FRISCO, Texas — UIW's Jorja Elliott has earned Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week award, the conference office announced Monday.
Women's Basketball Player of the Week: Jorja Elliott, UIW – Jr. – G – Hickory Creek, Texas (Lake Dallas HS)
Elliott scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Cardinals to a 1-0 Southland Conference start with the 48-46 victory over Northwestern State. She finished the game shooting 7-for-11 from the field, knocking down three 3-pointers and going perfect from the FT line (5-5). In a close game with seven lead changes, Jorja was key in warding off the Demons.
2024-25 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Players of the Week
| Date |
Player of the Week |
| Nov. 11 |
Paige Allen, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| Nov. 18 |
Tanita Swift, Nicholls |
| Nov. 25 |
Tanita Swift, Nicholls |
| Dec. 2 |
Nora Francois, New Orleans |
| Dec. 9 |
Jorja Elliott, UIW |
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.