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From Staff Reports

AMERICUS – Sophomore forward Alexia Dizeko earned Player of the Week honors from the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) for the third time this year for her conference play with the top-ranked National Junior College Athletic Association Lady Jets.  The Lady Jets are now 23 – 1 overall and 10 – 0 in the conference.

Dizeko, 5’ 11’ from Sion, Switzerland, was selected as the GCAA Women’s Division 1 Player of the Week for her performance on the court in the Lady Jets wins over Denmark Technical College and East Georgia.  She averaged 21.5 points, six rebounds, 2.5 assists, 3.5 steals and one blocked shot in the back-to-back victories last week.

This is her third GCAA Player of the Week award for the 2022 – 2023 season.  She was selected for the week of January 9^th, 2023 and November 21^st, 2022 prior to receiving the award for the January 30^th release.

This is the ninth time in 11 weeks that the Player of the Week award has been given to a Lady Jet Player. Lady Jets Luana Leite and Fanta Gassama have claimed the GCAA Player of the Week award twice this season. The other Lady Jets receiving this honor included: Camryn James and Veronika Palfi.

Aaron Pitts and Nathan Wilson were both selected as the Men’s Player of the Week earlier this season for the Jets.

The Lady Jets will play at home on Saturday, February 4^th in a 1 p.m. GCAA game against Andrew College.  They will travel to Georgia Highlands on Wednesday, February 8^th before hosting Central Georgia Tech on Monday, February 13^th at 5:30 p.m.

The Jets travel to East Georgia on Saturday, February 4^th and then return for a game on Wednesday, February 8^th for a match-up against South Georgia State at 7 p.m.