LUTE OLSON AWARD "PLAYER OF THE WEEK" HONORS
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Feb. 29, 2016

BOSTON (MA) -- West Virginia's Jaysean Paige earns Lute Olson award national player of the week honors.

The 6-foot-2 senior helped the Mountaineers to a pair of wins last week. On Monday Paige scored a career-high 34 points in a win over No. 17 Iowa State. He capped off the week with 17 points on the road at Oklahoma State.

The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons with his respective team. Freshmen and first-year transfers can be named to the All-America team, but are not eligible to receive the Player of the Year honors.

The award is named in honor of coaching great Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.

WEEKLY HONORS

Week 15 (Feb. 22) Jaysean Paige (West Virginia)
Week 14 (Feb. 15) Maurice Watson (Creighton)
Week 13 (Feb. 8) Devin Williams (West Virginia)
Week 12 (Feb. 1) Michael Carrera (South Carolina)
Week 11 (Jan. 25) Monte Morris (Iowa State)
Week 10 (Jan. 18) Bonzie Colson (Notre Dame)
Week 9 (Jan. 11) Jack Gibbs (Davidson)
Week 8 (Jan. 4) Kris Dunn (Providence)
Week 7 (Dec. 28) Buddy Hield (Oklahoma)
Week 6 (Dec. 21) Jordan Tolbert (SMU)
Week 5 (Dec. 14) Javan Felix (Texas)
Week 4 (Dec. 7) Devin Martin (Wake Forest)
Week 3 (Nov. 30) Denzel Valentine (Michigan State)
Week 2 (Nov. 23) Wes Washpun (Northern Iowa)
Week 1 (Nov. 16) Joey King (Minnesota)