Zariah Sango is a senior forward for the UTRGV Women’s Basketball Team. Sango is studying kinesiology, psychology and communication. In 2022, Sango graduated from Clarendon College, located in the Texas Panhandle. This is Sango’s first year with the program.
Q: What do you do for fun outside of your sport?
A: “My definition of fun is, like, going out to eat, going shopping, getting my nails done. I like to go on walks.”
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: “I have a very versatile taste in music. I listen to pretty much any genre, but my go-to probably would be R&B. My favorite R&B artist is Jhené Aiko, and then my favorite rapper is NBA YoungBoy. I would say right now, I’m on, like, ‘Pass The Water’ by Lil Durk. I’ve been listening to Hunxho. … He released an album not too long ago. It’s called ‘[For] Her,’ and it’s like R&B but he kind of is singing. It’s like a rap album.”
Q: What movies or shows do you like?
A: “I like sci-fi movies and shows. I’m a big Marvel fan. Really anything Marvel, anything sci-fi. I think my favorite show is probably ‘Vampire Diaries,’ like, the spinoff … ‘The Originals.’ Honestly … after I finished watching ‘Vampire Diaries’ and started watching ‘The Originals,’ I lowkey like ‘The Originals’ better. [The] Zeus [Network] it’s like reality TV and it’s called ‘Baddies West’ and it’s basically like … Chrisean Rock and the show that she’s on, with, like, all the other people and it’s just a bunch of drama and fighting.”
Q: What motivates you?
A: “I’m very God oriented. I feel like basketball is, like, my platform, not necessarily my purpose. Not only that but, like, my family, being successful so that eventually I’m in a place to where I can support them and take care of them.”
Q: Would you want to keep playing or do something with your degree?
A: “It’s definitely a goal of mine to play professional basketball, but I feel like, ultimately, my end goal is to be a head coach at a Division 1 program.”
Q: What do you like about the Rio Grande Valley?
A: “Definitely Taco Tuesday. Taco Tuesday is my jam. I like that [the Rio Grande Valley] is kind of small. I feel like it’s a controlled area but it’s enough that you can be occupied, but not enough to, like, get distracted or, like, be into a whole bunch of mess. The people are really sweet, like, it’s just a chill vibe out here.”
Q: Do you have a fun fact about yourself?
A: “I like to watch anime. I would say my favorite anime is, like, this short one season anime on Netflix, and it’s about this black samurai. It’s called ‘Yasuke’ … but it only has one season.”
Q: What are some of your goals?
A: “I want to start a business. I want to be an entrepreneur. I would like to get into property management at some point in time, but after I kind of establish myself in a professional place where I’m kind of stable.”
–Compiled by Jose Medina
