Kansas City's O'Connor Named Player of the Week

1/21/2013 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City guard Eilise O'Connor was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Jan. 14-20.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Eilise O'Connor, Kansas City
5-8 | Jr. | G
San Francisco, Calif. // St. Ignatius Prep
O'Connor earns her second Player of the Week award this season after scoring a career-high 34 points in a win over Fort Wayne. In addition to her 34 points, she grabbed seven rebounds and connected on a school record 17 free throws. On Thursday, the junior guard scored 26 points with eight rebounds and three steals against Oakland. For the week, O'Connor averaged 30 points, 7.5 rebounds, two steals and one assist per game. She went 26-of-27 (.963) from the free throw line and 16-of-31 (.516) from the field in the two contests. With her 30 points per game average, O'Connor nearly doubled her average of 15.5 points coming into the week.

Also nominated: DeAirra Goss, IUPUI; Marena Whittle, North Dakota State; Olivia Nash, Oakland; Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota; Saule Kontautaite, Western Illinois.

Previous honorees: 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; 12/31 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW; 1/7 – Paige Frauendorfer, UNO; 1/14 – Megan Waytashek, 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.