Tusculum's Shultz Named South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Women's Basketball Player of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum guard Blayre Shultz has been named the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Women's Basketball Player of the Week for games played during week fourteen of the 2022-23 season, the Conference announced today. 

Shultz, a senior guard from Morristown, Tenn., averaged 24.5 points per game as the Pioneers earned wins over Carson-Newman (79-70) and Newberry (78-42). She scored a team-high 22 points and had five rebounds and five assists in the win over Carson-Newman, then scored a game-high 27 points with four assists and three steals against Newberry. Shultz hit four three-pointers in both wins and shot 75 percent from the foul line (9-12) for the week.

2022-23 SAC Women's Basketball Players of the Week 
Nov. 14 – Alexa Smiddy, Lincoln Memorial
Nov. 21 – Josie Hester, UVA Wise
Nov. 28 – Emily Harman, Lenoir-Rhyne
Dec. 5 – Jami Tham, Tusculum
Dec. 12 – Jami Tham, Tusculum
Dec. 19 – Alexa Smiddy, Lincoln Memorial
Jan. 2 – Diamond McDowell, Anderson
Jan. 9 – Breanna Yarber, Emory & Henry
Jan. 16 – Braelyn Wykle, Carson-Newman
Jan. 23 – Bryanna Troutman, Wingate
Jan. 30 – Dasia Lambert, Coker
Feb. 6 – Lyrik Thorne, Catawba
Feb. 13 – Braelyn Wykle, Carson-Newman
Feb. 20 – Blayre Shultz, Tusculum

Varsity Gems is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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