chattanooga MOCS

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Academics
- Dean's List: F23, F24, S25
- Athletics Director's Honor Roll: F23, F24, S25
- 4.0 GPA Semester: F24
- Southern Conference Honor Roll: 2024, 2025
- Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal: 2025
- Academic All-Southern Conference: 2025

2024-25 Sophomore
- 2025 First Team All-SoCon
- 2025 SoCon Tournament All-Tournament First Team
- 2x SoCon Player of the Week: (11/26), (03/04)
- Played in 31 of the team’s 32 games on the year, making a total of 30 starts for the Mocs.
- Averaged 36.7 minutes/game, the second-highest minutes/game total in the SoCon and 13th-highest in the entire NCAA.
- Finished as the team leader in scoring (437 points - 14.1 points/game) and assists (151 assists - 4.9 assists/game).
- She is just the fourth Moc since the year 2000 that has led the team in both scoring and assists in the same season.
- Also recorded 84 rebounds (2.7 rebounds/game) and 34 steals (1.1 steals/game).
- Her 151 assists are the most assists in a single season by a Moc since Zayed Henry finished with 152 back during the 1998-99 season.
- Ended up finishing ranked second in the SoCon in scoring, second in assists, eighth in field goal percentage (48.6) and ninth in assist-turnover ratio (1.31).
- Elisaldez’s assists/game and total number of assists ranked 47th and 51st in the entire NCAA, respectively.
- When considering conference games only, Elisaldez: ranked first in the SoCon in scoring (17.4 points/game), second in assists (4.9), fifth in field goal percentage (50.6) and ninth in steals (1.2).
- Led the team with a total of 24 double-digit scoring performances on the year (entered the season with only four double-digit scoring efforts to her name as a freshman).
- This included tallying a team-high seven 20+ point games on the season.
- Led the team in scoring 15 times.
- Saw her career-high of 24 points come against Furman on February 1 after finishing 8-for-16 from the floor and 8-for-9 from the charity stripe.
- Put together a team-leading 17 games with 5+ assists on the year.
- Finished with the team-high in assists a total of 23 times.
- Notched a career-high nine assists in UTC’s March 1 win over Wofford, just one shy of recording a rare double-double with points and assists (finished with 19 points in that game as well).
- Would’ve been the first double-double with assists by a Moc since 2006.
- Also recorded a new career-high in the rebounding department this season, finishing with seven at ETSU on February 22.
- Swiped away four steals against Tennessee Tech on November 7, yet another new career-best mark for her on the season.
- Led the Mocs in steals a total of seven times this season.
- Played 40+ minutes in a total of seven contests, including two overtime games against Furman and UNCG in which she played in all 45 minutes of action.

2023-24 Freshman
- Ended her freshman campaign having played in all 33 games for the Mocs, including making three total starts on the year.
- Made her first collegiate start on December 14, 2023 at Lipscomb, where she played a career-high 35 minutes.
- Averaged 18.2 minutes/game on the season.
- Logged 134 points (4.1 points/game), 49 assists (1.5 assists/game), 48 rebounds (1.5 rebounds/game) and 19 steals (0.6 steals/game) on the season.
- Shot 44.6 percent (45-for-101) from the floor, 53.3 percent from three (16-for-30) and 73.7 percent (28-for-38) from the free throw line.
- Scored a season-high 15 points against Wofford (Feb. 2, 2024).
- Tallied a career-best mark of eight assists in UTC’s Feb. 3 win over Furman.
- Finished as a double-digit scorer four times on the season.
- Helped the Mocs secure the 2024 SoCon regular season and SoCon Tournament titles after UTC finished the season with a record of 28-5.

High School:
- Battle @ the Beach Tournament champions.
- Iolani Classic Tournament champions.
- Helped the Monarchs to three straight Trinity League Championship titles.
- Two-time CIF SS Open Division champions.
- CIF SS Open Division Semifinalists in junior year.
- Two-time All-Trinity League First Team selection.
- Named to All-Orange County First Team.
- Named Second Team All-League freshman season.
- All-CIF SS Open Division First Team selection.
- Named CIF SS Open Division Second Team.
- Cal Hi Sports All-Junior Team, First Team.
- Cal Hi Sports All-State, Third Team.
- Played for West Coast Premiere AAU under coaches Brian Crichlow and Stan Deluce.
- Played for top team 17UEUBL for two seasons and on the 16U team for one.
- Member of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Students.

Personal:
- Caia Elisaldez was born May 15, 2005 in Whittier, Calif.
- Is the daughter of Tiffany Sasada and Kertd Elisaldez.
- Has one sister and two brothers.
- Mother Tiffany played at Mt. San Antonio College and California Baptist College, where she was named First Team All-State and Defensive Player of the Year.
- Father Kertd played for East Los Angeles College, where he was named First Team All-State.
- Planning on earning her major in Pre-Med.