Dec. 19, 2005
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior forward Michelle Strawberry (Corona, Calif.) has been named Mountain West Conference player of the week, the league office announced Monday. Strawberry led the Aztecs to their first victory of the season on Friday, pouring in 22 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds against Portland State (75-71).
Strawberry shot 70 percent from the field (7-for-10) and 87.5 percent from the line (7-for-8) in logging her second career double-double. She has recorded double-figures in rebounds three times and in points on five occasions already this season, exceeding the 20-point mark twice. Strawberry ranks second in the conference in offensive rebounds (3.50/g), third in scoring (15.8/g), fourth in free-throw percentage (84.0) and fifth in rebounding (8.3/g).
The honor is the first of her career, while she is the first Aztec to be named Mountain West Conference player of the week since December 2002. Strawberry becomes the fifth SDSU player in the league's seven-year history to be named player of the week.
SDSU plays two games in three days, beginning on Tuesday, when it plays host to Boise State at 5:30 p.m. at Cox Arena. The Aztecs round out its pre-holiday schedule with a Thursday afternoon meeting with Pittsburgh at 2 p.m.