ATLANTA, Ga. - Spring Hill College forward Tiffany Valentine was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Dec. 11, her first weekly honor of the season.

Valentine, a 6-foot-1 redshirt junior from Houston, Texas, scored 26 points in Spring HIll's 64-63 win over rival University of Mobile on Saturday, Dec. 8, her sixth game scoring 20 or more points this season. She also grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds for her second double-double of the season and blocked three shots. She led the Badgers by shooting 75 percent (12-of-16) from the floor in the win. 

Earlier this year, Valentine was named the SIAC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year as voted on the league's head coaches and sports information directors.
 
Valentine was the 2017-18 SIAC Player of the Year and Spring Hill's Female Athlete of the Year honors. She was also a member of the 2017-18 SIAC Women's Basketball All-Conference Team. Valentine led Spring Hill to a 15-3 conference record and a first place regular season finish in the west division which is the school's best record in almost two decades. After starting all 28 games her redshirt sophomore season, the 6'1 forward averaged 37.6 minutes and scored a team-high 17.5 points per game. Valentine shot 53.1 percent (182-343) from the field and was top three in the league in scoring and field goal percentage while finishing at No. 4 in defensive rebounds averaging 5.3 rebounds per game. The Houston, Texas native tallied 199 rebounds with 31 assists, 14 blocked shots and 12 steals during her 2017-18 campaign and is looking to improve and lead the Badgers this season.