FRISCO, Texas — Northwestern State's Vernell Atamah 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: Vernell Atamah – Fr. – F –Mesquite, Texas (John D. Horn HS)
Atamah averaged 25 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, including recording a double-double with 29 points and 11 rebounds in the victory over New Orleans on Thursday. She followed that up with the leading scorer against league-leading Southeastern, pouring in 21 points. In both of the games, she shot at least 50 percent from the field and blocked a shot in each game, as well as recording three steals vs. New Orleans. She almost led the Demons to a big comeback against the Lions on Saturday, scoring eight straight points in the fourth quarter to cut a 12-point deficit down to 52-48 midway through the fourth quarter.
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 |
| Dec. 16 |
Jacei Denley, Lamar |
| Dec. 30 |
Mireia Aguado, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| Jan. 6 |
Mya Blake, Northwestern State |
| Jan. 13 |
Sabria Dean, Lamar |
| Jan. 20 |
Vernell Atamah, Northwestern State |
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.