INDIANAPOLIS – The new calendar year rang in for the league’s teams as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week honors were announced for the first time in 2019 on Monday. 
 
Cedarville retained its hold on first place in the standings despite being handed its first league loss by Walsh. The Yellow Jackets thumped Malone on the road but had an off day in North Canton. 
 
Head coach Kate Bruce’s Cavaliers from Walsh improved their footing to move into a tie for third with Findlay. Cedarville, Walsh and Findlay, have each reached double-digit victory totals in the season. 
 
Kentucky Wesleyan has the longest current win streak in the Great Midwest with five consecutive victories. 
 
Davis & Elkins forced its way into the playoff picture with an impressive win over defending tourney champ Hillsdale and fought Findlay to a more-than-respectable four-point margin in a defensive tussle, 50-46. 
 
D&E, Ursuline and AB are now all tied at 3-4 in league play. Hillsdale and Lake Erie are now both 4-3. 
 
Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week
Robin Campbell
Malone
Guard
Alliance, OH (Marlington HS)
 
Campbell shined in her first new games of 2019 with all-around numbers that had her flirting with triple-doubles. Among all players in the league, she tied for the lead in scoring and paced the conference in rebounding.
 
Campbell averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5.5 assists, while shooting almost 46 percent from the field. 
 
At home against first-place Cedarville, Campbell led the Pioneers in scoring with a 17-point effort. She was a perfect 11-for-11 on free throws and pulled down eight rebounds to go with three assists and a steal.
 
She continued her stellar play in Canton with a double-double against Tiffin. The first-year guard produced 19 points and 12 rebounds and was just two assists shy of a rare triple-double. 
 
She had a new career-high total in assists (8) after dishing out seven dimes against Wisconsin-Parkside earlier in the year. 
 
Campbell has shouldered a considerable amount of the offensive load as a freshman and has led Malone in scoring seven times already. She currently leads the Pioneers in scoring and is ninth in the conference in 2018-19 with 13.4 ppg. 
 
Campbell also ranks 11th in the league in rebounding (5.9) and is fifth in assists (3.6). 
 
Malone is currently 5-9 overall with a 3-5 mark in the Great Midwest schedule.