Natalia Ackerman, Cal Poly  Women's Basketball Player of the Week  Senior • Forward • Watsonville, Calif.

• Cal Poly senior Natalia Ackerman averaged a double-double for the week to help lead Cal Poly to a pair of crucial winds in the penultimate weekend of play in the regular season. This marks Ackerman’s second career award, also earning honors on Feb. 12.  

• Ackerman averaged 17.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in addition to 4.5 blocks per game in wins against UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Bakersfield.   

• In the home edition of Blue-Green Rivalry, the senior from Watsonville, Calif., finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and five blocks to go along with a pair of steals and pair of assists.  

• On Saturday at Cal State Bakersfield, Ackerman scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting while adding 11 rebounds and four blocks to the tally. The forward also contributed two steals and two assists in the contest. 

• Ackerman now has a league-leading 11 double-doubles on the year and four in a row, and the 2.07 blocks per game average is good for 26th in NCAA Division I. Ackerman also leads The Big West in field goal percentage at 59.11 (133-for225) on the season. 

• The Mustangs currently sit in third in the league standings with two games remaining before the 2024 Hercules Tires Big West Women’s Basketball Championship in Henderson, Nev., from March 13-16. 

Also Nominated: Hope Hassmann (Cal State Fullerton); Makayla Jackson (UC Riverside); Deja Lee (UC Irvine); Daejah Phillips (Hawai’i); Denali Pinto (UC San Diego); Tova Sabel (UC Davis); Kayanna Spriggs (CSUN); Sydney Woodley (Long Beach State); Alexis Whitfield (UC Santa Brabara)

2023-24 Big West Women's Basketball Weekly Winners