DENVER - Utah Valley sophomore forward Zach Nelson has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of March 2-8. This is his first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Yuba City, Calif., native finished with a career-high 29 points to go along with nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks in a win over Bakersfield in the Wolverines' only game last week. He shot on 61.5 percent (8-of-13) from the field and a blazing 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from three-point range. He also knocked down 6-of-6 shots at the charity stripe. The seven three-pointers is one shy of the Utah Valley single-game record and was a career high for Nelson.
Other nominees included: Chicago State's Clarke Rosenberg finished with 21 points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals in a loss at New Mexico State ... Royce Woolridge of Grand Canyon tallied 28 points on 80 percent shooting to go with four rebounds and two steals in a win over Seattle U ... Missouri-Kansas City's Reese Holliday finished with 15 points and six rebounds in a loss at Texas-Pan American ... Tshilidzi Nephawe of New Mexico State averaged 16.0 points on 55 percent shooting and 10.0 rebounds in a pair of wins last week ... UTPA's Shaquille Boga averaged 18.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists as the Broncs went 1-1 on the week.