CAA Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards – Jan. 13, 2025
Ben Kane
RICHMOND, Va. (Jan. 13, 2025) – Stony Brook senior guard
Zaida Gonzalez and Campbell freshman guard
Ciara Alexander are the CAA women’s basketball weekly award winners for the week ending January 12.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Zaida Gonzalez, Stony Brook
Guard | Senior | West Palm Beach, Fla. / Palm Beach Lakes Community
Gonzalez averaged 26.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in leading Stony Brook to a 2-0 week. The senior started her week by contributing 16 points and four rebounds in a 66-48 win over William & Mary. Two days later, Gonzalez broke the program’s single-game scoring record with a team-high 37 points and added 10 rebounds in an 87-83 overtime victory against Charleston. The 37 points were the most by any CAA player in a conference game since Feb. 19, 2023.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Ciara Alexander, Campbell
Guard | Freshman | Atlanta, Ga./ Mount Paran Christian
Alexander led all scorers in Campbell’s lone game against Hampton. Coming off the bench in the 72-42 win, the freshman guard had 16 points on 5-8 shooting from the field in her 20 minutes of action. Alexander went on to have seven rebounds, two steals, one block, and a career-best 3 assists. The Georgia native has reached double-digit points in her last six games, all coming from the bench.
2024-25 CAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nov. 11: Chloe Sterling, Hofstra
Nov. 18: Amaris Baker, Drexel / Raven Preston, Elon
Nov. 25: Olivia Tucker, Campbell
Dec. 2: Jasha Clinton, Hampton / Chloe Hodges, Drexel
Dec. 9: Taryn Barbot, Charleston
Dec. 16: Taisha Exanor, Monmouth
Dec. 23: Taylor Barbot, Charleston
Dec. 30: LaNae’ Corbett, Hofstra
Jan. 6: McKinley Brooks-Sumpter, Charleston
Jan. 13: Zaida Gonzalez, Stony Brook
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Nov. 11: Jayda Angel, Elon
Nov. 18: Jasmine Felton, Campbell
Nov. 25: Jayda Angel, Elon
Dec. 2: Khady Leye, Towson
Dec. 9: Khady Leye, Towson
Dec. 16: Leah Philpotts, Charleston
Dec. 23 : Jayda Angel, Elon
Dec. 30: Khady Leye, Towson
Jan. 6: LaNae’ Corbett, Hofstra
Jan. 13: Ciara Alexander, Campbell
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