DENVER UTEPs Dragana Zoric has been named the Western Athletic Conference womens basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 10-16. This is the second career WAC Player of the Week honor for the senior. Zoric and teammate Romie DeAnda have both earned player of the week honors twice this season.
Zoric, a forward from Sarajevo, Bosnia, tied a career-high by scoring 28 points on Feb. 10 against Rice in a four-point loss. She also pulled down 11 rebounds for her first double-double in conference play and her seventh of the season. She finished the game 11-for-18 (.611) from the floor .
She helped UTEP snap a season-long, four-game losing streak on Feb. 15 over Tulsa with an impressive 86-60 victory. She scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for her second double-double in as many games. She also added five assists in the contest and finished 9-for-17 (.529) from the floor.
For the week, Zoric averaged 24.0 points with 13.0 rebounds. Zoric is fourth in the WAC in scoring, averaging 14.5 points per game. She is also ninth in rebounding, averaging 7.5 rpg.
Also nominated: Camille Woodfield, Boise State; Cheryl Ford, Louisiana Tech; Ashley Bastian, Nevada; Shonte Roberts, SMU and Cricket Williams, San Jose State.