IUPUI’s Rogers Captures #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honors

1/30/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI senior center Mikale Rogers was named The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Jan. 23-29.

MIKALE ROGERS, IUPUI
Sr. // C // Indianapolis, Ind.

Earned her fifth career Player of the Week award and third this season
Tallied a season-high 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a come-from-behind victory at Western Illinois
Added 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field with six boards in a road win at Fort Wayne
For the week, averaged 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game with just two turnovers in 71 minutes of action
Shot 56.3 percent (18-of-32) from the field and 85.7 percent (6-of-7) at the free throw line

Also nominated: Jacqlyn Poss, Denver; De'Jour Young, Fort Wayne; Mikaela Shaw, Omaha; Faith Ihim, Oral Roberts; Ellie Thompson, South Dakota State; Morgan Blumer, 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; Dec. 19 – Mikaela Shaw, UNO; Dec. 26 – Mikale Rogers, IUPUI; Jan. 2 – Allison Arens, USD; Jan. 9 – Taylor Higginbotham, WIU; Jan. 17 – Morgan Blumer, WIU; Jan. 23 – Madison Guebert, SDSU

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Celebrating its 35^th 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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