn L, 62-50 1 22 4-13 30.8 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Feb 15 at Princeton L, 96-75 1 33 7-21 33.3 1-5 20.0 2-3 66.7 17
Feb 21 Cornell W, 60-52 1 33 5-16 31.2 0-2 0.0 8-10 80.0 18
Feb 22 Columbia W, 73-68 1 35 10-20 50.0 3-7 42.9 3-5 60.0 26
Feb 28 Princeton L, 85-63 1 30 6-18 33.3 1-8 12.5 5-6 83.3 18
Mar 1 Penn L, 62-48 1 29 5-16 31.2 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 13
Mar 7 at Harvard L, 69-65 1 31 2-17 11.8 0-5 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
Mar 8 at Dartmouth W, 57-41 1 28 5-13 38.5 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 11
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 9 at Monmouth W, 64-55 1 27 1 5 6 5 3 1.7 4 0 1 0
Nov 12 Mass.-Lowell W, 90-77 1 28 4 4 8 4 2 2.0 3 1 1 0
Nov 16 Sacred Heart L, 67-54 1 18 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
Nov 19 at Boston University W, 78-68 1 29 0 3 3 5 0 - 2 1 1 0
Nov 22 at Fordham L, 80-52 1 26 0 2 2 3 2 1.5 1 1 2 0
Nov 25 at Miami (Fla.) L, 91-67 1 29 0 3 3 5 2 2.5 0 1 4 0
Nov 27 at Furman L, 66-61 1 31 1 4 5 1 3 0.3 4 0 1 0
Dec 4 Bryant W, 72-61 1 29 0 2 2 6 6 1.0 7 0 3 0
Dec 7 Army L, 68-56 1 23 1 1 2 2 2 1.0 0 0 2 0
Dec 10 Georgetown L, 66-65 1 32 1 2 3 2 1 2.0 2 1 0 0
Dec 19 Saint Peter's W, 66-35 1 25 2 2 4 3 2 1.5 3 1 2 0
Dec 29 at Kansas L, 79-63 1 31 1 2 3 2 5 0.4 3 1 2 0
Jan 5 at Maine W, 86-85 1 30 0 0 0 4 0 - 1 0 1 0
Jan 7 at New Hampshire L, 58-53 1 33 2 4 6 0 3 0.0 3 0 1 0
Jan 17 at Brown W, 70-53 1 32 1 4 5 4 3 1.3 1 0 1 0
Jan 24 Brown W, 73-52 1 29 0 2 2 5 3 1.7 2 0 1 0
Jan 31 at Columbia W, 76-51 1 22 1 0 1 3 5 0.6 3 1 2 -
Feb 1 at Cornell L, 65-56 1 35 0 2 2 4 4 1.0 0 0 4 -
Feb 7 Dartmouth W, 86-52 1 26 0 5 5 5 1 5.0 1 1 1 0
Feb 8 Harvard L, 58-57 1 34 0 5 5 2 2 1.0 2 1 2 0
Feb 14 at Penn L, 62-50 1 22 0 0 0 4 0 - 3 2 3 -
Feb 15 at Princeton L, 96-75 1 33 4 1 5 7 2 3.5 3 0 2 -
Feb 21 Cornell W, 60-52 1 33 0 3 3 2 4 0.5 3 0 2 0
Feb 22 Columbia W, 73-68 1 35 0 2 2 6 1 6.0 4 0 1 0
Feb 28 Princeton L, 85-63 1 30 1 0 1 5 4 1.2 4 0 0 0
Mar 1 Penn L, 62-48 1 29 2 3 5 3 2 1.5 3 0 2 -
Mar 7 at Harvard L, 69-65 1 31 0 5 5 4 3 1.3 2 0 3 -
Mar 8 at Dartmouth W, 57-41 1 28 0 3 3 6 2 3.0 2 1 0 -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 28 28 28.9 5.7-15.6 36.4 1.0-3.8 27.6 3.1-4.5 68.5 15.5
Conference 14 14 29.9 5.6-16.1 35.0 1.1-4.3 25.0 3.1-3.9 78.2 15.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Home 13 13 28.5 6.2-14.9 41.8 1.2-4.2 27.8 3.7-5.1 72.7 17.3
Away 15 15 29.3 5.2-16.2 32.1 0.9-3.4 27.5 2.6-4.1 63.9 13.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Wins 13 13 28.7 5.2-14.0 37.4 0.8-2.8 30.6 3.0-4.6 65.0 14.3
Losses 15 15 29.1 6.1-17.0 35.7 1.2-4.6 26.1 3.2-4.5 71.6 16.5
November 7 7 26.9 5.3-14.3 37.0 0.6-3.0 19.0 3.1-5.3 59.5 14.3
December 5 5 28.0 5.8-14.4 40.3 1.4-3.4 41.2 3.2-5.0 64.0 16.2
January 5 5 29.2 5.6-16.2 34.6 0.8-3.2 25.0 1.6-2.4 66.7 13.6
February 8 8 31.0 6.6-17.2 38.4 1.5-5.2 28.6 4.2-5.6 75.6 19.0
March 3 3 29.3 4.0-15.3 26.1 0.7-3.0 22.2 2.3-2.7 87.5 11.0
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 28 28 810 159-437 36.4 29-105 27.6 87-127 68.5 434
Conference 14 14 419 79-226 35.0 15-60 25.0 43-55 78.2 216
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Home 13 13 371 81-194 41.8 15-54 27.8 48-66 72.7 225
Away 15 15 439 78-243 32.1 14-51 27.5 39-61 63.9 209
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Wins 13 13 373 68-182 37.4 11-36 30.6 39-60 65.0 186
Losses 15 15 437 91-255 35.7 18-69 26.1 48-67 71.6 248
November 7 7 188 37-100 37.0 4-21 19.0 22-37 59.5 100
December 5 5 140 29-72 40.3 7-17 41.2 16-25 64.0 81
January 5 5 146 28-81 34.6 4-16 25.0 8-12 66.7 68
February 8 8 248 53-138 38.4 12-42 28.6 34-45 75.6 152
March 3 3 88 12-46 26.1 2-9 22.2 7-8 87.5 33
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 28 28 28.9 0.8 2.5 3.2 1.6 0.0 3.6 2.4 1.5 2.4 0.5
Conference 14 14 29.9 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.7 0.0 4.3 2.6 1.7 2.4 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Home 13 13 28.5 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.4 0.0 3.5 2.4 1.5 2.6 0.4
Away 15 15 29.3 0.7 2.5 3.3 1.9 0.0 3.8 2.5 1.5 2.1 0.5
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wins 13 13 28.7 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.3 0.0 4.5 2.5 1.8 2.8 0.5
Losses 15 15 29.1 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.9 0.0 2.9 2.4 1.2 2.0 0.5
November 7 7 26.9 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.6 0.0 3.3 1.9 1.8 2.0 0.6
December 5 5 28.0 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.8 0.0 3.0 3.2 0.9 3.0 0.6
January 5 5 29.2 0.8 2.0 2.8 1.2 0.0 3.2 2.8 1.1 2.0 0.2
February 8 8 31.0 0.6 2.2 2.9 1.9 0.0 4.4 2.2 1.9 2.5 0.5
March 3 3 29.3 0.7 3.7 4.3 1.7 - 4.3 2.3 1.9 2.3 0.3
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 28 28 810 22 69 91 46 0 102 68 1.5 66 13
Conference 14 14 419 9 35 44 24 0 60 36 1.7 33 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Home 13 13 371 11 31 42 18 0 45 31 1.5 34 5
Away 15 15 439 11 38 49 28 0 57 37 1.5 32 8
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wins 13 13 373 9 35 44 17 0 58 32 1.8 36 6
Losses 15 15 437 13 34 47 29 0 44 36 1.2 30 7
November 7 7 188 6 21 27 11 0 23 13 1.8 14 4
December 5 5 140 5 9 14 9 0 15 16 0.9 15 3
January 5 5 146 4 10 14 6 0 16 14 1.1 10 1
February 8 8 248 5 18 23 15 0 35 18 1.9 20 4
March 3 3 88 2 11 13 5 - 13 7 1.9 7 1

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