Coming out of high school, Minaya was an unranked recruit but received several offers to play college basketball.

He received official offers from South Carolina, UNC Wilmington, Boston University, Illinois, Iona and UMass.

The Friars won the Big East regular season championship in 2022 and advanced to Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament, defeating South Dakota State and Richmond before losing to Kansas.

[3] On April 4, 2023, Minaya signed a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers[1][4] and made his NBA debut that night, scoring 8 points in a 119–109 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

[7] On October 21, 2023, his deal was converted to a two-way contract with the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League.