Maria Kuhlman of Belmont Abbey Selected Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

Maria Kuhlman of Belmont Abbey Selected Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

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Maria Kuhlman of Belmont Abbey Selected Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Maria Kuhlman of Belmont Abbey has been selected as the Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.

The conference office made the official announcement on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

A junior forward from Ponte Vedra, Fla., Kulhman closed out a historic week for herself averaging 25 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. She shot a blistering 70.8 percent (17-of-24) from the field on the week. Kulhman knocked down a 12 of her 18 three-point attempts (66.7 percent) in two Belmont Abbey conference road wins.

Currently ranked third in the region, Belmont Abbey behind Kuhlman opened last week with a 69-57 league road win at Mount Olive. Kuhlman finished the victory with 19 points. She followed that up by posting 31 points and seven rebounds in a 79-60 road win at Erskine. Kuhlman surpassed 1,000 points in her career in the conference win at Erskine.

This is Conference Carolinas

Conference Carolinas has a rich tradition in roots that dates back to its early initial inception on Dec. 6, 1930. The NCAA Division II athletics conference presently has member schools located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Conference Carolinas member institutions are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, King, Lees-McRae, Limestone, Mount Olive, North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan.  

Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.

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2019-20 Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Players of the Week 

Week One (Nov. 11, 2019)
Nigeria Davis - Converse  

Week Two (Nov. 18, 2019)
Shanika Peterkin – Barton 

Week Three (Nov. 25, 2019)
Quin Byrd – Limestone

Week Four (Dec. 2, 2019)
Alexis Schulz – Belmont Abbey 

Week Five (Dec. 9, 2019)
Allie Downing – Belmont Abbey

Week Six (Dec. 16, 2019)
Shanika Peterkin – Barton   

Week Seven (Jan. 6, 2020)
Breanna Locke – Emmanuel 

Week Eight (Jan. 13, 2020)
Jada Bacchus – Mount Olive

Week Nine (Jan. 20, 2020)
Maria Kuhlman –  Belmont Abbey