PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference has announced its women's basketball weekly award winners for the week ending Jan. 25.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
COURTNEY EDMUNDO • Rutgers University-Camden
Sophomore • Forward • Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Edmundo earns NJAC Player of the Week honors after recording back-to-back double-doubles in two Scarlet Raptor victories. The sophomore averaged 21.5 points and 11.0 rebounds while shooting 60.0 percent from the field. She posted a career-high 31 points on 9-of-12 shooting (including 3-of-4 from three-point range) and 10-of-11 from the free throw line against Ramapo on Friday, adding 12 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and one steal. Against Rutgers-Newark on Tuesday, she contributed 12 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block. The performance extended her double-double streak to four consecutive games and marked her ninth double-double in 18 games this season. Edmundo surpassed 500 career points during the week, reaching 525 for her young career. She currently ranks fourth in both conference-only scoring (15.0 ppg) and rebounding (9.6 rpg) and sixth in both conference-only free throw percentage (78.8%) and assists (2.7 apg).
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JADA JACOBS • William Paterson University
Junior • Guard • Mount Laurel, NJ/Medford Tech
Jacobs earns NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after a dominant two-way performance in William Paterson's 2-0 week as the Pioneers extended their conference record to an unblemished 11-0. The junior averaged 10.5 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 1.0 block per game while anchoring a defense that limited opponents to 49.0 points per game. She recorded a game-high four steals while adding eight rebounds (six defensive) and five points as the Pioneers held TCNJ to just 47 points in a home victory on Tuesday. Jacobs followed with a double-double featuring a career-high 13 rebounds (10 defensive), 20 points, two steals and two blocks as William Paterson limited Stockton to 51 points in a road win on Friday. She currently ranks third in conference-only steals (2.7 spg) and fifth in conference-only assists (2.8 apg) while adding 10.3 points and 6.3 boards per game against NJAC opponents.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
ZEMIRAH ENALLS • Stockton University
Freshman • Forward • Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat
Enalls is named NJAC Rookie of the Week for the third time and picks up her fifth overall weekly honor after dominating the boards in Stockton's 1-1 week. The freshman led all Ospreys with 10.0 rebounds per game, pulling down 20 total boards including 10 offensive rebounds that created crucial second-chance opportunities. She grabbed 11 rebounds against Kean on Tuesday—her eighth double-digit rebounding performance of the season—and added nine boards against NJAC-leading William Paterson on Friday. Enalls also averaged 9.0 points while shooting an efficient 50.0 percent (8-of-16) from the field, maintaining her team-leading .568 field goal percentage for the season. The rookie currently ranks second in the NJAC in conference-only rebounding (10.5 rpg).