Kaitlin Sowinski Named Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week
12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2006
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (December 4, 2006) - Sacred Heart sophomore Kaitlin Sowinski (Hopkinton, RI) was named the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Player of the Week announced by the league office Monday afternoon.
Sowinski has become a dominant inside force for the Pioneers just seven games into her second season. The 6-4 center helped SHU to a 1-1 week, including a win over Big East foe Providence. Sowinski, playing against a trio of six-foot-plus frontcourt Friars, scored a career high 23 points, shooting 9-of-13 from the field. The sophomore just missed her second double-double in a week with nine boards while adding two blocks. Sowinski played a career-high 36 minutes in the win. Sowinski started the week with big effort in an overtime loss at Columbia. Sowinski had 20 points, including the Pioneers first nine points of the second half, while blocking four shots. Sowinski ranks eighth in the NEC in scoring (15.0 ppg), first in field-goal percentage (66.1%) and second in blocks (14). She has more then doubled her rebounding average from last year, pulling down 6.9 rebounds per game, which stands 13th in the league.
