ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected George Washington forward Jonquel Jones as the Ann Meyers Drysdale Women’s National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 10. The USBWA’s weekly honor will be handed out each Tuesday through mid-February this season.
As the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week, Jones was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women’s basketball, from a list of Division I conference players of the week.
Jones, a 6-4 senior forward for the defending A-10 champions from Freeport, Bahamas, averaged 21.0 points, 16.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks in a pair of wins over Rhode Island and contender Dayton, a late rally in which she hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in the game.
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Since the 1987-88 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. At the Women’s NCAA Final Four in Denver, 2012, the organization announced going forward that the national and weekly player award has been named for Hall of Famer and former UCLA All-American Ann Meyers Drysdale. At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for the award, which is voted on by the entire membership of the USBWA.
The winner of the 2016 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year will be announced at the USBWA’s annual awards event in Indianapolis, site of the 2016 NCAA Women’s Final Four and presented at the College Basketball Awards on April 11 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Several other women’s awards are also to be announced later this season associated with more famous names in women’s basketball history. Also in 2012 in Denver, it was also announced that former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, who was the female recipient of the Most Courageous Award for her battle against early onset dementia, Alzheimer type, would have that award named in her honor.
2015-16 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week
• Week ending Dec. 13: Empress Davenport, Texas (Big 12 Conference)
• Week ending Dec. 20: Mogan Podkowa, DePaul (Big East Conference)
• Week ending Dec. 27: Arnecia Hawkins, Arizona State (Pac-12 Conference)
• Week ending Jan. 3: Breanna Stewart, Connecticut (Big East Conference)
• Week ending Jan. 10: Jonquel Jones, George Washington (Atlantic 10 Conference)
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