This post was written by Hatchet staff writer Rob Bartnichak.
Women’s basketball junior Jonquel Jones was named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, the league announced Monday. She shares the award with Fordham’s Samantha Clark.
The award is Jones’s fourth of the year, which is a league high. She is the only player in the conference to win the award multiple times this year.
With the award, Jones is now the most decorated active player in the conference with five in her career.
The Freeport, Bahamas native averaged 18.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game in GW’s two victories over Saint Joseph’s and Richmond. Jones shot 59.3 percent from the field and averaged 2 assists and 2 blocks per game.
Jones is the only player in the conference averaging a double-double, leading the league with 11.2 rebounds per game and placing fifth with 16.4 points per game.
Her 54.1 field goal percentage and 1.6 blocks per game rank second and third in the A-10, respectively.
The Naismith Trophy candidate is the first Colonial to win the award four times in a season since Anna Montañana in 2004-05. Jones’s five career awards are the most for a GW player since Montañana won six from 2001-05.