Player of the Week - February 11, 2020

Nikki Velez, Penn State Brandywine | Women's Division II Basketball

Senior | Guard | Gloucester, NJ

Nikki Velez of Penn State Brandywine is the USCAA Women’s Division II Basketball Player of the Week.  Velez had a record-breaking week for the PSU Brandywine.  Velez started the week by playing in all 40 minutes against Penn State Lehigh Valley.  She scored a game-high 22 points.  She also recorded 4 rebounds and 3 steals.  In Brandywines games against PSU Schuylkill, Velez poured in 41 points.  This was the first 40-point game by a PSUAC player this season and second in Brandywine history. The senior buried nine three-pointers, also one of Brandywine’s single-game record, including five in the fourth quarter when she scored Brandywines final 18 points.

Previous Player of the Week Winners

Mar 3, 2020 Diamond Thomas, Penn State Beaver | Women's Division II Basketball
Feb 25, 2020 Malliah Schreck, Penn State DuBois | Women's Division II Basketball
Feb 18, 2020 Jamyah Montissol, Johnson & Wales (NC) | Women's Division II Basketball
Feb 11, 2020 Nikki Velez, Penn State Brandywine | Women's Division II Basketball
Feb 4, 2020 Diamond Thomas, Penn State Beaver | Women's Division II Basketball
Jan 28, 2020 Madison Lovely, Great Bay C.C. | Women's Division II Basketball
Jan 21, 2020 Kaeti Butterfield, University of Maine Augusta | Women's Division II Basketball
Jan 14, 2020 Aija Andrews, Southern Maine CC | Women's Division II Basketball
Jan 7, 2020 Sabriana Franck, Berkeley College | Women's Division II Basketball
Dec 17, 2019 Amanda Brett, Southern Maine Community College | Women's Division II Basketball
Dec 10, 2019 Nikki Velez, Penn State Brandywine | Women's Division II Basketball
Dec 3, 2019 Kristen Huntress, Central Maine CC | Women's Division II Basketball
Nov 26, 2019 Michaella Biron, NHTI | Women's Division II Basketball
Nov 19, 2019 Hope Butler, University of Maine Augusta | Women's Division II Basketball
Nov 13, 2019 Emma Webster, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Nov 5, 2019 Ineesha Hankerson, Johnson & Wales (NC)