BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin Wallace University junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference guard Jessica Lairson (Louisville) is this week's OAC Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week. This marked the was the first OAC weekly in her career.
Lairson, a neuroscience and psychology major who carries a 3.4 grade point average, earned the honor for her efforts in wins against previously No.19-ranked the University of Mount Union and at Wilmington College. In the two games, she scored 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made five steals as the Yellow Jackets beat Mt. Union, 74-71, on January 30, and beat Wilmington College, 59-51, on Feb. 2.
Lairson made 8-of-13 shots from the floor for 61.5 percent, including 1-of-2 three-pointers and 9-of-13 foul shots. In the upset of the Purple Raiders, Lairson had 16 points, three rebounds, two steals, two blocked shots and an assists and made all five of her field goal attempts and 6-of-7 foul shots.
For the season, Lairson who earned All-OAC accolades a year ago and has been a member of two all-tournament teams during her career, tops the Yellow Jackets in scoring for the second straight season with 10.4 points-per-game. She also tops the squad in rebounding at 6.4 rpg., steals with 27 and blocked shots with 16.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 6 when they host OAC and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center at 7:30 p.m. BW also hosts Marietta College this Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
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March 5, 2013
Smolik and Frisina Tabbed as Academic All-OAC
February 27, 2013
Lairson and Smolik Tabbed as All-OAC
February 16, 2013
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February 13, 2013
BW Women Win Fifth Straight at Heidelberg
February 11, 2013
Audrey Smolik Earns First Career OAC Weekly Honor
February 9, 2013
Smolik’s First Career Double-Double Lifts BW over Marietta
February 6, 2013
Simovic's Career Night Leads BW Past John Carroll, 72-42
February 5, 2013
Jessica Lairson Earns First OAC Player-of-the-Week
February 2, 2013
BW Women Beat Wilmington, 59-51, in Wilmington
January 30, 2013
Smolik's Career Night Leads BW in Upset of #19 Mt. Union
January 26, 2013
Women’s Basketball Team Loses at Otterbein
January 23, 2013
Yellow Jacket Women Hoopsters Fall to No. 8 Ohio Northern
January 19, 2013
BW Women Fall to Capital
January 16, 2013
BW Women Score Season-High 94 in Defeat of Heidelberg
January 12, 2013
BW Women Beat Muskingum, 63-40, for Fourth Straight Win
January 9, 2013
BW Women Beat John Carroll, 80-59, for Third Straight Win
January 7, 2013
Jessica Carpenter Named OAC Player-of-the-Week
January 5, 2013
BW Women Beat Marietta for Second Straight Win
January 2, 2013
BW Women Defeat Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
December 29, 2012
BW Women Fall in Title Game to No.7-Ranked Hope, 82-60
December 28, 2012
BW Women Beat Bluffton at Hope (Mich.) Holiday Tournament
December 22, 2012
BW Women’s Basketball Falls to Otterbein, 71-60
December 19, 2012
Yellow Jacket Women Drop Heartbreaker at No.2-Ranked Mt. Union
December 15, 2012
Women's Basketball Beats Wilmington, 75-62
December 8, 2012
BW Women Lose at Capital, 53-44
December 5, 2012
BW Women Lose to No. 20 Ohio Northern, 64-42
November 26, 2012
BW Women Hoops Defeat Wittenberg, 66-55
November 20, 2012
BW Women's Basketball Falls to Case in Thriller, 65-63
November 17, 2012
BW Women Beat Franklin (Ind.), to Win Tourney Title
November 16, 2012
BW Beats Ohio Wesleyan, 63-47, in Season Opener
November 6, 2012
Women's Basketball Team Selected Third in OAC Coaches Poll
September 26, 2012
Bailey and Gallagher Join Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff