FARMINGTON, Utah (November 30, 2020) – Starting for the first time in her Lumberjack career during the season's opening week, sophomore
Emily Rodabaugh earned the Big Sky Women's Basketball Player of the Week award.
The honor, the first of Rodabaugh's career, was announced Monday morning by the conference office as the first week of the regular season came to a close. Averaging 20.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in Northern Arizona's two games, Rodabaugh ended up as the only Big Sky player to rank inside the top eight of both stats.
Hitting 50 percent from the field (16-of-32), including 4-of-8 from three-point range, Rodabaugh produced the Big Sky's highest scoring game of the opening week with her 27-point performance at UNLV. After playing in 22 games as a freshman, Rodabaugh started for the first time in her career against the Lady Rebels. Scoring 16 points in the opening quarter, the sophomore helped push the Lumberjacks to a 19-point advantage en route to the 79-75 victory.
In the Lumberjacks second game of the week, facing off against No. 7 Arizona on Sunday, Rodabaugh produced another strong first quarter as NAU pulled out to a 13-8 lead. Putting up eight points during the Lumberjacks' opening run, Rodabaugh again produced early on in just the second start of her career.
The Lynnwood, Wash. native is the fourth Lumberjack to earn the conference's player of the week award during the past two seasons. During the 2019-20 season,
Nina Radford,
Khiarica Rasheed and
Jacey Bailey each won the award as Northern Arizona came away with four of the 18 honors during the season.
Rodabaugh and the rest of the Lumberjacks head back out on the road this week as they open the Big Sky schedule Thursday against the Eastern Washington Eagles in Cheney, Wash.
