BURNSVILLE, Minn.— For the first time this season, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) South Preseason Player of the Year, senior Kaely Hummel, earned Player of the Week Honors, released by the NSIC office on Monday, for her performance against Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul this past weekend.

For Hummel, the Cherokee, Iowa, native, this is her second Player of the Week honor, earning it in her sophomore campaign (Jan. 15, 2018). As a team, this is the third NSIC Player of the Week for USF, with redshirt junior Anna Goodhope and graduate student Jacey Huinker also earning the honors.

Against Minnesota State, Hummel scored 27 points, with 21 of those points coming off Hummel's career-high seven three-pointers (7-for-9), as well as her perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. In the game, Hummel was the sole player on either team to eclipse 20 points.

Hummel had another career night the following night against Concordia-St. Paul, collecting a career-high nine rebounds along with a game-high 19 points. Hummel again would be perfect from the free-throw line, which she took 10 shots from.

On the weekend, in addition to her 57.1 percent from three, 40 percent from the field, and 14-for-14 perfection from the free-throw line, Hummel also collected 13 rebounds, three assists, and two steals.

From a career standpoint, Hummel fell just one point short of being the fourth Cougar to score 1,500 points in the purple and white. Hummel did pass Shelley Fauth (1982-86, 1,495 points) for fourth in all-time scoring in USF program history. Hummel has also made 241 three-pointers in her career, putting her only four behind Taylor Varsho (2014-16, 245 three-pointers) for second in career three-pointers made.

Hummel's performance helped spearhead the Cougars' weekend sweep, moving USF to 15-2 on the season, tied for the best start to a season, which occurred in the 2016-17 season, since USF joined NCAA Division II and the NSIC.