GNAC Weekly Honors for December 8, 2008

Lasell’s senior men’s basketball forward Jose Guitian (Miami, Fla.), Rivier junior women’s basketball guard Blair Carpenter (Meredith, NH) and Simmon's senior women’s swimming member Keri-Ann Areenault (Chester, NH) were selected as the GNAC Players of the Week for December 8, 2008.

December 9, 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.