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March 9, 2009
WACO, Texas
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Deveon Jenkins of Jarvis Christian College (Texas) was
named the Red River Athletic Conference Men's Basketball
Player of the Week for March 2-8 after leading the
Bulldogs to their first RRAC conference tournament
title and a spot in the NAIA national tournament. Ashlea
Gray of Langston University (Okla.) earned the RRAC
Women's Basketball Player of the Week award after
helping the Lady Lions add the RRAC women's tournament
title to their regular season championship.
Jenkins, a senior forward from
Chicago, Ill., pushed the Bulldogs to a tournament final
victory over top-seeded Texas Wesleyan University with
17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists as JCC won,
79-72. In the semifinals, he recorded another
double-double with 18 points and 11 boards en route to
an 83-76 win over Texas College that secured a berth in
the national tournament. Jenkins also accounted for 12
points and seven rebounds in a first-round game, and he
posted 19 and 10 in the final regular season game last
Monday as JCC went 4-0 last week. Jenkins was 20-of-46
shooting from the field and 25-of-33 from the free throw
line for the 26-7 Bulldogs. JCC will start play in the
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship
next week.
Gray, a sophomore guard/forward from Dallas, scored 47
points in Langston's three conference tournament wins.
She poured in 23 points and snared 10 rebounds in a
78-63 semifinal victory over Wiley College (Texas) and
chipped in 12 points and eight boards in the
championship game to defeat JCC's women's team, 67-63.
Gray had seven steals in the tournament as well as the
Lady Lions extended their streak to 20 consecutive RRAC
wins. Langston advances to the NAIA women's tournament
Jackson, Tenn., with a record of 28-5.
Chris Berry of Texas Wesleyan University was an
additional men's nominee after scoring at least 20 points in all
three of his RRAC tournament games. At the outset of the
tournament, Berry was named the conference's Player of
the Year, and he didn't let up with 65 tournament points
and 17 rebounds.
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Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Deveon Jenkins, Jarvis Christian
Women's Basketball Player of the Week
Ashlea Gray, Langston
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Previous Honorees
Nov.10
Deveon Jenkins, JCC (M)
Alvin Lewis, LU (M)
Sanetra Jackson, LU (W)
Nov. 17
Mitchell Johnson, JCC (M)
Sirena Medrano, USW (W)
Nov. 24
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Brittany Turner, TWU (W)
Dec. 1
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Katrina Haris, WC (W)
Dec. 8
Rafael Johnson, WC (M)
Courtney Dixon, BC (W)
British Thomas, TC (W)
Dec. 15
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Darnell Adams, WC (M)
Brittney Jones, HT (W)
Dec. 22
Hector Mukweyi, TWU (M)
Cordelia Henderson, TWU (W)
Jan. 5
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Shamiah Bryson, JCC (W)
Kim Gatlin, TWU (W)
Jan. 12
Gabe Haskins, HT (M)
Alvin Lewis, LU (M)
Sirena Medrano, USW (W)
Jan. 19
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Sanetra Jackson, LU (W)
Chelsea Jones, SAGU (W)
Jan. 26
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Sanetra Jackson, LU (W)
Feb. 2
Deveon Jenkins, JCC (M)
Lance Sullivan, LU (M)
Crystal DeBose, PQC (W)
Feb. 9
Alburey Doss, LU (M)
Sirena Medrano, USW (W)
Ashley Procter, PQC (W)
Feb. 16
Chris Berry, TWU (M)
Ashley Brooks, JCC (W)
Chelsea Jones, SAGU (W)
Feb. 23
Deveon Jenkins, JCC (M)
Crystal Debose, PQC (W)
Dominique Mathis, JCC (W)
March 2
Alburey Doss, LU (M)
Sirena Medrano, USW (W)
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