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Ashley Baez named FCSAA/Region VIII Player of the Week

Baez scored a career-high 40 points on Opening Night against DME Academy

Ashley Baez takes home the first FCSAA/Region VIII Player of the Week honor in the 2022-23 season. | photo courtesy of Joseph Daniel Williams
Ashley Baez takes home the first FCSAA/Region VIII Player of the Week honor in the 2022-23 season. | photo courtesy of Joseph Daniel Williams
November 8, 2022

After averaging 38.5 points in the first two games of the 2022-23 season, Ashley Baez has been named the FCSAA/Region VIII Player of the Week.

The sophomore scored a career-high 40 points against DME Academy on Friday night at The Milt. She then followed that perfomance up with a 37 point game against Region VIII foe, Hillsborough Community College.

Baez, a native of the Dominican Republic, led the Lady Indians in two dominating wins that propelled Chipola up four slots to #7 in the NJCAA Rankings this week.

Baez's 40 points were enough to outscore the visitors on Friday but the Lady Indians went on to cruise to an 89-35 victory. Chipola followed on the next night with an 87-54 convincing win over the Lady Hawks.

For the week, Baez averaged 38.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 8.0 steals in two games. She shot 51.7 percent (30-for-58) from the field and 40.0 percent (14-for-35) from three.