Oklahoma State University Athletics
Natasha Mack Named National Player of the Week
January 07, 2020 | Cowgirl Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS – For the season's eighth U.S. Basketball Writers Association Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week honor, Oklahoma State forward Natasha Mack was selected after helping the Cowgirls go unbeaten during competition ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 5.
As the Big 12 weekly winner, Mack was nominated for the award, which were chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women's basketball, primarily from a pair of lists of Division I conference players and freshmen players of the week.
Mack, a 6-4 junior forward from Lukfin, Texas, averaged 23.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game in two appearances in which she reached her 10th and 11th career double-doubles. In the conference opener at home against Kansas in Stillwater, she just missed the second triple-double in the program's history with 25 points, 20 rebounds, and nine blocked shots.
She is just the second player nationally since 1999-00 to record 25-plus points, 20-plus rebounds, and nine blocked shots in a game. The other was Brooke Salas of New Mexico State against Alcorn State on Dec. 21, 2018.
Since the 1987-88 season, the USBWA has named a women's National Player of the Year. For the 2012-13 season, the national and weekly player award became named for Hall of Famer and former UCLA All-American Ann Meyers Drysdale while this is the first season the national and weekly freshman award is being given in the name of former Tennessee all-American Tamika Catchings.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for both awards, which is voted on by the entire membership of the USBWA.
The winners of the 2020 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year and Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year will be announced and presented at the USBWA's annual awards event in New Orleans, site of the 2020 NCAA Women's Final Four. Both winners will be honored at the USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on April 13, 2020.
As the Big 12 weekly winner, Mack was nominated for the award, which were chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women's basketball, primarily from a pair of lists of Division I conference players and freshmen players of the week.
Mack, a 6-4 junior forward from Lukfin, Texas, averaged 23.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game in two appearances in which she reached her 10th and 11th career double-doubles. In the conference opener at home against Kansas in Stillwater, she just missed the second triple-double in the program's history with 25 points, 20 rebounds, and nine blocked shots.
She is just the second player nationally since 1999-00 to record 25-plus points, 20-plus rebounds, and nine blocked shots in a game. The other was Brooke Salas of New Mexico State against Alcorn State on Dec. 21, 2018.
Since the 1987-88 season, the USBWA has named a women's National Player of the Year. For the 2012-13 season, the national and weekly player award became named for Hall of Famer and former UCLA All-American Ann Meyers Drysdale while this is the first season the national and weekly freshman award is being given in the name of former Tennessee all-American Tamika Catchings.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for both awards, which is voted on by the entire membership of the USBWA.
The winners of the 2020 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year and Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year will be announced and presented at the USBWA's annual awards event in New Orleans, site of the 2020 NCAA Women's Final Four. Both winners will be honored at the USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on April 13, 2020.
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