Honors Keep Rolling in for Amanda Zahui B.

MINNEAPOLIS (Gophersports.com) –University of Minnesota sophomore center Amanda Zahui B. today was one of five women’s basketball players added to the 2014-15 “Wade Watch” list.

The Wade Trophy is awarded to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA® Division I women’s basketball player each year – one who not only excels athletically, but also serves as a positive role model both on and off the court.

The acclaimed Wade Watch list, from which The Wade Trophy recipient is chosen, consists of players selected on the basis of game and season statistics, leadership, character, overall playing ability and the positive impact on her respective team.

Zahui is coming off of a huge week in which she was named the National Player of the Week by espnW for the second time this season and the Big Ten Player of the Week for the fourth time this year after totaling 66 points, 56 rebounds and nine blocks in victories over No. 13/11 Iowa and Michigan last week.

Along with averaging 33.0 points, 28.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game over the two-game span, Zahui also posted a .542 (26-48) field goal percentage, a .923 (12-13) free throw percentage and knocked down each of her two three-point field goal attempts.

Already named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, Zahui is averaging 18.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game and ranks third nationally with 20 double-doubles on the year. She recently became the 22nd member of Minnesota’s 1,000-point club, and with 214 career blocks, she is the Gophers’ all-time blocks leader and with 521 defensive rebounds she ranks second on Minnesota’s career record chart behind Janel McCarville.