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2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster

South Alabama

5 Julieta Ceja

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico
  • Highschool Colegio San Carlos
  • Prev School Eastern New Mexico

Biography

2025-26 (Eastern New Mexico): Appeared in a team-best 31 contests, starting all but one … Averaged 28.2 minutes per game … Led the Greyhounds’ offense, averaging 9.65 points per game, 46.0 FG% and 40.9 3FG% … Averaged 6.19 rebounds per game, the second-most on the team and tenth-most in the Lone Star Conference … Tallied three double-doubles … Posted 20 points vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (12/1) … Went 66.5% at the line … Totaled 41 assists, 26 steals and 10 blocks … Named 2025-26 Second Team All-Lone Star Conference.

2024-25 (Eastern New Mexico): Appeared in 31 games while making 22 starts ... Totaled 222 points, 108 rebounds, 33 assists and 21 steals ... Shot 44.2 percent from the field ... Scored a season-high 14 points at Lubbock Christian while knocking down a pair of three-pointers ... Named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 ... Earned CSC Academic All-District® honors.

2023-24 (Eastern New Mexico): Missed the season due to injury ... Named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in Fall 2023 & Spring 2024.

2022-23 (Eastern New Mexico): Played in 26 of the Greyhounds' 27 games, making 22 starts ... Averaged 22.5 minutes per game, finishing the season with 172 points, 6.6 points per game, 110 rebounds, 4.2 rebounds per game, eight blocks and 26 steals ... Reached double-digit scoring seven times, posting a career-high 17 points against No. 25 Angelo State (Jan. 26), making a season-best six field goals on 13 attempts ... Secured a season-best nine rebounds against Cameron off the bench (Jan. 5) ... Played a season-high 36 minutes against Western New Mexico (Feb. 20) ... Named to the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in Fall 2022 & Spring 2023.

International: Played for the U-18 Mexico National Team, and competed at the U-18 Women's Americas Championships in June of 2022 ... Averaged 7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists acorss six games, resulting in a fifth-place finish for Mexico ... Tallied 14 points in a 64-39 win over Colombia, and a personal-high 13 rebounds in a 72-44 victory over Puerto Rico.

High School: Played under head coach Ricardo Amezcua at Colegio San Carlos.

Personal: Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico ... Daughter of Julio Ceja Diaz and Maria Soledad Mendez Pulido ... Loves watching Sonia Citron from the Washington Mystics ... Favorite food is tacos al pastor ... Loves line dancing ... Describes her game as "versatile" ... Loves watching movies and reading ... Favorite show is Pretty Little Liars ... Hopes to continue playing basketball in other countries and continue her studies towards a professional career.


Major: Master's in Electrical Engineering

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