Louisiana Techs Cheryl Ford has been named the Western Athletic Conference womens basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 20-26. This is the second career WAC Player of the Week honor for the 2001-02 WAC Player of the Year. This is the first Louisiana Tech player of the week this season.
The senior from Summerfield, La., led Louisiana Tech to two wins last week against Tulsa and Rice. She helped the Lady Techsters retain sole possession of first place in the WAC. The Lady Techsters have now won seven-straight WAC games this season and 12-straight games overall.
Ford averaged 15.5 points and 18.0 rebounds in the wins, while recording double-doubles in both games. Against Tulsa, she recorded a new career-high with 20 rebounds, the most by a Louisiana Tech player in 22 years. Ford scored 15 points against the Golden Hurricane and 16 points against the Lady Owls.
For the season, she averages 12.9 points per game and a WAC-leading 12.6 rebounds per game.
Also nominated: Christen Roper, Hawaii; Cricket Williams, San Jose State; Sarah Davis, SMU and Vaida Zagurskyte.