Fresno State Athletics
Ross Named WAC Player of the Week
2/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 15, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State junior guard Jaleesa Ross has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 8-14. This is the third WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Ross and the sixth of her career.
Ross, a Pinole, Calif., native, averaged 19.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game while leading Fresno State to a record start last week. She shot 61 percent (14-of-23) from the field and 61 percent (8-of-13) from three-point range on the week as the Bulldogs are now 20-5 on the year and 11-0 in WAC play.
She opened the week with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, a career-high nine assists, four rebounds and three steals in a win over Idaho. In Saturday's win over New Mexico State, a game in which she played the full 40 minutes, Ross scored a game-high 23 points to go with eight rebounds, two assists and two steals. Her eight three-pointers during the week bring her career total to 266, seven shy of the Fresno State career record of 273.
Other nominees included: Rebecca Kepilino of Boise State averaged 13.0 points on 75 percent shooting, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals on the week ... Hawai'i's Leilani Galdones averaged 14.5 points on 64 percent shooting and dished out 3.0 assists on the week ... Rachele Kloke of Idaho averaged 16.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals last week ... Louisiana Tech's Shanavia Dowdell finished with 25 points, 13 rebounds and three assists in a win over San Jose State ... Tahnee Robinson of Nevada averaged 17.5 points on 40 percent shooting as the Wolf Pack went 1-1 on the week ... New Mexico State's Crystal Boyd averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 steals ... Chasity Shavers of San Jose State averaged 17.5 points on 56 percent shooting to go with 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals on the week ... Utah State's Nicole Johnson became the Aggies' all-time blocks leader with her 128th career swat last week.
