SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Western Carolina women’s basketball player Jewel Smalls has been named the General Shale Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for all competition from Dec. 4-10. The selection is made by the league office.
Smalls played 40 minutes in a pair of games for the Catamounts last week, averaging a double-double with 15.5 points and 14 rebounds per contest. The Roswell, Georgia, native logged her eighth double-double of the season in the 69-64 win over Charleston Southern on Dec. 4. The sophomore guard scored 17 points and pulled down a career-high 20 rebounds, which was nearly half of the Catamounts’ 42 total rebounds. Smalls notched her eighth-straight double-figure scoring performance on Dec. 6 against Cleveland State with 14 points and eight rebounds. Smalls leads the NCAA in total rebounds with 133 this season while her eight double-doubles rank second nationally. She was also named the November SoCon Women’s Basketball Player of the Month.
Smalls is a sport management major and currently holds a 3.36 grade point average.
The Catamounts will return to the court on Dec. 17 when they host Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m.
General Shale SoCon Student-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 4 Isabella Gutierrez, Furman, Women’s Soccer
Sept. 11 Catie Cronister, Wofford, Volleyball
Sept. 18 Regan Ward, Western Carolina, Women’s Soccer
Sept. 25 Ben Varghese, ETSU, Men’s Cross Country
Oct. 2 Natalie Srinivasan, Furman, Women’s Golf
Oct. 9 Esme Hamilton, Chattanooga, Women’s Golf
Oct. 16 Brandon Rainey, The Citadel, Football
Oct. 23 Emily Zipay, Western Carolina, Women’s Soccer
Oct. 30 Shiso Go, ETSU, Men’s Golf
Nov. 6 Hamp Sisson, Furman, Football
Nov. 13 Leo Toledo Jr., Mercer, Men’s Soccer
Nov. 20 Blake Jeresaty, Wofford, Football
Nov. 27 Savannah Carnahan, Furman, Women’s Cross Country
Dec. 4 Natalie Armstrong, Samford, Women’s Basketball
Dec. 11 Jewel Smalls, Western Carolina, Women’s Basketball
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