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Maddie Nelson

  • Award
    Women's Basketball Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/3/2017
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • School
    William Jewell
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Smithville, MO
  • High School
    Smithville High School
William Jewell College senior guard Maddie Nelson has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week in women’s basketball, it was announced by the league office Monday. 
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Maddie Nelson, William Jewell
Sr., G, Smithville, Mo.
Team Results: W, 79-69 vs. Graceland
  • Scored a career-high 23 points and is just two away from reaching the 1,000-point plateau
  • Matched a career-high 17 rebounds, becoming the ninth player in program history to eclipse the 500-career mark
  • Added eight assists and three steals
  • Earns her first career Player of the Week award
  • Last Cardinal Player of the Week: Aerial Smith (1/19/15)