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Athletes of the Week

Alex Jones

Alex Jones

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/22/2010
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Eastern Kentucky University freshman Alex Jones was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the first time on Monday, Feb. 22. Jones scored 34 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the Lady Colonels to a 12-point victory at Morehead State. 
 
The Elizabethtown, Ky., native was also chosen as the OVC Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this season.
 
Jones went 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) from the field and 10-for-11 (90.9 percent) from the free throw line. Her 34 points bettered her previous career-high of 26 against Bethune-Cookman earlier this season. She had three assists, a block and a steal to go along with her career-best 18 rebounds, three more than her previous high.
 
With the Lady Colonels leading by three with a minute left in the game, Jones went 5-for-6 from the free throw line and scored seven of Eastern’s final nine points to put the game away. She scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the second half. 
 
Jones set career-highs for points, rebounds, field goals, field goals attempted, free throws and free throws attempted. The double-double was her sixth of the season


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/4/2016 Shameekia Murray Women's Basketball
1/4/2016 Nick Mayo Men's Basketball
12/15/2015 Jarelle Reischel Men's Basketball
12/15/2015 Jalen O'Bannon Women's Basketball
11/19/2015 Rachel Vick Volleyball
11/19/2015 Amos Kosgey Cross Country
10/28/2015 Charlotte Imer Cross Country
10/28/2015 Noah Spence Football
9/11/2015 Chloe Rojas Volleyball
9/11/2015 Erick Rotich Cross Country
8/3/2015 Kyle Nowlin Baseball
7/31/2015 Cassie Smith Soccer
5/18/2015 Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen Track & Field
5/18/2015 Paige Murphy Softball
4/27/2015 Sofie Levin Women's Golf
4/27/2015 Juanjo de la Llera Men's Tennis
3/24/2015 Isaac McGlone Men's Basketball
3/24/2015 Tashuana Yapchung Track & Field
3/4/2015 Corey Walden Men's Basketball
3/2/2015 Amandine Faouzi Women's Tennis
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