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Nwajei Collects Three More Honors, Including College Sports Madness Mid-Major Player of the Week

Staten Island, NY – The accolades continue to stream in for Wagner's high-scoring sophomore guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum), as she's been named the College Sports Madness Mid-Major Player of the Week and the Corvias ECAC Division I Metro/Upstate Co-Player of the Week, while copping her third consecutive Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Week honor.

Since Christmas, the New York City guard, who shares this week's ECAC honor with Iona's Joy Adams has played more minutes (118) and scored more points (78) than any other NEC player. She averaged 26.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 5.0 steals and 4.7 assists per contest during a three-game span that began with a double-digit victory over Ivy League member Columbia. For the season, Nwajei is averaging 22.5 points per game (Tied-11th Nationally: NCAA.com), 6.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.0 steals.

In her final appearance in 2014, Nwajei erupted for one of the nation's nine 40-point performances as the Seahawks closed out the non-conference portion of their schedule. In powering the Seahawks to a 97-86 win over Columbia, the New York City product poured in 40 points (on 12-of-22 shooting and 13-of-15 accuracy from the free throw line) while logging 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals.

17123Her 40-point performance vs. Columbia is the second-highest single-game performance in school history, just three points behind the 43 points scored by Seahawk Hall of Fame member Stephanie Samuels at Fairleigh Dickinson on February 18, 1986. The 40-point outburst also set a record for the most points ever scored in a game at the Spiro Center. In addition, this was the top single-game performance by an NEC player this season, bettering the 39-point effort that Nwajei delivered at Vermont (12/14).

Prior to the Columbia win, Nwajei tossed in 28 points, 26 in the second half, in guiding the Green & White to a 76-70 win over Stony Brook after two early fouls limited her to two points in five minutes of first-half action.

Nwajei played all 40 minutes in Wagner's NEC opener, a 76-60 triumph over Saint Francis U (1/3), notching her second consecutive double-double. The 5-foot-8 do-it-all guard produced 17, points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and six steals while leading the Seahawks to their third win in a row.  She then closed out the three-game sample by contributing 21 points, seven rebounds and four steals in a two-point loss to Mount St. Mary's (1/5), eclipsing the 20-point mark for the fifth time in six games when her lay-up tied the score at 58-58 with nine seconds remaining.

Wagner is next in action on Saturday, January 10 when the Green & White host LIU Brooklyn at 1:00 pm game. The contest between the Seahawks and Blackbirds kicks off a double-header that will be seen live on ESPN 3 as the Wagner and LIU Brooklyn men square off at 4:00 p.m.

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