INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has announced its first-ever Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week. Kayla Jenerette of Cedarville University earns the honor after leading her team to win the Bellarimine Classic and being named Tournament MVP.


Kayla Jenerette
Cedarville University
Junior - Guard
 
Kayla Jenerette has been named the season’s first G-MAC Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week following her MVP performance at the Bellarmine Classic, which opened the Lady Jackets regular-season.

The team opened the season with an upset victory over #24 Ferris State, where Jenerette paced the team with 13 points and six assists. In a defensive struggle, both teams shot between 29 and 30% from the field, the game was won at the free throw line, where Jenerette was 8-9, almost matching Ferris State’s 10-10 as a team.

In the championship game against host Bellarmine, Jenerette scored a game-high 25 points, including four three-pointers and nine points coming from the charity stripe. She added four rebounds, two assists, and three steals in the win and was named Tournament MVP.

View Kayla Jenerette’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)