Tampa, Fla. Feb. 26, 2024 – South Florida women’s basketball freshman guard Vittoria Blasigh has earned American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week honors for the sixth time this season, announced by the league office on Monday. Redshirt junior forward Romi Levy was selected to the AAC Honor Roll for the second straight week.
Blasigh now has the third most Freshman of the Week honors in the history of the AAC. The Udine, Italy native trails Amiyra Joiner (East Carolina, 2022-23, 8X), Temira Poindexter (Tulsa, 2021-22, 8X), and JerKaila Jordan (Tulane, 2020-21, 7X).
This week Blasigh averaged 13.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 3.0 apg., and 1.0 spg. Blasigh had 20 points, five assists, three rebounds, and knocked down four 3-pointers in the win at East Carolina on Wednesday. She then added six points and seven rebounds in the loss at Tulsa on Sunday.
The freshman guard is ranked 22nd nationally with 71 total 3-pointers made this season and leads all freshmen in the NCAA. Blasigh’s 71 3-pointers is now tied in 11th place with Shannon Layne (1999-00) on the program’s single-season 3-pointers made ledger.
This week Levy averaged 19.5 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 1.0 bpg., 4.0 apg. Levy led the Bulls to a regular season sweep against East Carolina on Wednesday with 22 points, 6 assists, and four rebounds. In the loss at Tulsa on Sunday, Levy had 17 points and 9 rebounds (8 defensive). The Herzliya, Israel native has earned AAC Honor Roll recognition in back-to-back weeks and five times this season.
UP NEXT
South Florida returns home to the Big Guava on Saturday, Mar. 2 for a senior night showdown against Tulane. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. and the action will stream live on ESPN+.
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South Florida women’s basketball recorded its 11th 20-win season during the 2022-23 campaign. USF has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 23 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship, has won over 400 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
In 2022-23, the Bulls had four players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elena Tsineke (AAC Co-Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team), Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (AAC Co-Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team), Sammie Puisis (AAC Newcomer of the Year, All-Conference Second Team) and Carla Brito (AAC All-Freshman Team).
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