[1] Zellous scored in double digits in 21 of the 34 games played during her first season and earned honors by making the WNBA All-Rookie Team, the lowest draft selection to ever make the All-Rookie team up until that point.

This improvement, coupled with increases in rebounding and shooting percentage helped her to win the WNBA Most-Improved player award in 2013.

[8] While in college, Zellous was a standout guard for the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team from 2005 to 2009.

While at Pitt, she earned Third Team AP All-American honors in 2009 and was the Big East Conference Most Improved Player in 2007.

Zellous finished her career at Pitt ranked third on the university's all-time scoring list with 2,253 points.