Dajah Gee Tabbed Maryland JUCO December Student-Athlete of the Month
BALTIMORE, Md. (January 17, 2018) – The Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (Maryland JUCO) today announced that it has selected Collin Turner (men's basketball) and Dajah Gee (women's basketball) as its Student Athletes of the Month for December 2017.
Turner (Montgomery College | Poolesville H.S.) followed up his Maryland JUCO November Student-Athlete of the Month award by scoring 36.7 points per game on 56.7 percent shooting from the field in December. He hit 46.2 percent of his free throws and averaged 5.5 rebounds per game. Turner's performance helped the Raptors to a 5-1 record in December.
In addition to now being a two-time winner of this conference award, Turner has also twice this season been awarded National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Men's Basketball Player of the Week (Nov. 6-12 | Dec. 11-17) honors. He scored 43 points on December 6 in a 105-90 win over Baltimore City Community College and 41 points on December 16 in an 88-78 victory against Community College of Philadelphia.
Gee (Frederick Community College | Frederick H.S.) registered 20.2 points per game, while shooting 47.3 percent from the field. She made 39.6 percent of her three-point attempts and averaged 8.6 rebounds per game. Gee scored a career-high 45 points on December 12 in a 116-64 win at Lehigh Carbon Community College.
The Frederick, Md. native scored 20 points or more in four games and was in double digits in all 10 of the Cougars' contests. Gee was awarded NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week honors December 11-17 after averaging 24.7 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game that week.
Go to http://mdjuco.org/information/awards/SAotM to view past recipients.
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By: Maryland JUCO Sports Information: Rocco Geppi
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The Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (Maryland JUCO) exists to govern and conduct championships for the conference's 16 varsity sports. Chartered in the late 1960s, the conference is composed of 16 Maryland community colleges that compete in a variety of varsity intercollegiate athletics. Maryland JUCO oversees and promotes programs dedicated to academic and athletic goals of its diverse institutions, while enhancing opportunities for balanced intercollegiate athletic programming. The conference provides organizational structure for its membership while strengthening commitments to their students and communities. In accordance with the philosophy of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), the conference operates under the highest standards of integrity, equity and sportsmanship.
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