Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm has been named the WNBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 10th.
It’s the first Player of the Week honors this season for the forward and the second time she has won during her WNBA career. Stewart tied for second among Western Conference players in scoring (23.0 ppg), ranked third in rebounding (8.5 rpg) and ninth in assists (3.0 apg) for the week.
Seattle split their two games last week and is currently 8th in the league standings with an 8-and-9 record.
Stefanie Dolson of the Chicago Sky won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award.
The Storm play the Sky Tuesday at KeyArena at 6:00pm. Seattle hosts the WNBA All-Star Game Saturday also at KeyArena.
(KPUG – Doug Lange; Information from wnba.com used in this story)