Bakersfield's Outland Named USBWA National Player of the Week 2/25/2014 12:00:00 AM Bakersfield's Outland Named USBWA National Player of the Week ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Bakersfield guard Tyonna Outland as its Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Feb. 23. As the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week, Outland was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women’s basketball, from a list of Division I conference players of the week.Outland, a 5-8 junior from Compton, Calif., averaged 27.5 points, eight rebounds and 3.5 assists per game with a 54.0 field goal percentage as Bakersfield picked up two WAC wins against Kansas City and Chicago State. In the win over Kansas City she tied a school Division I record for points in a game with 36 and field goals made at 14.Since the 1987-88 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. At the 2012 Women's NCAA Final Four in Denver, 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. At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for the award, which is voted on by the entire membership of the USBWA. The winner of the 2014 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year will be announced and presented at the USBWA's annual awards presentation in Nashville, site of the 2014 NCAA Women's Final Four. To see the complete USBWA release, click here.