GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced that Parkside senior guard Alyssa Nelson has been recognized as GLIAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week following week five of the 2022-23 season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alyssa Nelson, Parkside
Alyssa Nelson averaged 21.0 points per game this week, leading the Rangers to a pair of major conference road wins at Saginaw Valley State and Wayne State. Scoring 22 at SVSU and 26 at Wayne State, she is currently on track to break her Parkside single season record for scoring average (20.2 points per game in the 2021-22 season) with a current average sitting at 20.5 points per game for the 2022-23 campaign. Nelson also tied Parkside hall of famer Jadee Rooney for the program's all-time three-point scoring record with her 248th career three-point field goal during Sunday's win against Wayne State.
HONORABLE MENTION: Sara Dax (MTU), Tori DePerry (SVSU), Ellie Droste (GVSU), Becca Fugate (WSU), Chloe Idoni (FSU), Makaylee Kuhn (NMU), Mattison Rayman (LSSU)