ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Louisiana Tech guard Kelia Shelton as its Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Feb. 10.
As the WAC Player of the Week, Shelton was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week.
Shelton, a 5-8 redshirt sophomore from Rock Hill, S.C., averaged 33.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, shooting 62 percent (24-of-39) from the field, including 6-of-9 on three-point attempts. In a 79-73 win against UTSA, she scored 45 points to top the previous 22-year-old WAC individual game mark of 44 points and score the highest total in a Division I game this season. She followed up with 22 points and 11 rebounds in her next game against Texas State, a 68-63 loss.
Since the 1987-88 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. At the Women's NCAA Final Four in Denver last April, 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.
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