CORPUS CHRISTI – John Jordan has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Jordan receives the award after averaging 23.0 points and 5.5 assists in the Islanders' two games this week.
He scored 22 points and snared eight rebounds in leading the offense to its highest scoring game in six years on Thursday in a 101-87 win against Northwestern State.
Then, against Southland Conference top dog Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, he poured in 24 points to go along with seven assists. On the year, the Houston native is averaging 16.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists.
The men's basketball team will return to the road this week, as it travels to McNeese State on Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. matchup. The Islanders will then close out the week of play with a 3:30 p.m. tip at Nicholls on Saturday.
Keep up-to-date with GoIslanders.com each week to see who is named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi. Also, for the latest information, follow Islanders Athletics on Twitter and Instagram (@Go_Islanders) and Facebook (Islanders Athletics).
2013-14 GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the week, presented by Pepsi Weekly Winners:
1-14-14: John Jordan, Men's Basketball
1-7-14: Rashawn Thomas, Men's Basketball
12-10-13: Brandi Huff, Women's Basketball
12-3-13: Brittany Mbamalu, Women's Basketball
11-26-13: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
11-19-13: John Jordan, Men's Basketball
11-12-13: Jasmine Shaw, Women's Basketball
11-5-13: Philipp Baar, Men's Cross Country and Ashley Phelps, Volleyball
10-29-13: Vanessa Johnson, Women's Golf
10-22-13: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
10-15-13: Shayla Maldonado, Volleyball
10-8-13: Alyssa Miller, Women's Soccer
10-1-13: Cecilia Jones, Women's Cross Country
9-23-13: Kevin Bettendroffer and Stefania Nicolae, Men's and Women's Tennis
9-16-13: Logen Bourque, Volleyball
9-9-13: Ivy Baresh, Volleyball
9-2-13: Yvette Franco, Women's Soccer
