SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024-25: Bella was a Div. III Women's Basketball Academic All-District selection by College Sports Communicators...Played in all 29 games with one start, and averaged 20.9 minutes per contest...Registered 4.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game, and added 26 steals...Scored a season-high 13 points on 5-for-6 (83.3%) from the floor at Rochester...Tallied nine points, two rebounds, one assist, and one steal in a home victory over St. John Fisher...Made all three of her shot attempts and finished with eight points in a road win at Skidmore...Made a start and had eight points in a home win over Plattsburgh...Tallied eight points and four rebounds in a win over Canton...Provided eight points and three boards in a win over Oswego...Chipped in seven points and three rebounds in a home win over New Paltz...Scored six points and added two rebounds, two assists, and two steals in a win over New Paltz in the SUNYAC Finals...Provided two points and four assists in a win over Endicott in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs.

2023-24: Bella played in 18 games...Averaged 2.1 points per game, while adding 17 rebounds, nine assists, and seven steals...Scored a season-high 10 points, added four rebounds, three steals, and dished out two assists in a road victory at Hartwick...Scored eight points and knocked down two 3-pointers in a home win against CCNY...Tallied six points in a home victory over Plattsburgh...Drained her only 3-point attempt of the game and pulled down one rebound in a road victory at Potsdam.

High School: Bella graduated from Long Island Lutheran in 2023...Named to 15 straight star honor rolls...Member of the National Honor Society and the World Language Honor Society...Four-year member of the basketball team...Team captain as a senior...Team earned a national ranking of number one by ESPN, won a Federation state title and finished as the runner-up at the Geico National Championship her senior year...Two-year starter in lacrosse...Team captain and team MVP as a senior...Earned all-county honors as a junior...Team won back-to-back PSAA championships.

Other: Member of the President's List at Cortland...Parents are John and Madalena Zingoni...Has one sibling Santino...Stepmother Madalena played basketball at Molloy...Greatest sports memory was winning the Tournament of Champions in Arizona in senior year of high school and beating the #1 team in the country.