Player of the Week

Essence Casey, Farmingdale State
Senior, Forward, Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman

Picked up three double-doubles in as many contests, averaging 19.7 points, 12.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game over the Rams' 2-1 week (2-0 Skyline)...shot .420 (21-for-50) from the field, and 6-for-12 (.500) from beyond the 3-point arc...registered 18 points, 14 boards and six assists Tuesday against Sarah Lawrence...added 19 points, 11 caroms and five helpers at Mount Saint Mary on Thursday...scored a season-high-tying 22 points while contributing 12 rebounds and four assists Saturday versus Albertus Magnus...15.7 points per game average on the campaign ranks No. 6 in the Skyline.

Rookie of the Week

Kiana Vega, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Freshman, Guard, El Paso, TX/Capt. John L. Chapin

Averaged 15.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.3 steals per game in the Mariners' 3-0 week (2-0 Skyline)...scored 12 points to go with seven rebounds Tuesday against Yeshiva...added 15 points in a triumph Thursday at Mount Saint Vincent...netted a career-high 19 points to round out the week versus York (NY).

Honor Roll

St. Joseph's-Brooklyn freshman guard Kelly O'Donnell netted a career-high 31 points against Yeshiva, and averaged 19 ppg on a week in which the Bears played two Division I opponents...USMMA's Taylor Hightower (16 ppg, 10.7 rpg), Yeshiva's Michal Alge (12 ppg, 16.5 rpg) and St. Joseph's-Long Island senior Andrea Iavarone (20 pts., 12 reb.) all averaged double-doubles on the week...Old Westbury junior forward Monique Joseph filled the stat sheet with 17 points, six caroms, as many assists and five steals in a triumph over New Rochelle...Mount Saint Vincent senior Kelly Nola went for 18 points, nine boards and five assists against Merchant Marine...Mount Saint Mary senior forward Jessica Rini shot .567 from the floor (17-for-30) last week, en route to averages of 17 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest.

Previous Player of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Nov. 27 - Charlotte Renker, Old Westbury
Dec. 4 - Charlotte Renker, Old Westbury
Dec. 11 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island

Previous Rookie of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - Aria Rheams, Mount Saint Vincent
Nov. 27 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Dec. 4 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Dec. 11 - Aria Rheams, Mount Saint Vincent