Keira Mason Award Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 1/13/2025 Sport Women's Basketball School St. Mary's College of Maryland Year Freshman Position Forward Hometown Brandywine, MD High School Gwynn Park Defensive Player of the Week Keira Mason / FY / St. Mary’s College of Maryland / Brandywine, Md. / Gwynn Park HS Mason started the week with six points, a career-best six steals, five rebounds (all defensive), and four assists in an 82-22 win over Rosemont. Mason then recorded her fifth double-double of the season with game-bests of 19 points and 14 boards (10 defensive) plus a career-best three blocks and two steals in a 78-58 road win over Penn State Berks. This is the first Player of the Week award for Mason, who is currently fifth in the league with 135 total rebounds and ninth in the league averaging 9.0 rebounds per game while totaling 13 blocked shots: good for 11th in the league. Additionally, Mason is eighth in the United East averaging 13.5 points per game.