NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
WINTER 2007-08
WEEK ENDING 3/9/08

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Melissa Beyruti, Kean University Junior, Guard Union City, NJ/Union Hill
Beyruti earns the final NJAC Player of the Week selection, her third of the season, after averaging 30.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game during Kean’s victories in the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. She opened the tournament with 29 points, five rebounds, and three assists in an 83-76 first round win over Utica. One day later, she became the Cougars’ all-time leading scorer with a season-high 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field and 8-of-14 shooting from three-point range in a 95-61 second round win over Brandeis. A first-team all-conference selection, she broke the school’s career scoring record as just a junior and eclipsed the 100 three-point field goal plateau for the second consecutive season. Beyruti currently leads the NJAC in scoring (18.8 points per game), free throw percentage (.813), and three-point field goals made per game (3.40).
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Tiffany Patrick, Kean University Freshman, Forward Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Patrick earns the final NJAC Rookie of the Week selection, her seventh of the season, after averaging a double-double 13.0 points and 13.5 rebounds per game during Kean’s victories in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. She first registered a double-double 15 points and 10 rebounds, while adding four steals in the Cougars’ 83-76 first round win over Utica. One day later, she tallied a double-double 11 points and 17 rebounds in a 95-61 second round win over Brandeis. Patrick, who shot .500 (11-of-22) from the field in the two wins combined, currently ranks third in the NJAC in field goal percentage (.515).

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - WINTER 2007-08
	Player	Rookie
Week 1	Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Angela Fitzgerald NJCU
Week 2	Alaia Robinson NJCU	Angela Fitzgerald NJCU
Week 3	Melissa Beyruti Kean	Angela Fitzgerald NJCU
Week 4	Michelle Pellichero William Paterson	Karima Blackwell Rutgers-Camden
Week 5	Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Brittany Powell Kean
Week 6	Chari' Cooper Kean	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 7	Melissa Beyruti Kean	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 8	*Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 9	Chari' Cooper Kean	Kelsey Kutch TCNJ
Week 10	*Asia Johnson William Paterson	Karima Blackwell Rutgers-Camden
Week 11	*Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 12	Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 13	Asia Johnson William Paterson	Angela Fitzgerald NJCU
Week 14	Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Karima Blackwell Rutgers-Camden
Week 15	*Asia Johnson William Paterson	Angela Fitzgerald NJCU
Week 16	Hillary Klimowicz TCNJ	Tiffany Patrick Kean
Week 17	Melissa Beyruti Kean	Tiffany Patrick Kean