Honors & Awards

• 2022 Winter Academic All-Big Ten
• 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

2021-22 - GRADUATE

• Played in all 27 games for the Illini with five starts in her first season in Orange and Blue
• Averaged 4.9 points and 1.7 rebounds per game
• Ranked fourth on the team with 14 three-pointers and a three-point shooting percentage of .333 (14/42)
• Scored a season-high 19 points in the Illini's Braggin' Rights matchup at home vs. Missouri (Dec. 22)
• Tallied five double-digit scoring games on the season
• Pulled down a season-high six rebounds, while adding 16 points and five assists in Illinois' win vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 21)

2020-21 - GRADUATE (AT DUKE)

• Competed in four contests, while averaging 10.0 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals
• Scored a season-high 23 points to go along with three steals, two blocks, two assists and two rebounds against Western Carolina
• Hit a season-high 5-of-13 three-pointers versus the Catamounts 
• Season was cut short as Duke opted out of the 2020-21 campaign due to COVID-19, after four contests

2019-20 - REDSHIRT SENIOR (AT CAL)

• Saw action in 29 games, while starting 25
• Averaged 7.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists
• Drained 27-of-96 attempts from three-point
• Hit 82.1 percent from the free-throw line
• Turned in a career-high 25 points on the road at No. 5 UConn, along with two rebounds, two assists and one steal in 39 minutes, hitting 5-of-10 from downtown and 9-of-21 field goals overall
• Collected 22 points versus Utah, including 4-of-10 from three-point
• Tallied 17 points against UC Riverside, hitting 7-of-9 field goals and 3-of-4 three-pointers
• Scored double-digits in eight contests
• Started the first 25 games of the season
• Drained two or more three-pointers in seven games

2018-19 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR (AT CAL)

• Missed season due to injury (back)

2017-18 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (AT CAL)

• Appeared in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury\
• Averaged 2.8 points per game in 7.9 minutes per game for the Bears
• Made her Golden Bear debut on November 17 against UConn, going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc
• Added a season-high four rebounds against Santa Clara to go with six points on 2-for-3 shooting from three-point range
• Matched her season-high again in Cal’s win over San Diego, scoring six points while hitting all three field-goal attempts
• Made her Pac-12 debut on December 31 against UCLA, knocking down two free throws 

2016-17 - SOPHOMORE (AT CAL)

• Sat out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules

2015-16 - FRESHMAN (AT UTSA)

• Conference USA Academic Medal Winner
• Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher
• Appeared in 25 of UTSA’s 29 contests and averaged 13.5 minutes per game
• Chipped in 4.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game
• Shot 66.7 percent at the free-throw line
• Ranked second on the Roadrunners squad with a 31.0 percent (13-for-42) clip from downtown
• Scored in double figures five times
• Went 7-for-9 with a team-best 19 points against UAB
• Led all Roadrunner scorers in the regular-season finale against UTEP, posting 14 points to help UTSA to the second win in program history over a nationally ranked opponent 

High School

• Selected to represent her Australian National teams, including the U19 (2015) and U17 (2014) teams
• Helped Australia qualify to the 2014 U17 World Championships after defeating New Zealand in three games at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships
• Toured the U.S. with her Australian National High Schools team, winning MVP awards of both the finals and Pflugerville Tournament after her team won the tourney (Dec. 2014)
• Named Most Valuable Player of her New South Wales squad at the U20 National Championships in February 2015 after starting every game and averaging 15.0 points per game and eight rebounds per game
• Claimed a U18 State Championships title with her Northern Suburbs Basketball Association squad (Aug. 2014)
• Went undefeated in the Waratah Metro Junior League in 2014 after starting all 18 games, averaging 15.0 points and 9.0 rebounds
• Averaged 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds through nine games at the U18 National Championships (April 2014)
• Selected to the Australian Development Camp squad by Australian Opals coach Brendan Joyce (Jan. 2014)
• Earned the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Sports Association’s prestigious Blue award for her achievement in basketball and academics – the lone recipient among all 60 Catholic Colleges in New South Wales (Feb. 2015)
• A five-time recipient of the National Intensive Training Program Basketball Australia scholarship.

Personal

• Full name is Sara Anastasieska
• Born on Jan. 11, 1997 in Skopje, Macedonia
• Daughter of Sasho and Jenny Anastasieski
• Has one older sister, Stefani
• Completed a master's degree in Business from Duke University in 2021
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Cal-Berkeley in 2020