Feb. 18, 2008

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Gonzaga University women's basketball player Courtney Vandersloot has been named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday. This is Vandersloot's first WCC weekly honor of her career and the Bulldogs fifth overall Player of the Week honor this season.

Vandersloot posted outstanding all-around numbers in leading Gonzaga to wins over the University of San Francisco and the University of San Diego last week. The freshman averaged 16.0 points, 7.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game as the Zags moved closer to clinching a share of the program's fourth-straight WCC regular season title. She also shot an impressive 50.0 percent (12-24) from the field and 60.0 percent (3-5) from beyond the three-point arc.

Vandersloot scored 18 points, while dishing out eight assists and grabbing five rebounds against USF, committing just one turnover in the win. She closed out the week with 14 points and seven assists in Saturday's victory over the Toreros.