DALLAS – Following a career night and two wins, Southern Miss’ Melyia Grayson was named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the first time this season, the league announced on Monday. Additionally, Rice’s Malia Fisher was named the C-USA Freshman of the Week, her second honor this year. The 2021-22 C-USA Players of the Week awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf and are voted on by the league’s women’s basketball communications directors.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MELYIA GRAYSON, SOUTHERN MISS
SOPHOMORE, C, 6-3, HATTIESBURG, MISS.
Grayson averaged 21.5 PPG in the Lady Eagles two wins this week, including a career-high 32 points in the win over FAU on Saturday. Her 32 points are the third-most in a conference game this season. The sophomore recorded her fifth double-double of the season and sixth of her career, as the Hattiesburg native pulled down 10 rebounds to go along with her new career-best in scoring. She converted on 73.9% of her attempts from the floor over the two games Against FIU, Grayson went 4-of-5 for 11 points in the thrilling 65-54 win, including four rebounds and a pair of blocks.
 
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
MALIA FISHER, RICE
FRESHMAN, F, 6-2, DACULA, GA.
In Rice's one game on the week, a tight victory at UTEP, freshman Malia Fisher scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field and was perfect at the free throw line going 6-of-6. Her seven made field goals from the field were also a career high along with her six free throws. She also added a career-high five assists and seven rebounds in the win. Fisher has now reached double-figure scoring in five-straight games. Additionally, this is the second time she has been recognized by the league this season (Dec. 13).
 
2021-22 WINNERS
Player of the Week
N15      Iggy Allen, Old Dominion
N22      Domonique Davis, Southern Miss
N29      Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte
D6        Zakyia Weathersby, UAB
D13       Amber Gaston, FAU
D20      Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
D27      Savannah Wheeler, Marshall
J3         Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
J10       Kseniya Malashka, Middle Tennessee
J17       Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
J24       Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte
J31       Kseniya Malashka, Middle Tennessee
F7        Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
 
Freshman of the Week
N15      Amaya Brannon, LA Tech
N22      Elyssa Coleman, UTSA
N29      Alexis Mead, WKU
D6        Jalynn Gregory, Middle Tennessee
D13       Malia Fisher, Rice
D20      Jalynn Gregory, Middle Tennessee
D27      Mackenzie Wurm, LA Tech
J3         Mya Meredith, WKU
J10       Mya Meredith, WKU
J17       Mya Meredith, WKU
J24       Mya Meredith, WKU
J31       Anastasiia Boldyreva, Middle Tennessee
F7        Malia Fisher, Rice