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USBWA - Saginaw Valley State University junior women's basketball student-athlete has been selected as the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week after her performance over the weekend in leading SVSU to victories over Malone and Walsh.
Wendling earned Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) North Division Player of the Week honors after leading the Lady Cardinals to a 2-0 record, posting victories over league opponents Malone University and Walsh University, by averaging 30.0 points, 14.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game.
Wendling recorded a season-high 31 points and added 14 rebounds in last Saturday's 82-69 victory over Malone, while also adding one blocked sho. She followed up that performance with one equally as impressive in Sunday's 80-72 overtime win over Walsh, scoring 29 points and grabbing a season-high 15 boards. Wendling added four assists and three blocks in that contest while playing in 42 of 45 minutes. She went 9-of-9 from the free throw line against the Cavaliers as well, part of a perfect 19-for-19 team effort from the charity stripe.
She finished the week 13-of-14 at the free throw line and connected at a 68 percent (23-of-24) clip from the field for Saginaw Valley State, which is 7-4 overall on the season and 4-2 in the GLIAC. Wendling leads the conference in scoring (21.6 ppg) and is second in rebounding (10.4 rpg). Nationally, Wendling is sixth with her 63.2 field goal percentage, seventh with 98 field goals made and eighth with her 21.6 scoring average.
The GLIAC North Divison Player of the Week honor was her third of the young season through just 11 games for the preseason First Team All-GLIAC selection.
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