Shanika Peterkin of Barton Named Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Shanika Peterkin of Barton Named Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Shanika Peterkin of Barton has been named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.
The conference office made the official announcement on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Peterkin has now won the award three times in the 2019-20 season (Nov. 18, Dec. 16 and Feb. 3).
A junior center from Virginia Beach, Va., Peterkin averaged 23.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 steals per game in two wins last week for Barton. She shot 60 percent (15-of-25) from the field.
In Barton’s important league road win at Limestone on Jan. 28, Peterkin finished her efforts with 31 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. She followed that up with 15 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and one block in Barton’s league road win at King on Feb. 1.
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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.
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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
Week 10 (Jan. 27, 2020)
Breanna Locke – Emmanuel
Week 11 (Feb. 3, 2020)
Shanika Peterkin – Barton