South Dakota State's Lingle Named Player of the Week
South Dakota State's Lingle Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State center Katie Lingle was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Feb. 4-10.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Katie Lingle, South Dakota State
6-2 | Sr. | C
Pierre, S.D. // T.F. Riggs
Lingle earns her first career Player of the Week award after guiding South Dakota State to a pair of league wins last week. In the win over Fort Wayne on Thursday, the senior scored a career-high 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting (.692) with nine rebounds, three blocks and two assists. She followed that performance with 10 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks in only 18 minutes in the win over Oakland. For the week, Lingle came off the bench to average 14 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and two assists per game while playing only 21 minutes per contest. She also shot 61 percent (14-of-23) from the field on the week. Coming into the week, Lingle was averaging eight points, 4.5 rebounds, one block and 0.6 assists to either double or nearly double each category.
Also nominated: Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne; Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; Eilise O'Connor, Kansas City; Katie Birkel, North Dakota State; Olivia Nash, Oakland; Paige Frauendorfer, Omaha; Tempestt Wilson, South Dakota.
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; 12/31 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW; 1/7 – Paige Frauendorfer, UNO; 1/14 – Megan Waytashek, SDSU; 1/21 – Eilise O'Connor, UMKC; 1/28 – Eilise O'Connor, UMKC/Paige Frauendorfer, UNO; 2/4 – 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.
