UNO's Shaw Earns #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honors
UNO's Shaw Earns #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha senior forward Mikaela Shaw was named The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Dec. 12-18.
MIKAELA SHAW, OMAHA
Sr. // F // Deweese, Neb.
- Collected her first Player of the Week selection this season and second of her career
- Led the Mavericks with 22 points and nine rebounds in a win at Florida A&M
- Added five assists and three steals with just one turnover against the Rattlers
- Shot 61.5 percent (8-of-13) from the field and had a 5.0 assist/turnover ratio
Also nominated: Danielle Lawrence, IUPUI; Brianna Jones, North Dakota State; Ciara Duffy, South Dakota; Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
Previous honorees: Nov. 14 – Allison Arens, USD; Nov. 21 – Emily Clemens, WIU/Macy Miller, SDSU; Nov. 28 – Emily Clemens, WIU; Dec. 5 – Mikale Rogers, IUPUI/Maria Martianez, ORU; Dec. 12 – Jaycee Bradley, USD/Emily Clemens, WIU
ABOUT SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Celebrating its 35th season of Division I athletics, The Summit League features women's basketball teams from nine member institutions: Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois. In 2015-16, The Summit League had its first national postseason tournament champion, the No. 1 team in the final Mid-Major Top 25 poll and recorded the highest graduation success rate (GSR) in NCAA Division I for the second consecutive season. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships further established itself as one of the crown jewels of women's tournaments with a second consecutive season of record-setting attendance figures that rank among the top in Division I. This season's event returns to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 4-7, 2017. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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