Fresno State Athletics
Thompson Earns WAC Player of the Week Honors
1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2011
Moscow, ID - Fresno State guard Taylor Thompson has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the week for January 3-9, the WAC announced Monday.
Thompson, a freshman from Cache, Okla. (Cache HS), scored a career-high 21 points in Fresno State's 79-69 win at Utah State on Saturday. The win was the 19th straight conference victory for the Bulldogs. Thompson added four assists and four steals while shooting 7-of-11 from the field (including 5-of-9 from three-point range) in 30 minutes of action. Her previous high had been 13 points, and she had scored in double figures in just two of her previous 14 games.
The award is the first for Thompson in her career and first for a Fresno State player this season. Others nominated included: senior guard Whitney Jones, Louisiana Tech; junior forward Tabytha Wampler, New Mexico State; and sophomore center Banna Diop, Utah State.
"We Are Your Team!"-- Fresno State will look to push its WAC winning streak to 20 games tonight at Idaho. For more information, visit Gobulldogs.com.
