McNamara Earns MWBCA Player of the Week Honor

McNamara Earns MWBCA Player of the Week Honor
Posted: Jan 16, 2019

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College senior guard Kelsi McNamara (West Newbury, Mass.) has been selected as the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) Player of the Week, as announced by the organization on Tuesday.

McNamara averaged 18 points, 10.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.0 steals per game in a 3-0 week for the Monks. The senior guard posted a pair of double-doubles last week, with 24 points and 13 assists in a victory over Albertus Magnus and 13 points and 11 assists in a win over Regis. She closed the week with 17 points and seven assists in just 20 minutes in a lopsided triumph over University of Saint Joseph on Saturday.

McNamara, who also garnered Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honor roll mention, is currently averaging 21.8 points, 6.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.9 rebounds per game while shooting 47.5% (115-242) from the field, 40.2% (49-122) from three-point distance, and 85.4% (70-82) from the free-throw line. She leads the GNAC in points (349), three-pointers made (49) and three-point percentage and ranks second in field goals made (115), assists (109) and assist/turnover ratio (2.4), and third in scoring average and FT%.

The MWBCA Player of the Week award is the 11th of McNamara's collegiate career.

Saint Joseph's will play at Anna Maria College at 2:00 PM on Saturday.

 

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.