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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
4/21/2010 Anais Hamel Women's Tennis
4/21/2010 Ryne Purcell Baseball
4/7/2010 Carles Pons Men's Tennis
4/7/2010 Lutisha Bowen Track & Field
3/23/2010 Ryan Faidley Baseball
3/16/2010 Kristin Perry Softball
2/23/2010 Josh Taylor Men's Basketball
2/22/2010 Alex Jones Women's Basketball
2/8/2010 Shakeyia Colyer Women's Basketball
2/8/2010 Papa Oppong Men's Basketball
1/21/2010 Bianca Forbes Track & Field
1/14/2010 Willie Cruz Men's Basketball
1/14/2010 Talisha Davis Women's Basketball
12/18/2009 Derek Hardman Football
12/2/2009 Alex Jones Women's Basketball
12/2/2009 Justin Stommes Men's Basketball
10/9/2009 Picoty Leitich Cross Country
10/8/2009 Jeremy Caldwell Football
9/17/2009 Evan Cromer Football
9/17/2009 Lauren Imsande Soccer
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