DENVER Tulsas Becky Heidotten has been named the Western Athletic Conference womens basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 17-24.
The sophomore center from St. Louis, Mo., earned her second player of the week honor after leading the Hurricane to a win over SMU and close loss to Louisiana Tech. Heidotten was named player of the week for the week of Feb. 4. She is one of three Hurricane to earn the honor after center Alyssa Shriver was player of the week on Jan. 14 and Leela Farr on Feb. 11.
Heidotten averaged 16.0 points and 9.0 rebounds, while shooting 64.7 percent from the field. The sophomore was 10-for-10 from the free throw line. She came off the bench to tie her career-high with 21 points against SMU. She finished 7-of-9 with two blocks. She also added 10 rebounds for her second career double-double. Heidotten scored 11 points with eight rebounds in a 67-62 loss to Louisiana Tech.
Also nominated: Aritta Lane, Fresno State; Christen Roper, Hawai`i; Ayana Walker, Louisiana Tech; Ashley Bastian, Nevada; Lindsey Maynard, Rice; Atari Parker, San Jose State and Kimya Murray, UTEP.