WIU's Luke Earns Player of the Week Honor
WIU's Luke Earns Player of the Week Honor
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois forward Ashley
Luke was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball
Player of the Week for her performances Feb. 10-16.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ashley Luke, Western Illinois
6-1 | So. | F
Oak Creek, Wis. // Oak Creek
Luke collects her third Player of the Week award this season and
fifth of her career after leading Western Illinois to a split of
its league games last week. In the win at North Dakota State on
Thursday, she scored 22 points with 14 rebounds for her
15th double-double of the year. She also added five
assists and two steals. The sophomore forward added her
16th double-double of the season in the four-point loss
at South Dakota State Saturday. She scored 20 points, grabbed 12
rebounds, dished out five assists and had four steals with one
block. Of her 26 total rebounds, 12 were offensive boards. For the
week, Luke averaged 21 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, three
steals per game with a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Also nominated: Alison Janecek, Denver; Haley Seibert, Fort
Wayne; DeAirra Goss, IUPUI; Ericka House, Omaha; Nicole Seekamp,
South Dakota.
Previous honorees: 11/11 – Nicole Seekamp, USD; 11/18
– Steph Paluch, SDSU; 11/25 – Brooke LeMar, NDSU; 12/2
– Amanda Hyde, IPFW/Ashley Luke, WIU; 12/9 – Ashley
Luke, WIU; 12/16 – Dee-Dee Bellamy, IUPUI/Steph Paluch, SDSU;
12/23 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW; 12/30 – Michelle Maher, WIU;
1/6 – Tia Hemiller, USD; 1/13 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW; 1/21
– Haley Seibert, IPFW/DeAirra Goss, IUPUI; 1/27 –
DeAirra Goss, IUPUI; 2/3 – Brook LeMar, NDSU; 2/10 –
DeAirra Goss, IUPUI.
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features women's basketball teams from eight member institutions:
Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, South Dakota,
South Dakota State and Western Illinois. Known as the Mid-Continent
Conference until 2007, The Summit League has enjoyed unprecedented
success in recent seasons including new tournament attendance
standards, record postseason tournament participation, three
All-Americans and NCAA statistical champions. For more information
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