Webster's Trimble Earns Second Player of the Week Honor this Season

St. Louis, Mo. - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the men's and women's basketball athletes of the week for the week of December 13-19.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Webster University's Willie Trimble, a junior from San Bernardino, Calif. (Riverside CC), has been named the SLIAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 13-19. This marks the second time this season that he has earned the honor.

Trimble, a 5-11 guard, helped lead the Gorloks to the Lon Varnell Classic Championship at Sewanee last week. He scored 15 points on 5-of-11 (.455) shooting from the field and 2-of-3 (.667) from behind the arc in a 59-57 victory versus host school Sewanee. He also added four assists, two rebounds and two steals in the win. Trimble recorded 21 points and went 9-of-10 (.900) from the charity stripe as Webster defeated Berry College 76-71 to win the Classic. He also had six rebounds, six assists and three steals in the game and was named to the All-Classic Team.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Eureka College's Sara Hamilton, a junior from Washington, Ill. (Washington), has been named the SLIAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 13-19.

Hamilton, a 5-8 guard, averaged 12.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals in two games played last week. She scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds, dished out five assists and tallied three steals in an 88-56 win versus Robert Morris-Springfield. Hamilton then recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in an 87-70 loss to University of Illinois-Springfield. She also added four assists and two steals in that game.