Emilee Skinner wins third CVMG Prep Basketball Player of the Week award – Cache Valley Daily
MILLVILLE – For the third time this season, Ridgeline star guard Emilee Skinner has been named Cache Valley Media Group Prep Basketball Player of the Week, presented by McDonalds. Ridgeline basketball player Emilee Skinner. Photo by Sean Greene. Skinner had multiple career performances, setting three career highs in the two games and setting a new season-high. Two of those career-highs came on Jan. 25 against Mountain Crest with Skinner breaking her personal bests in points (34) and 3-pointers made (six). Her new season high in steals (seven) also came in this game. Against Mountain Crest, Skinner also grabbed 10 rebounds to record her fifth double-double of the season. In her second game of the week, Skinner was less involved in scoring with just 15 points but did block four shots for her third new career-high of the week. Across the two games this week, Skinner averaged 24.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.0 blocks. In winning the award this week Skinner is not only the only athlete to win CVMG Player of the Week three times, but remains the only athlete to win it multiple times in a season. Four others were nominated this week including Carter