GNAC Weekly Honors for December 8, 2008

BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mens Basketball

Jose Guitian (Senior) - Lasell - Miami, FL

Guitian scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Lasell's opening GNAC contest in a 68-57 win over Rivier College.  He also had 28 points and 5 rebounds against no. 10 Amherst College.

Women's Basketball

Blair Carpenter (Junior) - Rivier - Meredith, NH

Blair had a solid statistical week capped off by a program-record and career-high 38 points(13-28 46% from the floor) on Sunday. The junior is just 2 points shy of reaching the 1,000 point plateau. In addition, the shooting guard averaged 8 rebounds and 2 steals per game. Carpenter shot 87.5% from the charity stripe (14-16) for the week. 

BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Men's Basketball

Johrone Bunch (Freshmen) - Mount Ida - Meriden, CT

Freshman Johrone Bunch (Meriden, CT/F.T. Maloney) had a solid overall week leading his squad to a 2-1 record.  He also tallied his first double-double as a Mustangs against Fisher College this past Friday night.

Women's Basketball

Rachel Kaye (Freshemen) - Emerson - Wakefield, MA

In her first career start scored 20 points on 50% shooting from the field and from behing the three-point arc, and a perfect 4-4 from the free throw liine, while also dishing out a half dozen assists in Emerson's non-conference victory over UMass Boston in the Lions' only game of the week. 

WOMEN'S SWIMMING

Swimmer of the Week

Keri-Ann Arsenault (Senior) - Simmons - Chester, NH

Keri-Ann scored 26 points at the GNAC championship, the individual high point scorer for the meet. She finished 2nd in the 200 Free, 1st in the 1650 free  with a new Simmons College Pool record & GNAC Championship record (by 30 seconds), 1st in the 500 free, 1st in the 400 IM, and was a member of the winning 800 Freestyle Relay and the third place 200 Free Relay.

Rookie of the Week

Hannah Gajewski (Freshmen) - Saint Joseph's (ME) - Biddeford, ME

Gajewski helped St. Joe's to a runner-up finish in the 2008 GNAC Championships with first place finishes, and new school record times, in the 200-free (2:05.95) and 100-IM (1:07.02) events. She also was a member of the 400-free relay team and posted two second place finishes (1650-free, 19:56.12; 500-free, 5:44.44) at the meet.