Ama Biney of Worcester, Mass., Tabbed NEWMAC Women's Basketball Co-Player of the Week; Honored by NEWBA

2016 Jan 5

WPI sophomore guard Ama Biney has been tabbed as a NEWMAC Women's Basketball Co-Player of the Week. She shares the honor with Wheaton's Kiley Shoemaker. The duo also landed on the NEWBA Honor Roll.

Biney, who was also named the WPI Female Student-Athlete of the Week earlier on Monday, averaged 14.3 points per game to help the Engineers continue their best start in program history with three victories over the holiday break. The local product helped the Crimson and Gray sweep their two contests in Florida by notching a career-high 21 points, to go along with a game-best six rebounds and three assists in the second game of the tournament, a 67-51 victory over Alvernia. Biney continued her strong play by leading all players with 17 points as WPI opened 2016 with a 59-46 road victory at Simmons.

WPI (11-1), in the midst of its best start in program history, heads to Wellesley for a 7pm NEWMAC matchup.

About Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 45 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.