Monday, February 8, 2010

Jahmar Young WAC POW

Congrats to New Mexico State's Jahmar Young for earning WAC Player of the Week honors.

Per Jason Erickson, the WAC Director of Media Relations:

New Mexico State's Jahmar Young has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 1-7. The honor marks the third career WAC Player of the Week award for Young.

Young, a junior guard from Baltimore, Md. (W.E.B. Dubois HS), led New Mexico State to a 94-82 win over San Jose State last week. Young scored a team-high 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field, including a 4-of-6 mark from three-point range. Young also connected on 5-of-5 shots from the free throw line. Additionally, he dished out five assists, pulled down three rebounds and recorded a blocked shot.

Other nominees:

* Idaho senior forward Luciano de Souza
* Louisiana Tech senior forward Magnum Rolle
* Utah State junior forward Tai Wesley

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