Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Zariah Matthews

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/14/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Junior Zariah Matthews has been named the Mississippi College Renasant Bank Female Athlete of the Week, it was announced on Monday (Jan. 14).

Matthews (Bogue Chitto, Miss.) led the Lady Choctaws in scoring in each of the games of a homestand against Valdosta State and West Florida. She scored a season-high and tied a career-high with 19 points against UWF. She also poured in 15 on Thursday against VSU.

On the season, Matthews is the team's leading scorer at 11.4 points per game, shooting 42% from the field and 82% from the free throw line. She has scored in double-figures in eight games this season.

Matthews and the Lady Choctaws will make a road trip to Tennessee this weekend as they face Christian Brothers (Memphis) on Thursday and Union (Jackson) on Saturday.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/18/2018 Coco Hobson Women's Basketball
12/18/2018 Trai James Men's Basketball
12/10/2018 Dyllan Taylor Men's Basketball
12/10/2018 Jamilah Sanders Women's Basketball
12/3/2018 Marcus Lytle Men's Basketball
12/3/2018 Zairia Brown Women's Track
11/19/2018 Zariah Matthews Women's Basketball
11/19/2018 Tre Jenkins Men's Basketball
11/12/2018 Rita Okoro Women's Soccer
11/12/2018 Brandon Boston Men's Basketball
11/5/2018 Jill Brown Volleyball
11/5/2018 Jordan Pritchard Men's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Victor Bazan Men's Soccer
10/29/2018 Alisa Morozova Women's Tennis
10/22/2018 D.J. Smith Football
10/22/2018 Katie Taylor Women's Soccer
10/15/2018 Lauren Smith Women's Soccer
10/15/2018 Will Young Men's Cross Country
10/8/2018 Tiberias Lampkin Football
10/8/2018 Lexie Laurendine Volleyball
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