Fort Wayne's Hyde Earns Player of the Week Honors
Fort Wayne's Hyde Earns Player of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne guard Amanda Hyde was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Dec. 24-30.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne
5-10 | Jr. | G
Findlay, Ohio // Liberty-Benton
Hyde earns her second Player of the Week honor this season after helping Fort Wayne to a 1-1 record on the opening weekend of league play. Against IUPUI Friday, the junior guard scored a game-high 30 points on 8-of-13 shooting with three steals and three rebounds. In the win over Western Illinois Sunday, she tallied 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out six assists and had two steals. For the week, Hyde averaged 27.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, four assists and 2.5 steals per contest. She shot 65 percent (17-of-26) from the field, 50 percent (4-of-8) from behind the arc and 85 percent (17-of-20) from the line. Hyde has scored 20 or more points in six games this season.
Also nominated: Katie Comello, IUPUI; Taylor Leathers, Kansas City; Elena Popkey, Oakland; Lisa Loeffler, South Dakota; Ashley Eide, South Dakota State; Saule Kontautaite, Western Illinois.
Previous honoree: 11/12 – Nicole Seekamp, USD; 11/19 – Paige Frauendorfer, UNO; 11/26 – Kim Nezianya, UMKC; 12/3 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW/Eilise O'Connor, UMKC; 12/10 – Kerah Nelson, IUPUI/Megan Waytashek, SDSU; 12/17 – Emile Blakesley, UMKC; 12/24 – Ashley Eide, SDSU.
ABOUT SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League features women's basketball teams from nine member institutions: Fort Wayne, IUPUI, Kansas City, North Dakota State, Oakland, Omaha, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois. Known as the Mid-Continent Conference until 2007, The Summit League enjoyed unprecedented success during a 2011-12 campaign that included a record-high tournament attendance, the most teams in postseason tournaments, new career points and 3-point leaders and a league record two Academic All-Americans. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org and follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops.
