SAU's Thole Uses Pair of Double-Doubles To Earn Final Women's Basketball Weekly Award

CHICAGO --- St. Ambrose University's Caitlyn Thole (Princeville, Ill.) has claimed the final Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week award for the 2023-24 season, the league office announced on Tuesday.

Thole garnered the recognition after recording a pair of double-doubles during the week of Feb. 19-25.  Her averages during that stretch included 19.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per contest, while shooting 57.7 percent from the field (15-of-26) and 71.4 percent from the foul line (5-of-7).

The sophomore guard's best game of the week came on Saturday when she totaled 21 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and three steals in a 72-52 decision over Trinity Christian College.  Three days earlier, she collected 18 points, 10 caroms and two assists in a 76-65 setback to Saint Xavier University.

St. Ambrose completed its season at 7-18 overall and 7-13 in league affairs.

Other Nominees: Tabetha Jones (Governors State), Tenleigh Phelps (Indiana South Bend), Jessica Carrothers (Indiana Northwest), Sidney Elijah (Calumet St. Joseph), Jaidn Green (Saint Xavier), Kayliana Hammel (Holy Cross), Tykara Harrison (St. Francis), Kencia Levasseur (Roosevelt), Preslee Michael (Olivet Nazarene).