IRVING, Texas – The American Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly women’s basketball awards for the week ending Sunday, December 7.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Megan Nestor, Sr., F, North Texas
Nestor averaged 20 points and 19 rebounds in two games, including an historic outing against Texas Southern, scoring 34 points and grabbing 31 rebounds, including 15 offensive rebounds. She broke the American single-game rebounding record and became just their third player in 1981-82 in NCAA Division I to post a 30-30 game.
 
Freshman of the Week
Dora Toman, Fr., G, Tulsa
Toman averaged 15.5 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals in two games for the Golden Hurricane. In the win against Mississippi Valley, she led Tulsa in scoring with 22 points, while grabbing nine rebounds. 
 
Honorable Mention
Kennedy Fauntleroy, Sr., G, East Carolina
Fauntleroy averaged 15.5 points and two assists per game for the Pirates.
 
Zahira Arizmendi, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Arizmendi scored a career-high 14 points on 50 percent shooting in the win over Western Kentucky.
 
Dominique Ennis, Sr., G, Rice
Ennis led the Owls to a pair of wins against Sam Houston and UNLV, breaking Rice’s all-time three-point record in a 20-point performance against UNLV.
 
L’or Mputu, Gr., F, South Florida
Mputu recorded a 17-point, 12-rebound performance in the win over Houston Christian.
 
Mady Cartwright, Jr., G, Tulsa
Cartwright averaged 18 points and 5.5 rebounds in two games for the Golden Hurricane.