Personal: Full name is Ariel Destiny Colón…Daughter of Tanesha Roberts and Braulio Colón…Born March 30, 1999…Has five siblings – Janiyah, Ramiyah, Romaro, Norah and Benjamin – and is the oldest of the six children…Majoring in Public Health Studies.
Career Honors
-2020-21 Second Team Preseason All-CAA
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2019-20 Third Team All-CAA
Career Highs
Points: 23 at Northeastern | Jan. 17, 2020
Rebounds: 12, 3x- last vs. Towson | March 7, 2020
Field Goals: 9, 2x- last vs. Northeastern | Feb. 16, 2020
Three Pointers: 4, 2x- last at Northeastern | Jan. 17, 2020
Free Throws: 7 at UNCW | Feb. 7, 2020
Assists: 4, 2x- last at Furman | Dec. 30, 2019
Steals: 5 vs. Newberry | Dec. 17, 2019
Blocks: 2 vs. Delaware | Jan. 26, 2020
Turnovers: 5, 3x- last at Drexel | Feb. 23, 2020
Minutes: 35 at Northeastern | Jan. 17, 2020
2020-21: Appeared in all 15 games, making 11 starts, averaging seven points per game...Led the team in free throw percentage (.875)...Finished third on the team in rebounds (48), tied for third in Field goals (41) and fourth in rebounds per game (3.2), steals (15) and blocks (4)...Posted a season-best .600 field goal percentage in addition to three assists at Western Carolina (12/5)...Made a season-high three three pointers at James Madison (2/6)...Recorded at least four rebounds on seven occasions ... Registered back-to-back double-digit scoring performance against Delaware on Jan. 31 (15) and at James Madison on Feb. 6 (13).
2019-20: Made 28 starts while playing in all 30 games...Led the team in points (343), field goals (130), and rebounds (159)...Averaged 11.4 points per game in 25.5 minutes played...Recorded double-doubles against Charleston (13 pts., 10 reb.) on Jan. 10 and Towson (17 pts., 12 reb.)...Posted new career highs against Northeastern, including points (23, Jan. 17), field goals (9, Feb. 16), and three pointers (4, Jan. 17)...Scored in the doubles figures in seven-consecutive contests...Matched her career-best in rebounds (12) against Towson (3/7) and assists in Elon's nonconference finale against Furman (12/30)...Went 4-4 from beyond the arc at UNLV (11/30)...Totaled a personal-best five steals in the team's win against Newberry (12/17)...Posted at least five field goals in 16 games over the course of the season.
2018-19: Played in all 30 games with 15 starts and averaged 20.6 minutes a game...Averaged 7.3 points and grabbed 3.9 boards per game...Had three double-doubles on the season...Scored a season-high 21 points while going 10-of-12 from the free throw line versus Hampton (12/2)...Had 13 points and 12 rebounds at N.C. Central (11/13)...Had 16 points and 12 rebounds versus Davidson (12/5)...Knocked down three three-pointers and scored 14 points at Appalachian State (11/20).
2017-18: Saw time in 27 games throughout her rookie season and made two starts, finishing with 1.9 points in 7.3 minutes per outing…Had a strong night with 12 points on 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range to go with five rebounds in the win over Coker (11/27)…Played a season-best 21 minutes and scored six points with six rebounds and two steals in the win over College of Charleston (2/11)…Made her first career start against Northeastern (1/7) and scored five points with two rebounds.
High School: Spent the final two years of her high school career at Ocoee, winning the All-Metro title as a senior after earning a district title and Team MVP as a junior in 2015-16…Spent her first two years of high school at Wekiva High School in Apopka, Fla., and reached the state championship game in back-to-back seasons as a freshman and sophomore, taking the title in 2013-14 as a freshman.
