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LUTE OLSON AWARD "PLAYER OF
THE WEEK" HONORS
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March 3, 2014
BOSTON (MA) -- Xavier's' Semaj Christon earns Lute Olson award
national player of the week honors.
The 6-foot-3 sophomore helped New Mexico to a pair of wins last
week, which included a win over No. Creighton. Christon opened
the week with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists against St.
John's. He followed that effort with 21 points and 4 steals in
the upset win over Creighton.
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 17 (March 3) Semaj Christon (Xavier)
Week 16 (Feb. 24) Cameron Bairstow (New Mexico)
Week 15 (Feb. 17) Billy Baron (Canisius)
Week 14 (Feb. 10) Melvin Ejim (Iowa State)
Week 13 (Feb. 3) Justin Cobbs (California)
Week 12 (Jan. 27) Billy Baron (Canisius)
Week 11 (Jan. 20) Nik Stauskas (Michigan)
Week 10 (Jan. 13) Justin Cobbs (California)
Week 9 (Jan. 6) Doug McDermott (Creighton)
Week 8 (Dec. 30) DeAndre Kane (Iowa State)
Week 7 (Dec. 23) Aaric Murray (Texas Southern)
Week 6 (Dec. 16): Branden Frazier (Fordham)
Week 5 (Dec. 9) Chaz Williams (UMass)
Week 4 (Dec. 2) C.J. Fair (Syracuse)
Week 3 (Nov. 25) Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State)
Week 2 (Nov. 18) Adreian Payne (Michigan State)
Week 1 (Nov. 11) Shavon Shields (Nebraska)
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