Academic Notes: Majoring in civil engineering...Two-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2018.

2017-18 (Senior): Appeared in 16 games...Averaged 1.1 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game...Scored career-high seven points vs. Idaho State...Recorded two points, three rebounds and two assists in career-high 14 minutes vs. Montana State...Recorded career-high three assists vs. Antelope Valley...Shot .185 from the field, .176 on three-pointers and .667 from the free throw line...Averaged 5.0 minutes per game...Totaled 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

2016-17 (Junior): Appeared in three games...Made collegiate debut and recorded one steal in three minutes vs. Antelope Valley...Also appeared vs. Youngstown State and at Montana State...Played six total minutes and attempted five shots...Three of five shots were three-point attempts.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and two-year team captain in basketball at Valley HS...Averaged 15.1 points per game as a senior...Named Dairy Council of Arizona All-American and MaxPreps Player of the Year in 2013...Named AIA Division 3 Honorable Mention in 2012...Helped team to state runner-up finish in 2013...Team finished as Division 3 Sectional runner-up in 2012...Holds school record with 40 points scored in a game...Participated in Arizona vs. New Mexico, ABCA Arizona Underclassmen and ABCA Arizona Senior All-Star Games...Also four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Valley...Two-time individual state cross country champion...Finished state runner-up in 1600m and 3200m in track...Named Navajo Times Runner of the Year and Co-Athlete of the Year in 2009...4.0 high school GPA...Valedictorian and member of American Indian Science and Engineering Society and American Society of Civil Engineers.

Personal: Chelena Derora Betoney was born Sept. 23 in Fort Defiance, Ariz....Daughter of Leander and Eudora Betoney...Two brothers, Marcario and Jere, and two sisters, Trinity and Onajae...Brother, Jere, is her twin...Aunt, Missy, played basketball at NAU from 1986-89...Hobbies include running, baking and hiking...Admires her grandfather because he always encouraged her to strive in all that she does...Chose NAU because of the great engineering program and is close to home.