DENVER – Kansas City senior Kim Nezianya has been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 10-16. This is her first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Carrollton, Texas, native led the Kangaroos to a 2-0 record last week with two home victories over New Mexico State and Texas-Pan American. Nezianya had 38 points, 21 rebounds and 16 made field goals against New Mexico State, all career highs and WAC season highs. The 38 points is the fifth-most ever in a UMKC game and she became the first player in school history with a 30-point, 20-rebound performance. Nezianya followed up that historic performance with her 13th double-double of the season, scoring 26 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in the victory over UTPA. On the week, she averaged 32.0 points, 17.5 rebounds and shot 56.5 percent from the field. Nezianya became the all-time leading rebounder in school history during the week and now has 887 career boards. Her 248 rebounds this season is currently 10th-best in school history and she also moved into seventh place on the UMKC career scoring list with 1,256 points.
Other nominees included: Bakersfield’s Tyonna Outland averaged 24.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals as the Roadrunners went 1-1 last week ... Stacey Barr of Idaho averaged 20.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists as the Vandals went 1-1 on the week ... New Mexico State’s Sasha Weber averaged 20.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and shot 55.5 percent from three-point range as NM State went 1-1 ... Sylvia Shephard of Seattle U averaged 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.0 steals as the Redhawks went 2-0 on the week ... Texas-Pan American’s Brittany Bush averaged 14.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks last week ... Whitney Jenkins of Utah Valley averaged 11.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals last week.